'America's Next Top Model' Alum Details Seriously WTF Casting Moment
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Sarah Hartshorne said the bizarre request was "impossible" for her because of her body.
Six years after “America’s Next Model” hung up its heels, the show is getting called out for some of its more questionable casting practices.
In an exclusive interview with Entertainment Weekly for Vice TV’s “Dark Side of Reality TV” docuseries, model Sarah Hartshorne gave a behind-the-scenes look into how she and her fellow contestants were selected to be participants on ANTM.
The show filed “between 100 and 200 girls into this ballroom, and they cram us along a wall in a single-file line,” said Hartshorne. “Nose to the back of the head, nose to the back of the head. Your nose should be touching the head of the girl in front of you.”
The model, who was 20 years old at the time, told EW the women had to step out of their shoes and move forward in this position like a human “centipede.”
She also recounted how this task was especially difficult as the only “plus-sized” model in the room.