ANTM with Cycle 9’s Sarah Hartshorne

About this episode

Sam Reece interviews Sarah Hartshorne about her experiences on America's Next Top Model and her new memoir.

This week Sam Reece welcomes writer, comedian and former America’s Next Top Model contestant Sarah Hartshorne onto TalkGirl! Sarah's You Wanna Be On Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model , came out Summer 2025 and you simply must read it immediately. In this episode, Sarah and Sam talk all about modeling in the 2000s, the South Beach diet, the mind f**k of filming a reality tv show and not getting paid, and Sarah's transition from a plus sized model to a plus sized person. Let’s dive into all of our y2k memories that have been compartmentalized, repressed and forgotten. Let’s Talk, Girl. Order Sarah’s ANTM book now ! Follow the show! ⁠⁠ ⁠@talkgirlpod⁠⁠⁠ Follow Sam!⁠⁠ ⁠@samreecetv⁠

People in this episode

Host: Sam Reece

Guest: Sarah Hartshorne

Topics covered

• modeling
• reality TV
• 2000s culture
• body image
• personal transformation
• memoir

Keywords

• America's Next Top Model
• Sarah Hartshorne
• modeling
• reality TV
• memoir
• 2000s
• body positivity
• South Beach diet

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: You Wanna Be On Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America's Next Top Model

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