Sarah Ann Kozer (born December 16, 1973) is a television personality best known for her appearance in the

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'', finishing as the runner-up to Zora Andrich.

Personal life

Kozer was born and raised in the

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suburb of

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. She graduated from George Mason University with a degree in philosophy and

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and attended

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, without completing her law degree. She is also a strict

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, and she has said she would not eat meat for money. (She later proved this in her reality TV career.)

Career

She appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the June 2003 issue of ''

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''. After a legal battle over unauthorized use of her name and likeness, Kozer applied for and was approved for a US

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on her name (US TM #3026990). She's appeared in a number of fetish films under the name "Cindy Schubert". In January 2004, Kozer was chosen to participate on the British reality show '' Back to Reality'', which aired on Channel 5 in the

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. During her time in the house, she had a modest "

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" with contestant

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. She was later

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before the series finale. After being voted out, it became known she had finished work on her first novel and was also working on a cook book. She also had an uncredited role as a

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in ''

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''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kozer, Sarah 1973 births Living people Actresses from Pennsylvania George Mason University alumni Participants in American reality television series People from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 21st-century American women