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Tyra Banks Addresses ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Backlash: “Did We Get It Right? Hell No”
Tyra Banks discussed how 'America's Next Top Model' didn't always 'get it right' at a speech made during Essence's Black Women in Hollywood awards.
In recent years, America’s Next Top Model has not necessarily aged with the grace of a cover star — something host Tyra Banks addressed in a recent speech at Essence ‘s 18th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards, held at Los Angeles’ Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel Feb. 27. “Over 20 years ago I created a show called America’s Next Top Model,” Banks began, per People. Premiering in 2003 and spanning three networks from UPN to The CW to VH1 and featuring guest judges from the late André Leon Talley to Law Roach, ANTM began facing criticism on social media in 2020; at that time, clips from the series began going viral online, including one in which Banks critiqued a model for not fixing her tooth gap, which she addressed in a since-removed tweet after being called out, writing at the time: “Been seeing the posts about the insensitivity of some past ANTM moments and I agree with you.
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