Tyra Banks and ANTM EXPOSED... more problematic than you think!

After posting my video on Tyra Banks' MLM makeup line, a lot of you requested a follow-up video on some other shady things Tyra Banks has done. Lately there's been some controversy over problematic clips that have resurfaced from ANTM, but I wanted to share even more information I've been collecting over the past few weeks. After diving into more research, I uncovered some problematic things Tyra has done and is currently doing that showcase her hypocrisies and desperate attempts to boost her businesses, and make a profit at the expense of the young women who look up to her and who she claims she "empowers". Now, this may sound harsh but with Tyra's extensive track record I showcase in this video it's coming from a place of quality research, evidence and "receipts".
This video is not intended to solely bash on Tyra, but to raise awareness of the issues that we have long ignored or brushed aside. Tyra is an entrepreneur, a philanthropist, a startup investor and founder and a black woman who has made a successful name for herself. All of this is wonderful, but as said in the video I wish all of the "good stuff" didn't come with all the "bad stuff" Tyra has done, and I hope women and role models of the future embody Tyra's great qualities while lifting others up instead of putting them down.
**epilepsy warning around 33:33 during the modelland promo commercial!
Tyra Bank's response (found after editing this video): www.buzzfeed.c...
VICE article: www.vice.com/e...
INSTAGRAM: @cruelworldhappymind

[@cruelworldhappymind]

**warning: potential epilepsy trigger at around 34 min from Modelland promo video** This issue is particularly important to me because of my background as a model. I do want to clarify everything that has happened in the course of ANTM isn’t entirely Tyra’s fault, but I do think she has accountability there because she is the face of the show, and the show didn’t only represent her and her brand, but for a lot of people represented the modeling world as well. Also, I didn’t see this at the time of recording and editing but Tyra has reacted to some of the most recent controversy which Buzzfeed covers in an article- I included this in my description if you’d like to see her as well as others’ reactions to the controversies!

[@Recoveringred]

This was excellent! Your edits during the last 6 minutes or so were so great.

[@LittleMissLion]

Jay Manual recently said most of the decisions were her and Ken Mok. The swapping ethnicities was last minute and Jay actually wasn't comfortable with it. It wasn't discussed in the meeting he was in. Sorry if you address this!

[@theboldlife]

Yes! Thank you so much for highlighting this.

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

Yeah we all got a background as a model 🙄

[@cruelworldhappymind]

@K AH watch my modeling video... I dive into my background there I’m not gonna rehash it. I was no super model but I was a model for one of the top modeling agencies. So I’ve been around the block in the industry and have seen a lot... not that I have to justify myself to someone commenting for the purpose of putting me down...

[@BohemianScandalous]

Tyra gets mad that a girl doesn’t want to go naked for a shoot but also gets mad when a girl who was auditioning had modelled for playboy before.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Ikr! The epitome of hypocrisy... I can’t help but feel like she likes to control the narrative- she doesn’t care what you stand for only that you comply with her and what she wants. Although I will say in the incident with the model not comfortable with taking her clothes off the male judges’ “input” was what set me off the most 🙄

[@deathkitten109]

@Kenzie Jean lol as if ANTM is "tasteful"...

[@dinnovator1241]

...while apparently, she has NEVER said yes to any nude work. The hypocrisy is too much

[@EarlyToRiseLateToBed]

@@dinnovator1241 I just came here to say the exact same thing! To this day, that episode flashes through my memory, and it pisses me off 😂

[@whatlol6686]

Kenzie Jean excuse you what? There is nothing wrong with being a playboy model or doing a naked photoshoot as long as the people who are doing the photoshoots is okay with doing it and feels comfortable doing it you are so distasteful

[@lynseybowe8693]

I always hated how Tyra would yell at a model for not wanting to pose nude when Tyra herself does not pose nude.

[@Littlekitten_]

Lynsey Bowe great observation ! Had no idea she didn’t pose naked!! She always says she has done all the same scenarios the girls did

[@RecoveringChristian]

Lynsey Bowe she does nude illusion, with pasties and string, options they've provided since cycle 1. Please reference the clip and model whom she yelled at for not posing nude, please.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Kitty Kawaii ya...super great observation...I'm soo shocked....

[@Littlekitten_]

RecoveringChristian stfu no one is talking to you . Tyra didn’t pose nude in cycle one like the girls . Do you read ? TYRA did not get naked for a Shoot!!

