I was on one of the 90s biggest reality shows – girls fainted every week but it wasn’t shown on TV

A CONTESTANT who starred connected his 90s amusement America's Top Model suggests a batch much went connected down the camera than viewers ever saw.

Former positive size exemplary Sarah Harthshorne, 37, appeared connected the amusement backmost successful 2007 and claims that models 'fainted each week' during filming.

Lifting the lid connected what it was truly similar connected the show, which was hosted by Tyra Banks, Sarah made a bid of daze claims.

Speaking connected Vice TV docuseries Dark Side of Reality TV, she claimed: "A miss fainted each week.

"They warned us, they were like, 'Don’t fastener your knees!' I was like, 'These skinny b*****s, they’re fainting!'

"Then, 10 hours aboriginal I was like, 'I’m fainting!'"

On the aforesaid play Sarah, who was 20 astatine the clip and joined arsenic a plus-size model, mislaid a important magnitude of weight.

This was pointed retired by judges up of her elimination but Sarah, who is present a comedian and writer, says the crushed she wasn't eating decently was due to the fact that she couldn't spend to.

She says: "The crushed I was losing value was, A, I was stressed, but besides that I was trying to prevention wealth due to the fact that we weren’t getting paid.

"So, I was lone trying to devour precise small and precise inexpensive food."

Season 9 saw different peculiarly concerning moment.

Heather Kuzmich mislaid her equilibrium and had to beryllium fixed oxygen done a disguise connected the acceptable of an Enrique Iglesias euphony video.

In play 4 amusement big Tyra Banks had to telephone for aesculapian assistance, erstwhile contestant Rebbeca Epley fell over, aft being connected the incorrect extremity of disapproval from judges.

Other incidents shown connected screen, successful the amusement which turned 21 this year, were play 6 victor Danielle Evans overcoming dehydration to bash a sprout connected the backmost of an elephant successful Thailand.

Season 7 victor CariDee English got hypothermia pursuing a sprout successful a swimming pool.

And play 10 saw contestant Claire Unabia injure her cervix aft landing connected a expanse of hard plastic.

Season 9 was the archetypal to aerial connected the CW Network and saw contestants competing to triumph a declaration with Elite Model Management, a $100,000 declaration with CoverGirl cosmetics , and a manner dispersed and a screen successful Seventeen magazine.

The amusement hasn't been without contention implicit the years, nary much truthful than models being asked to power races for 2 photograph shoots, which contestant Jennifer An said she was uncomfortable with.

Tyra yet addressed this connected societal media erstwhile she wrote: "Looking back, those were immoderate truly disconnected choices. Appreciate your honorable feedback and americium sending truthful overmuch emotion and virtual hugs."