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Pulse. Monday Fashion. Egyptian. King Tut. Look 1. Model Sara R/APM, Makeup Krya Dorman, Hair Stylist Jillian Halouska. Photo at Casa La Femme: 140 Charles Street. By Caitlin Thorne Hersey.
We recently connected with Sara Racey-Batraville and have shared our conversation below.
Sara , so great to have you with us and we want to jump right into a really important question. In recent years, it’s become so clear that we’re living through a time where so many folks are lacking self-confidence and self-esteem. So, we’d love to hear about your journey and how you developed your self-confidence and self-esteem.
My confidence didn’t happen overnight. In fact, I was someone who lacked a lot of confidence, self-esteem and was truly an introvert when I was younger. As I entered the modeling industry after America’s Next Top Model, you would think my self-esteem would flourish, but it did not. For many years I was the self-doubting, no confidence young woman who would always find my flaws rather than my gifts. The “industry” doesn’t help much when it comes to that aspect in life; we are in an industry based off of our looks, size, and personality. And yet we were some of the most self-esteem lacking people around. However, as I grew older and more secure in myself, my body, my voice, and my career, my confidence rose tremendously. You start to
Photos of America's Next Top Model Contestants
“The Girls Go Bald”–Sara, Student; age 22 of Davis, Calif., goes bald for her first photo challenge in AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, (cycle 6) on UPN. Gallery Photo: Pascal Demeester/UPN. ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
“The Girl Who Kissed A Male Model”–Sara, Student; age 22 of Davis, Calif.,poses for an edgy editorial shoot based on dream career goals in AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL, (cycle 6) on UPN. Gallery Photo: Thomas Klementsson/UPN. ©2006 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved
In 2007, Tyra Banks' reality show America's Next Top Model was at its peak. Sarah Hartshorne, then a 19-year-old student at Boston University, attended an open-call audition for the show's ninth season. She made the cut. "After practicing my reaction so many times," she writes in her new memoir You Wanna Be On Top?, "I was just quietly stunned."
Below, Hartshorne describes meeting her fellow contestants for the first time. Content warning: The below excerpt includes references to body dysmorphia.
A few days after arriving in Puerto Rico, I found myself blindfolded and forbidden to speak on a bus full of other young, sweaty, beautiful girls. There are a lot of moments from my time filming America’s Next Top Model that, looking back, didn’t age well. But even at the time, this felt fucking deranged.
You may likeIt all started when we, a group of about 50 overexcited women, landed in San Juan, flown in from every corner of America. I’m guessing that there were only 50 of us; I don’t know if I ever saw all the other girls at once. We were very rarely together in groups larger than four or five, and even then, we weren’t ever allowed to s
'America's Next Top Model' contestant says show 'was a cult' with strict rules, threats
One “America’s Next Top Model” alum is taking the reality TV show’s famous slogan to memoir, revealing what she says it was really like behind the smize.
Sarah Hartshorne, the only plus-size model in ANTM Cycle 9, is sharing her story in “You Wanna Be On Top,” out now from Penguin Random House. Part memoir and part analysis, Hartshorne interviews fellow contestants and production crews to deep dive into what she calls an “iconic but deeply flawed” show.
In this excerpt provided to USA TODAY, Hartshorne recalls her first day in what she deems the “cult” of Tyra Banks' ANTM.
Exclusive excerpt from ‘You Wanna Be on Top?’ by Sarah Hartshorne
Before boarding the cruise ship SS Adventure, the contract the show had sent me seemed huge. There were hundreds of pages of legalese that I barely understood. But by the time we docked in Saint Martin, it felt like an albatross.
Check out: USA TODAY's weekly Best-selling BooklistA few days in, the shine had worn off a little, and the show started to feel like a cult, from the undisclosed filming locations in international waters to not being allowe