[@alexislopez5339]

​@@RecoveringChristian No one should be forced or be shamed for not feeling comfortable with doing something. This includes posing nude. There have been photo shoots in ANTM where they DIDN'T have the option of "nude illusion." Several, actually. Some older and some more recent. These models had to strip down in front of photographers. And for some people, that's unacceptable. It's too uncomfortable. And that should be ok and not be criticized. Especially from someone who doesn't do it herself unless it's a "nude illusion." Why are you defending Tyra so much? ARE YOU ACTUALLY TYRA BANKS?!?!

[@SjofnBM1989]

"When my Mother yelled at me like this it's because she loves me." 😳😬.......Tyra honey..... that's.....a lot to unpack.

[@Stillpril]

Yes!

[@pz6103]

Ya if it was for love then that's some toxic love.

[@pz6103]

@@w4nd3rlust19 ya ps when I say toxic love I mean emotional manipulation or gaslighting.

[@pz6103]

@@w4nd3rlust19 oh ok I didn't know.

[@sekesusan1366]

S8 W If we pay a good attention. Between love and disrespected. It's totally different. You should watch they expretion on their faces. And listing very carefully what they sound like. And how the behavior towards you. The's people whom they're rude on so many ways. And when people see they true color. They will make sure to cover up them self with stupid lye. Saying. I'm doing this because I love you. No. That's bull shit.

[@jenmadkins]

Tyra, a black woman: I agree, you’re dressing too African Also Tyra: You should have worn this bright cheap, almost stereotypical African hat

[@carmelmulroy6459]

Yaya was gorgeous. And surely a girl from Africa would know the difference between a fake stereotypical African hat and an authentic one better than either Tyra or Nigel.

[@jenmadkins]

@@carmelmulroy6459 it was just so rich and ironic. Like, I don’t know a ton about any of the judges, but from what I know about Tyra, she’s a mixed American, like myself (half black and white), who’s maybe looked at documentaries about Africa or maybe even visited but never actually lived a full life there. That woman was beautiful and that’s the only reason they felt the need to tear her down. I can’t help but think about colorism here. I don’t understand or support this thought process, but for whatever reason, black women of different shades often almost try to compete with each other. Like, one thinks they’re prettier and better because they’re light skinned and the other thinks she’s the fucking shit because she’s got beautiful dark skin. I’ve personally experienced this where a darker woman will say things to me like “you’re barely even black,” “you’re not black,” and straight up things like “dark skins are way prettier,” “you’re not like us/ one of us” and it’s irritating seeing as we both face pretty much the exact same prejudices, stereotypes, and ethnic background. So, when I see stuff like this it genuinely makes me upset. I’m not saying treat all black people great because they’re black, I’m saying, maybe treat them fairly and not how you’ve been treated so many times; there’s no reason to keep the cycle going

[@carlwinslo]

YES that was so fucking gross! Did they want her to dress like a character from Coming to America? Like they are aware not all Africans live and grew up in huts and dress in tribal garb right? Seems about on pace with their racial sensitivity though considering they put people in black face.

[@shondiewilson8302]

😂🤣

[@MadLover4690]

@@jenmadkins you're mostly right, but light skinned black women do not face the same amount of prejudice as dark-skinned women. If you can pass as white, you generally get off way easier and are less likely to be profiled as "loud, agressive, mean, ghetto," etc. Light skinned women also tend to land larger roles in films, even for movies where a majority of the cast is black. Its interesting to see the pattern where you'll have a dark-skinned man and a light-skinned woman with light skinned daughters and dark-skinned sons.

[@halfpintrr]

Poor Tiffany. Why are black women not allowed to express anger? She doesn’t immediately burst into tears and that makes her arrogant?

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Ikr! I don’t know what Tyra wanted to see... a little off putting that she wanted to see her visibly upset

[@ashab6806]

Because We’re are suppose be “strong” and show no emotion but when we angry people call us bitter and Hostile. It’s stupid

[@Jynxxy13ravedoll]

Excepting all people to express their feelings the same way is dumb and unrealistic.

[@Lstar07]

As soon as Tyra started yelling just because (let’s be honest, Tyra only yelled because Tiffany raised her voice in frustration and defeat), Tiffany should’ve left that room. Reading was Tiffany’s insecurity, math is my insecurity; I couldn’t imagine having to literally work through an insecurity in front of others, let alone an audience of millions on their couches, only to be yelled at by someone such as Tyra in front of those same people.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Cruel World Happy Mind I'm not surprised insufferable pc snowflakes like you are still whining and mewing on your outrage bandwagon. I really want to glean what little accurate, poignant, insightful points you are making, but just the tone and inflection of your voice with the vocal fry has me cringing already.

[@TheFitCurls]

The tooth gap hypocrisy is STAGGERING.

