
America's Next Top Model might not have ever had a transgender black woman on the show before, but since it's inception, Tyra Banks has clearly been dedicated to furthering the cause for black models — or at least, black reality show personalities. In preparation for the next in ANTM's countless, never-ending series of cycles, here are some (not all) of the black models how have been vying to become America's next top model for the past five years.
Am I the only one who thinks Tyra hated Ya-ya and Danielle?
I used to get so angry when Tyra would criticize Dani for her accent. She kept saying it was her drawl, Tyra never said boo about accents to that Russian chick, Bre, Nnenna or even Jaslene. A Southern accent is just as pretty as any other.
Ya-Ya just seemed a little haughty to me. I think Tyra was a little resentful of the fact that Ya-Ya was better educated than most of the people in that room (including Tyra).
I was more upset about Tyra making Dani close up the Gap in her teeth. Lauren Hutton was infamous for her Gap and she's white! It's more common for a black women to have one and Dani took beautiful pics even with the Gap, I really thought Tyra would have supported her choice to keep it. BTW, I have a Gap, which explains the attitude.
What happened to Robin? She has disappeared? She was such a (religious) hypocrite.
I found Yaya more annoying than Eva the Diva so I wouldn't really blame Tyra for that. Yaya was the most obnoxious combo of Elyse and Ebony from Season 1. With Eva, I got the sense that it was an act. With Yaya, I could tell she was just being herself. Except Elyse and Ebony were entertaining and funny. In terms of her look and talent, she's awesome and would have won if she had the ability to keep her mouth shut. I knew she'd lose after she started the argument over the hats.
SweetDiva, those otherpepople didn't make it to the CoverGirl part which might be why she didn't say anything about their accents. I do think Tyra was extra b-chy about the teeth. It was unnecessary.
Naima was boring. I didn't like Furonda and I have no idea why.
I adored Nnenna, Kesse, Toccara, Keenyah, Dani, Elyse Sewell and Victoria Marshman. Keenyah was all sorts of annoying but she reminds me of a good friend of mine so I love her.
Sweetdiva I agree. I hated how Tyra rode Dani about her accent.
Yaya is in a number of commericals and she had that film with antino Bandarious.
Naima was boring. cosign Daria.
Dani is Tori Burch's campaign model.
Elyse Sewell works a lot in Asia and has her own blog.
Molly Sue gets a decent amount of work from what I've read.
-I like Dani because she was the most genuine person on the show. Everyone else seemed fake and were too old to be high-fashion models.
Few questions about ANTM:
Why don't they have more age-appropriate models on ANTM? Don't most models start when they 14-16yrs old not 20-24 yrs old.
Why do Ivy-league graducates try to fashion models? I thinking of Yaya and the plus woman who graduated from Dartmouth. If after 4yrs at Ivy-League school I told my parents I want to be on ANTM, they would had said "Hell to the no!, we could have sent you to community college for that sh@#. You better take your a@# to law school."
I sorry I meant "graduates"
LisJaka, because 14-16 year olds are in school probably and there are a lot of legal issues that would come into play. I saw something on the Top Model blog from the girls in other countries. They were younger and frankly, very raunchy. If they showed that in America, people would be up in arms.