Sara Louise Racey-Batraville, née Talebzadeh Tabrizi is an American fashion model. She competed on Cycle 2.
ANTM[]
Sara has Iranian heritage. She was known for mentioning her father's disapproval on her model career, considering it prostitution. Sara's mother came to visit her in episode five, and they had a conversation about her father and whether or not she wants to be here.
In episode seven, When she and Yoanna were in the bottom two, Tyra infamously started to tear up before handing Yoanna's photo, and Sara broke down when she was eliminated.
Call-Out Order[]
| Sara | Episodes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 6th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 5th | Eliminated | |||||
Post-Show[]
Sara signed with TBM Models and Talent, APM Model Management and Mensa Management. She was in the pages of Pulse, King, Maxim, Cosmopolitan, New York Post, Rachael Ray and DList. She has also modeled for L’Oréal, Converse and T-Mobile. She was in the music video for Estelle's "No Substitute Love" in 2008.[1][2]
Sara is now married with a son, and she co-founded an activewear clothing company, "Athleteist", which she also models for.[3]
Trivia[]
- Sara, April Wilkner and Jenascia Chakos are the first Asian models to compete on ANTM.
- Sara is also the first Middle-Eastern model to compete on ANTM.
- Sara is the first model to celebrate her birthday while on the show.
- Sara is the first model to be hugged by Tyra after she was eliminated.
- Sara is also the second model to make a judge cry at elimination, following Kesse Wallace in Cycle 1.
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| Cycle 2 Contestants |
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| Anna Bradfield • April Wilkner • Bethany Harrison • Camille McDonald • Catie Anderson • Heather Blumberg • Jenascia Chakos • Mercedes Scelba-Shorte • Sara Racey-Tabrizi • Shandi Sullivan • Xiomara Frans • Yoanna House |