[@helloworld17778]

It's not hypocrisy. The tooth gap only looks right on some girls. Not everyone can rock it.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Quan Nguyen and why are “some girls” only white girls on antm? And who is to decide who looks good with a tooth gap and who doesn’t? I thought Danielle was the most stunning tooth gap female out of everyone, so I don’t understand your point here.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Cruel World Happy Mind seasons of fashion, professor. I think maybe between 2005 and 2012, 7 years worth of seasons and fashion trends coming and going, MAYBE gap teeth became an vogue and MARKETABLE. But anyway, booo hypocrisy!!!!

[@RecoveringChristian]

Cruel World Happy Mind oh forgot, RACISM TOO!!!!

[@Autumn_Blessings]

I have a tooth gap and I hate it. I never smile with teeth. Braces are too expensive.

[@veroosh]

Apparently to the judges, its called "attitude" when a woman says "no"

[@Zubstep1315]

Sounds a lot like my toxic ass ex

[@lunalimi9798]

The main feeling I took away from the show was that you must never disagree with the judges. Any pushback from the contestants would instantly be labeled as defensiveness, denial, stupidity, pride ect. Any hesitation or doubt about doing a challenge due to personal trauma, values or safety was always labeled as not wanting it enough, being lazy or weak, ugh.

[@ZachPlum]

Judges would say that about any contestants that say “no” because rule number 1 of anything is don’t argue with the judges

[@youidiot-hx4kj]

Yassssssssssss

[@mophead_xu]

i remember there was an episode (forgot which cycle, but jessica kobeissi iirc reacted to it) where the models were supposed to pose in swimsuit or lingerie and one of the contestant said she wasn't comfortable with it and opted out. later on the judging panel the photographer/guest judge said smth along the lines of, "i don't like girls with too much boundaries" and the implication of what he was saying made me sick fr.

[@parisisaprincesss]

it's always seemed like tyra kinda hates other black women. on ANTM, she was always meanest to them. you would think that as a woman of color she would want to build up their confidence, but instead she was always so cruel to them.

[@shyguitargirl]

Maybe it's something internalized, like maybe she hates something within herself, so she projects that onto them.

[@notsubtle8065]

I didn't get that she hated them, but i did see she was harder on them because not even in just modeling it is harder for black women. Cause that's how it would have been IRL. Not mean so much as hard. That's about all i got in support of Tyra and antm

[@miad6160]

I think it may be an insecurity, she and Naomi Campbell don’t even like each other. She can’t let another black woman succeed because she’s afraid of being replaced. She and Naomi are the two most known black models. Tyra would be the first to go between the two.

[@sobree9743]

I wonder if she's trying to protect her title of a black CEO woman. Its like glorifying women now for wearing pants. Its not really that big anymore, because everyone is doing it. So if more black women come up,her title becomes less and less meaningful.

[@miad6160]

@@sobree9743 yup! That’s exactly what I think.

[@creative_kat_ness]

They pick her apart for being “too into her culture” and then reprimand her for not choosing the hat that “represents her culture”

[@cruelworldhappymind]

YES IKR!!!! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@coffeebeann1]

I haaaaaate this situation

[@Monokm]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 What are you on......or am I missing something? Is this like satire?

[@carmelle4ever]

I feel like they had a whole bunch of criticisms ready for if she picked the hat. So it made them upset and now they had to figure out something else to pick her apart for.

[@c.a.2945]

somehow im not surprised the panel was mostly white. just. YIKES.

[@magdelenecrockett]

And when she made Nyle, a deaf model, do a photoshoot in the dark so he couldnt see his interpreter.... in 2015

[@hashtrozombie]

This this and this

[@_labacanitaz]

......what? 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ is this real?

[@lc4822]

I watched this show so long ago but I can vividly remember my horror at that cruel decision.

[@nunyabizness6113]

I remember him didn't he go on to win?

[@magdelenecrockett]

@@nunyabizness6113 yeah he won

[@SuperJezzara]

I feel like there's 2 types of people: those who've suffered and said "I never want anyone else to go through that" and those who've suffered and said "I suffered and so should everyone else." Tyra seems like the second

[@cruelworldhappymind]

That’s a very good point! Makes me sad, my heart hurts for all the girls who were hurt by her and her show 😔

[@littlewingedzebra]

yes! this times a million.

[@noellejoystrobridge1147]

Exactly

[@SweetLittleCarrot]

My dad’s mom once asked my mom why she was so mean, and she actually responded : “because I want other to feel as much pain as I do“ 😟... I don’t understand how people can be like that!

