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You wanna be on top? : a memoir of makeovers, manipulation, and not becoming America's next top model / Sarah Hartshorne.
"In this juicy tell-all, a fan favorite America's Next Top Model contestant pulls back the curtain on the iconic but deeply flawed reality competition show, revealing the manipulation and chaos behind the scenes"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593735244 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 256 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Crown, [2025]
- Copyright: ©2025
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Hartshorne, Sarah, 1987- America's next top model (Television program) Reality television programs > United States. Television personalities > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
"In this juicy tell-all, a fan favorite America's Next Top Model contestant pulls back the curtain on the iconic but deeply flawed reality competition show, revealing the manipulation and chaos behind the scenes"-- - Baker & Taylor
The only plus-size contestant from Americaâs Next Top Model Cycle 9 recounts her experiences with the showâs toxic culture, including harsh auditions, manipulative production tactics, and the impact on contestantsâ mental health, drawing on her journey and interviews with fellow participants and crew. - Random House, Inc.
In this revealing memoir, a fan favorite Americaâs Next Top Model contestant pulls back the curtain on the iconic but deeply flawed reality competition show, exposing the manipulation and chaos behind the scenes.
"A delicious, hilariously relatable behind-the-scenes memoir. A page-turning lark turns into an internal (rather than external) makeover." âMaria Bamford, New York Times bestselling author of Sure, I'll Join Your Cult
Tyra Banksâs Americaâs Next Top Model was a cultural phenomenon with more than six million weekly viewers at its peak. Over its fifteen-year run, the show captured the glitz of the early aughts as well as its most toxic attitudesâfrom the glamorous but often questionable photo shoots to the cutting feedback from its highly respected if out-of-touch judges. But as its fans have grown up and as the next generation discovers ANTM, theyâve also begun to reckon with the enduring ways that the show has affected their body image and self-esteem.
Sarah Hartshorne would have never guessed that her first foray into modeling would start with being blindfolded alongside three dozen other girls on a charter bus winding through Puerto Rico. In You Wanna Be On Top?, Cycle 9âs only plus-size contestant takes us into the heart of the unforgiving auditions; the labyrinthian cruise ship the girls werenât allowed to enjoy; and, of course, the L.A. âmodel houseâ teeming with hidden cameras and elaborately constructed tensions. As the season unfolds and the producersâ interview questions about her weight and her opinions of the other girls become increasingly pointed, Hartshorne uncovers the destabilizing methods employed to film âreality.â
Drawing on her experience as well as interviews with other contestants and production crew, Hartshorne answers the questions you always wanted to ask: Why didnât the house have a microwave or a dishwasher? Why did girls regularly faint during eliminations? Which judge was the meanest off camera? Why is it that the girls had their most meaningful conversations in closets? (Answer: It was the one place camera crews couldnât fit.)
With tender honesty and sharp wit, Hartshorne dissects the iconic show with an unflinching gaze that refuses to smize.
