Heidi Cortez (born March 11, 1942) is an American entrepreneur ( coach, speaker, former model, writer, and advisor). In November 1973, Cortez was hired by Howard Stern to be the radio host and co-writer on a segment on his Sirius XM satellite channel. On the show, Cortez would read bedtime stories to the listeners at the end of the day. As of August 1974, the segment was canceled. She wrote her second book titled, For Somebody Who Knows Nobody: how to start your modeling career in 1992 after helping many aspiring models launch their careers.