[@nopedang952]

Fr fr and each time they would say " the industry is this, it's that" like bitch you tyra change it! Instead she chased the coint, f you I got mine.

[@ZoeChristina100]

Tyra LITERALLY had a girl permanently alter her teeth to make her gap bigger and then she tells another girl that she needs to get rid of her gap. She just wants drama

[@BimmieJames]

No. Danielle (later cover girl forced her to use Dani as a name >_>) had her gap made SMALLER. I remember that season/episode. It started with Danielle talking to her grandma on the phone about her hesitation and the grandma was all for it and tbh I WOULD be grateful if I got a $2,000 dental procedure done for free! Are you kidding me- and there was a little gap left because Danielle said it was kinda her thing so everyone got what they wanted.

[@gojewla]

@@BimmieJames But that was a compromise. Torah said she wanted to close it permanently.

[@sharroon7574]

I remeber her making someones gap bigger, her poor enamel

[@katelynbrown98]

@@sharroon7574 me too.

[@Valcera]

I was just about to type this!! She gives them contradicting advice on different episodes and seasons.

[@ppe9388]

She also shamed a model for gaining weight. Now she's all "body positive"? The girl went from like 115 to 120 and they were mad at her for getting "fat." Thats when I stopped watching the show

[@cafe_rae]

Yet when the media pointed out her weight gain she had a public break down "calling them out" for body shaming her 🙄😒

[@cassidylouwerens1768]

Right?? But everyone can “kiss her fat ass” when it’s flipped on her. Sad

[@cruelworldhappymind]

So sad... she claims she was the underdog in the modeling world and then goes on to find more underdogs (models with what she sees as a sad background) and tears them down through her show as if they aren’t even real humans... I can’t help but get really upset and sad for these models the more and more I hear 😕

[@soniquecat4745]

was it LOndon, who was actually RECOVERING FROM EATING DISORDER AND THEN RELAPSED? I get you need to be certain size... but she knew about her ED... she shoulda handled it better. (Plus, London said that there was not sufficient food in the house, just lots of junk food).

[@deidrebetts2936]

@@soniquecat4745 that made me so mad! The judges berated her, to the point that Paulina straight up told her once during a panel to "never wear those shorts again, they aren't flattering on you" when she looked perfectly fine in them. During a photoshoot, Jay Manuel said the amount of weight she gained was "unprofessional", when she looked totally fine. They did a side by side of her during auditions and her last week in the house and tried to play it off like she gained SOOOO much weight when she looked perfectly fine. That made me so upset, especially because Tyra wouldn't stand up for her and I think even told her that she was "way too tiny to be a plus sized model, so she can't pass as that", like good lord

[@bunny8380]

I'll never forget the episode where one of the girls is sexually molested by one of the male models and harassed by him. Tyra and the panel did absolutely nothing. Nada. It was disgusting.

[@satellitestargazer2770]

When was that???

[@TheDiariesofNana]

SatelliteStargazer Ohhh I kinda remember it was an African dude with green eyes I remember and he was really handsyyy WHILE shooting😬

[@zorikenn4991]

I remember that..

[@zorikenn4991]

@@satellitestargazer2770 i think it was season 4 episode 11. Kenya's shoot

[@yourmomsspaghetti5990]

Say wut say huh?

[@britnicox3929]

‘Theyre all my babies, even the ones that act out’ a common way to dismiss someone’s valid criticism is to treat them like a child. I see Tyra is no better

[@jennifermccord8008]

Right? So smug and condescending. 🙄

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Yes!!! That comment really showed how she views her models- she uses their stories and backgrounds as a way to tell a “rags to riches” story line on her show, yet constantly uses their past against them and to put them down. And if they speak out she doesn’t listen and instead relates to them being like children once again bringing up their “difficult past”... it’s like they’re just puppets to her not real human beings 😕

[@britnicox3929]

Cruel World Happy Mind not to mention her ‘Oh really? Well I discovered her on instagram’ as if Winnie has no right to speak bad about her show because Tyra believes she wouldn’t have a career otherwise. So gross

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Felix Castillo antm was meant to help the models understand the industry and it didn’t. They went on because they looked up to Tyra and wanted to be like her. And they were told the show would help them reach that level. But it didn’t and instead exploited them and but them in harms way.

[@britnicox3929]

Felix Castillo but they did tho. Winnie just said she had to make her career HERSELF because ANTM and Tyra didn’t actually help her after it ended

[@65Toronto65]

Tiffany went through therapy to calm herself and learn techniques to how to control her emotions better and express them in a skillful way. And Tyra is mad that she wasnt upset enough, even though she knew she was eliminated and couldn’t do anything about it. Of course Tiffany is upset but she knows she’s going home and knows that she can’t change it

[@rosegie17]

Can you give me the timestamp of Tiffany’s part?

