America’s Next Top Model is getting a helping hand from some of Hollywood’s hottest fashionistas.

Lauren Conrad and Kim Kardashian will appear separately on new episodes during the show’s 13th cycle.

Conrad will join host Tyra Banks, photographer Nigel Barker and runway coach J. Alexander on the judges’ panel on Sept. 16, while Kardashian’s turn comes Oct. 21.

In fact, each episode of the cycle, which premieres Sept. 9 (8 p.m. EST) on the CW, will feature a member of the fashion community as a guest judge.

Top Model producers let former judge Paulina Porizkova go from the show in May, citing the “current state of the economy.”

Also missing this season: Super tall models. For the first time in the show’s history, all of the contestants in the cycle are 5′7″ and under.

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She’s already a reality TV star, designer and author, but Lauren Conrad may soon be adding “producer” to her resume.

The Hills star, 23, whose debut novel L.A. Candy topped the New York Times Best Seller list, could be taking the book to the big screen.

“Lauren’s goal is to get into producing – it always was,” a source tells People. “It was always to make L.A. Candy into a film or TV show. She’s been in talks about it”

And while “no deal [is] in place just yet,” adds the source, “that’s her ultimate goal.”

Conrad confirmed to the New York Daily News that she’s “hoping for a movie deal,” but doesn’t “want to commit to anything until I see all my options.”

Fans shouldn’t expect to see her acting though – she’ll be working behind the camera.

“She would never star in it because she doesn’t want to be an actress,” says the source. “She spent so long on TV …[she] would love to produce.”

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Lauren Conrad posted this photo on her official Twitter page of her sporting some cute bangs.

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In August’s Harper’s Bazaar, Lauren Conrad takes Heidi and Spencer Pratt to task over their fame-seeking ways — and her former BFF’s boob job.

Conrad is asked why Montag decided to pose in the September issue of Playboy.

In a sly reference to Montag’s cosmetic enhancements, Conrad replies, “They’re not going to pay for themselves.”

Her digs don’t stop there.

“I don’t call magazines and let them know about things so they can write stories,” she says of the Pratts. “There was never an incentive to keep doing The Hills so I could get into [Hollywood club] Les Deux. That was never the point. It was more to create a fan base so I can go create a business and do something I really love doing.”

She also slams them for wearing masks in Mexico during the recent swine-flu scare following their May wedding.

“I don’t know if it was so funny because people really were being affected by that disease,” she says. “But otherwise [Heidi and Spencer] are very entertaining. You have to laugh.”

Conrad also reflects on her decision to leave The Hills, addressing the various perils of her fame.

“The last three concerts I went to, I was removed by security because I was a fire hazard,” she says. “People crowd around you and you lose that whole personal-space concept.”

“My roommate went to Europe for two months, but I couldn’t take a vacation without clearing it months and months ahead of time,” she says, citing another downfall of starring on a reality show. “My friends all got to date guys who didn’t need to sign a release form.”

Conrad also says filming “affected the underwear I had to buy because I needed thicker underwear with a more sturdy band so it could hold up a microphone.”

“I couldn’t wear whites or prints because they don’t look good on film,” she explains. “I had to consult a director of photography when I picked the paint for my walls because I had to have set lighting in my living room and kitchen. I had to have separate birthday parties for my filming and non-filming friends.”

For Bazaar, Conrad wore a brown wig, which hairstylist Ken Paves has decided to personally donate the wig to a girl named Emily who is undergoing Chemo treatments at a hospital in the Detroit area.

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She said goodbye to The Hills but Lauren Conrad is still a fan favorite: Her debut novel, L.A. Candy, has topped the New York Times Best Seller list two weeks in a row.

“If someone said to me five years ago when this all started that I would one day make the New York Times Best Seller list I wouldn’t have believed it,” Conrad tells People exclusively. “I am so honored that it is now a reality.”

The novel, loosely based on Conrad’s own life, follows of Jane Roberts, a 19-year-old girl who moves to Hollywood and ends up as the star of her own reality show.

Although Conrad is used to the spotlight, she’s still in awe over her literary accomplishment, “It was such a compliment to be included in something with such established names.”

L.A. Candy, which hit shelves June 16, is the first in a three-book deal for the reality TV star.

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