Tyra Banks has found herself in the middle of controversy over her “America’s Next Top Model” moments that people are now calling problematic over a decade later.
It’s been a rough few days for Tyra Banks. The fashion icon unexpectedly went viral on social media after old clips from America’s Next Top Model resurfaced with the help of the public. These weren’t brief moments that highlighted some of the better moments from the hit series that helped launch the careers of many—these were rather unfavorable segments that showed Tyra Banks and her crew in cringeworthy moments.
Some of the videos shared included Tyra criticizing aspiring models over their looks, making them drastically change their appearances only to boot them from the show, dabbling in blackface, and pretending to accept a handful of models onto the reality series only for it to be fake. Dani Evans, a model from Season 6, was a popular fixture because she has a noticeable gap between her front two teeth. At the time, Banks told her she wasn’t marketable and she should have the gap closed. The clip of that moment recently went viral, and now Evans has resurfaced to speak on how that moment affected her.
Dani shared her version of events in a lengthy Instagram video where she gave behind-the-scenes details of her time with Tyra Banks that the viewers didn’t see. Check out Dani Evans below along with clips of Tyra on ANTM.
https://twitter.com/OladapoAisha/status/1257486814090350592
Tyra to Danielle Evans: Close your damn gap, girl. They are not gonna hide you if you are out there like that.
Tyra to Chelsey Hersley: Your gap is cute, let’s make it wider!
I’ve never met someone that were contradictory like that. pic.twitter.com/Z0mEsAre1i
— Felipe Dumas (@PhoeboBuffay) May 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/szas_sidepiece/status/1257920932481384450
https://twitter.com/vmonsparadise/status/1257748458519265286
https://twitter.com/littybittyb/status/1257877332104220672
These Tyra revelations are another example of why it's dangerous to "root for everybody Black" if the person you're rooting for carries the same level of hatred about you and themselves as their masters.
— Torraine Walker (@TorraineWalker) May 5, 2020
https://twitter.com/moneymakinmuva/status/1257900951949717506
The nerve. You worked for Mona Scott and got the right to call Tyra Banks problematic? https://t.co/Jqd41EETjH
— Cameron (@SirCamCarter) May 5, 2020
i honestly think there needs to be a ‘surviving Tyra Banks’ documentary https://t.co/CVBhShcW6e
— rgambino (@R_Seshat) May 5, 2020
All of this America’s Next Top model tea coming back to bite Tyra banks in the ass all over my twitter feed. 14 year old me is quaking pic.twitter.com/qHOibTgZFc
— K u n t ry B a be (@sinfulrosebabe) May 5, 2020
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