[@yapiibee]

@@rosegie17 13:36

[@rosegie17]

@@yapiibee thanks!

[@nalaterswa3038]

I can't help but think that Tyra was mad that Tiffany didn't regress and make a display as the "angry black woman" just for the sake of drama. Tiffany rationalised her emotions very eloquently and Tyra just couldn't have that.

[@Jkjoannaki]

Tyra was jealous she's emotionally immature and Tiffany is an emotionally mature and controlled strong woman

[@awetistic5295]

When Yaya stands up for herself: How dare you being that defensive and aggressive? When Tiffany tried not to show her emotions: How dare you not breaking down in front of us?

[@amber_Forever16]

Then when Tiffany did start breaking down Tyra told her to shut up and started screaming

[@kichellemo]

it seems that tyra always attacks her black models for not being a walking stereotype of an "angry black woman".

[@alliu6562]

Watching Tyra attack Tiffany made me so angry. Tiffany was literally explaining how she copes with trauma through laughter, and Tyra was literally yelling at her and causing MORE trauma.

[@swim2kill]

Lol I know you. How Dare you be a strong self assured woman in my presence. The africanness is overwhelming comment was straight up racist

[@raleighdale6068]

@@amber_Forever16 No. P l ml

[@TheStyleOfTheTimes]

The fact they arrange a photo shoot in a grave after that girl experienced a personal loss is so effed up

[@MakaylaPaterson]

That actually shocked me. I would have absolutely lost it on them. The person who died has a family and other friends and people that are mourning, but who cares when it makes drama for tv? That’s just... there’s no coming back when you have crossed the line so far that you’ve exploited someone’s death for profit. She’s just so far past the line of “appropriate” that I would be shocked if she could even see it anymore

[@thegrumpygecko2390]

This seemed so messed up to me too. It’s sickening.

[@priscillasauceda5377]

I don’t know how shooting worked, but from when I saw the episode, I was hooked on the series when it came out, the girls loved one passed away the night before the photo shoot. So, if it was chronological, they already had the shoot in mind and everything organized before the loss.

[@cw7821]

I agree it’s messed up but also these photo shoots she hosts on her show are pre arranged and the girls friend passed DURING the show. Tyra couldn’t have anticipated an overdose. Nobody could have foresaw that tragedy. Let’s be fair

[@ShieniLicksOnLemons]

@@priscillasauceda5377 I'm pretty sure it was planned for later but when they learned of the death they decided to have that photo shoot earlier... I just can't believe that a coincidence like that would happen.

[@scootermac1433]

Honestly, I’m surprised you didn’t mention her treatment of people with disabilities on antm. She had a deaf man do a photo shoot in the dark and woman who was partially blind do a fashion show on a poorly lit runway. It just feeds into the exploitation of models with disabilities and models in general. It’s disappointing that she put them through more suffering than absolutely necessary. I totally understand though that the video was probably going to be hours long if you mentioned all the messed up stuff on antm.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

There were so many things to talk about it was definitely an overwhelming video, I chose a lot of the topics because I wanted to showcase her hypocrisy in how she claims to be an empowering figure but her actions say the opposite, but I didn’t know the extent of her treatment of people with disabilities! So disheartening I cannot believe it and wish I knew more on that topic at the time of filming so I could have at least mentioned it! Crazy, I did hours of research and still during the premiere you guys brought so many incidents and situations to my attention! There’s so much to touch on with Tyra and I don’t understand how so much of it stayed hidden from public knowledge for so long!

[@gracealyssa28]

Or when a girl had brain damage and was having trouble memorizing her lines and they told her she just had to figure out a way to deal with it

[@aliceiscalling]

@@gracealyssa28 I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Tyra told someone in a wheelchair to get up and walk, at this point.

[@YamiHoOu]

Or the girl who suffered from seizures and the show then had a runway challenge with strobe lights...

[@cafe_rae]

@@YamiHoOu I'm sorry, how has the show not been sued yet?

[@carmirhodes6851]

The more I see Robert Pattinson interviews about Twilight the more I understand why he despises the saga. Could you imagine going to a talk show and have the host give you used panties and have her ask you to bite her on national television, that's just flat out disgusting. Had the role been reversed I don't think he could have gotten away with it but she certainly did.

[@jennshine8777]

I can’t imagine. I’ve always loved Robert Patterson from twilight and after twilight! i always recommend people to watch his role in water for elephants. That’s so embarrassing. I don’t blame him at all for everything he went through. I’m so glad he’s got the role for the new Batman movie

[@Roland_Deschain677]

Even though she (and you) are claiming the panties are used, there is actually no proof to that statement whatsoever. Tyra gave Robert the panties, Robert makes a joke about a stain, Tyra replies "Oh no it doesn't, thats disgusting. Girls are actually wearing those." I think Tyra was saying that there was such hysteria around the Twilight movies that people even made underwear to choose teams.

[@carmirhodes6851]

@@Roland_Deschain677 I get that she was making fun of the craze but honestly, there were so many goodies that could have been used for that joke. Especially considering the demographic of the movies, "look, teenage girls are using theses to pick teams!", maybe show a t-shirt instead? Also, yeah I know they were clean, still disgusting regardless, they were definitely uncomfortable.

[@cubsgirl101]

Not to mention Taylor was still a teenager at the time. It’s super uncomfortable for him to presented with a thong branded with his name. I feel so bad for him and Robert.

[@Deathisdark05]

When I hear about stuff like this, I completely understand how he grew to have a hatred towards the fans themselves and have a hard time agreeing with people who think it is wrong he directs his distaste towards them as well. Patterson was, if I recall correctly, quite young and fairly new to acting at the time, the only other big thing he'd been in at the time being Harry Potter. Suddenly, he's super popular and apparently fans, even grown women who should know better, were treating him like he's the character and not a person.

[@whyaleichia]

Tyra is a misogynist with views steeped in colorism, and I truly believed that she felt like she suffered as a model and so she wanted others to suffer and feel humiliated. She thought she was exposing how the industry truly is, and it probably was a cruel place to be, but really she just exposed that she was on a power trip. She made sure to make sure at least once every person on that show felt small, and that doesn't make her someone who empowers women at all.

[@RecoveringChristian]

Ahhh Leee tell that to camp TZone and all the girls they "empowered". According to you, they don't count and don't matter. They're not women, theyre lizards waking around with a stolen genital.

[@goluiajohnson2310]

I think some people get power to abuse others and some people get power to prevent abuse.

[@pariahcarrey]

RecoveringChristian I think they were referring to America’s Next Top Model as opposed to T-zone/charities

[@shelbyb9965]

@@RecoveringChristian Yeah it's really cool when you put words in other people's mouths. Especially when it's shit they didn't even mention 🙄

[@lindsaylu195]

You said it perfectly

[@jcphelps7054]

Yaya started acting like the year right after she ended her cycle and she's been on Chicago Med for 5 years as a core character so...I think her ability to defend herself and stand up for herself has worked out just fine for her career.

[@ShermanCassidy]

It’s so important to have convictions and to know who you are! I’m glad standing up for herself has worked for her. If you stand for nothing you fall for anything. Good for her.

[@irumpoli]

JC Phelps ikkkkk. I love nurse april. She’s STUNNING

[@sylviahilxebrant7141]

People should stand up for themselves! To tell women not to is going back to when women were subservient. Personally I watched a couple of the shows and was not impressed. The Tyla show got one view and I was off to something else. Really don't need someone yelling/telling me how to feel.

[@Striving4TommorowsGrace]

We all Stan Yaya. Stick it, Tyra.

[@addey16]

As a Kenyan woman, the clip with Yaya offended me personally. From our accents, to our food, to our culturally based dress and decor and architecture, the world can sometimes makes us feel like it's backward, inferior and something worth being ashamed of. My heart genuinely broke.

[@southparkfirefly]

Never be ashamed of what or who you are. It's people who see things different as a negative who are the backward ones.

[@neemahkiarie9360]

Ong thooooo and I'm Kenyan too😺

[@lpycb42]

Not only that, but the fact that a half-black woman would sit there and ALLOW a clueless White woman to tell her she’s trying too hard to rep her background and culture as if it’s an offensive or bad thing?!?! Absolutely disgusting.

[@misskashy1504]

Kenyan too and I like this channel

[@takwakouidri5895]

Be strong and be proud of your culture and never change it dear ..the problem is with those ppl who don't have any culture to be proud of it and their story not with u

[@ingtapoot]

I was so pissed when a girl got sent home because she couldn't take a picture in her underwear for religious reasons, so she took a picture in a bikini instead. She was willing to compromise to honor her religion as well as the show's challenge, but the judges sent her home anyway. What a joke.

[@williehornung]

They seem to say that the contestants have an "attitude" when they have their own opinions or don't just quietly and perfectly comply. It's quite gross

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Yes!! Every time they said someone had an attitude I was like “bish where?” Each model was just standing up for themselves and I thought each model in this video that spoke up did so eloquently and respectfully. Sad to see that picked apart and them put down.

[@RecoveringChristian]

From Tyra and the Js, "the fashion industry seems to only like sweethearts and b*itches." A consistent theme throughout it's run, "Its full of hypersentivie people, if word gets back that you are difficult, you will never work again. If you are new, unknown, act like a baby, smartly surreptitiously suggest or ask for help. When youre established, just do it yourself or bluntly state or demand things as you've paid your dues." For legitimate criticisms about this specifically, I will badly defer to Victoria and Jenna cycle 9 for exposing the show and spilling tea.

[@Runedthings]

But when a model is quiet and compliant they lack personality....

[@julianburr2750]

It’s quite narcissistic. Classic symptom. No tolerance or acceptance and no deviation from their plan or views or thoughts allowed.

[@mayakashisagan4025]

we have a lot of women playing feminist and "empowering women" but actually just exploit other vulnerable women

[@cruelworldhappymind]

It’s sad- I think there’s a lot of people who want to use the movement of self acceptance, positivity and empowerment to attach their business onto that movement and make a profit... I personally don’t see tyras “modelland” as coming from a genuine place of empowering women, imo

[@socialdistancingpolice6403]

Period!!! It's absolutely disgusting!!!

[@angelluna9599]

Reeks of MLM

[@RecoveringChristian]

I feel like the individuals in this echo chamber likely watch the SheRa reboot and like it unironically. God speed, y'all.

[@cashkitty3472]

Truth

[@bellarose5581]

i’ve never even realized how exploitive the runways shows are, they’re not even realistic because a fashion designer would want the attention on their work instead of the audience worrying about the models’ safety

[@SolaireHighwind]

Yeah, like that "runway challenge" with the water ball - you can hardly see the clothing!

[@cruelworldhappymind]

👏👏👏 YES EXACTLY!! That’s so well put, yes fashion shows and runways can have difficult walks (more in terms of the shoes being uncomfortable and the walking “patten” they choose for the show is complicated) but it’s never something that puts models at risk because why would they want to do that? Who would pay attention to the clothes if that was the case!

[@soniquecat4745]

@@cruelworldhappymind There is one thing with the runway being creative and quirky, but real fashion designer would want his show to go smoothly... so if there would be something very unusual, there would be likely enough rehearsal. These shows are just setting the girls to fail. I remember in Tall Ann's cycle they put them on rollerblades and she actually fell and hit her head. I remember reading on Elyse Sewell's blog she did an ice skating show once, but they asked the models if they could skate and she could, she gotten the part. They did not put random girls on skates for first time in the life... because... what would be the point of girls falling, hurting themselves and likely destroying the clothes?

[@RecoveringChristian]

bella rose meanwhile smash cut to Naomi Campbell, "ALL THE DESIGNERS AND SHOW RUNNERS WERE CALLING ME UP AND ASKING ME TO FALL AND CRASH ON THEIR RUNWAY SHOWS LIKE I DID WITH VIVIENNE'S BC THEY WANTED MORE PRESS FOR THEIR CLOTHES". anyway....proceed with your outrage.

[@catthatknits2310]

@@RecoveringChristian thats completely different than setting up a dead ass obstacle course for the models but go off tho. Tyra knows damn well those runways weren't shit like real life. Naomi could sneeze in your work and you'd get more press than the fake ass runway situations that Tyra dreamed up to literally torture some girls that EVEN IF they did win would never be accepted into the industry, not other than highly commercial work the show w affiliated with.

[@rivers0ng]

Yaya is actually an actress in a show called Chicago Med and she's really good, I'm glad she made a career after ANTM

[@bird6039]

Yep. She has been consistently working since the show. She’s a great actress.

[@BrokebutCreative]

That's her? No way!

[@gloriavaldez1560]

She played Whitney Houston on tv movie. Go Yaya

[@Inyourlap]

The photo shoot at the cemetery was so unnecessary: in the final photos, we don’t see the hole, the graveyard or a tombstone. Just a model in a coffin photographed from above. This could have been done in a studio. And the fashion show in the bubbles on water: you couldn’t even see the clothes!!! How stupid! All the drama they created to put contestants in miserable situations. This is just one of the dozens of contradictions we saw on that show. The objective was to “empower women” but they never missed an occasion to crush them. Express yourself but don’t reply to the judges, that’s arrogant Be a plus size model but stop eating, you’re getting too fat. Be you but let’s get rid of this part of your body because it doesn’t sell. Be sexy but be modest. Be modest but be sexy. Be feminine but here’s a boyish haircut. Be assertive but don’t even think of saying that you’re uncomfortable on a set. Be professional but accept unconditionally to be rejected by a racist male model because that’s “part of the business”. Embrace all people but let a few girls bully a transgendered woman or an autistic girl without giving them the right to defend themselves. Ask an African American girl to embrace her culture but blame her for being too ethnic.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

OMG SUCH A GOOD POINT!!! Ugh 🙄😔

[@cassteaelle7460]

Who was autistic? Just to be clear, I'm actually asking because I don't remember. I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just trying to recall who it was.

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you.

[@ashleysartattack5600]

CassTeaElle I believe her name was Adrienne. She was in one of the first few seasons. Later on there was another one named Heather too.

[@evangeline77x]

@@ashleysartattack5600 Are you talking about Adrienne Curry? She was the first ANTM winner, and the only 'Adrienne' that I can think of.

[@suzannahconnel7745]

Tiffany didn't deserve that. Tyra then made her reaction about herself and made herself the victim. Tiffany was saying goodbye to the other girls, why not smile in the face of a disappointment. That's strength.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Yes!!! Exactly! 👏👏

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you. Thank for listening

[@jasmineheightley6491]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 ya'll saying cos I've got tattoos I'm marked by the devil? You a fool,shut up.

[@lilsieg1998]

@@jasmineheightley6491 nah he's saying don't get a rfid or identification tattoo just like getting a microchip through vaccines...its a whole "conspiracy" (which is partially true) but normal tattoos are great, love them

[@jasmineheightley6491]

@@lilsieg1998 I'm from the UK and this is the first I've heard of chips or tattoos ??!! Is this an actual thing??

[@traveljournal9928]

If Tyra was never discovered as a model I'm 100% sure she'd be an instagram self help guru

[@Stillpril]

😂

[@PurpleBlessingsRMine]

Pushing pseudoscience!

[@Ocelot80524]

I'm shocked she doesn't peddle goop with gwyneth now that this is brought up

[@gojewla]

Come on, there are plenty of obnoxious careers she could have also chosen from.

[@catsarerude]

💀😂

[@abeltesfaye_]

Tyra calling another black woman "defensive" for standing up for herself is internalized self-hate. Nigel is SICK and so is Jay, Miss Jay and that other gross judge that starts with a J. Don't even care to remember her name. Oh and Twiggy is gross too

[@rabidburrito6906]

Janice i think

[@claresherman2278]

@SpkTrth2Pwr Twiggy is a genuinely nice person- I don’t know how she ended up on this horrible show. I guess they paid her very well.

[@toriamigo]

Twiggy was never ever nasty to the girls, she was totally different. I just watched her season recently

[@Joci445]

something i havent heard anyone mention. in cycle 15, they had a photoshoot with Male models. they forced kayla to do the photoshoot even though she told them she wasn't comfortable with men due to a history of sexual abuse :(

[@ldallas8315]

Yup that was so awful, it was a pretty intimate photoshoot as well. She obviously had ptsd from sexual abuse and neither Tyra nor the producers gave a fuck. The way they disregard the contestants’ well-being under the guise of “wanting them to do what it takes to succeed as a model” is so fuckin nasty, like cmon Tyra we know that you and the producers just want to squeeze every drop of “drama” you can out of these girls and don’t actually give a damn whether they become successful models or not.

[@kei-avang4192]

Yeah u know that always bother me to this day!!!!! I felt like it was so wrong!

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you. Thank you for listening.

[@christophersony7975]

That’s the reality of reality TV. There is no script. So the drama has to be invented. And consequently the people in these shows. Real people not actors, are manipulated, and humiliated for what. Oh that’s right entertainment....

[@yes2527]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 what does this mean??

[@EvyMeow]

That cemetery one had me speechless. That was so evil.

[@xoxo1700s]

Ikr they should of told her ahead of time on where they were going n give her the choice if she wanted to do the photo shoot or not.. I'm pretty sure she would of said no but like damn that was really messed up

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you.

[@eshog8954]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 .....wut?

[@buriedinmyyard]

Elizabeth Shogren tryin to figure out if she’s trying to say my tattooed vaccinated ass is going to hell or something?

[@Gabriellaella23]

@@xoxo1700s They knew exactly what they were doing, though. They had the camera on her the whole time in the van. That's so fucked up. 🥺

[@pinkyslippers]

I really lost respect for her when I saw an episode of the Tyra show where she absolutely attacked and belittled a young, pregnant woman who was working at the Bunny Ranch in Nevada. She had 0 support from the father and her own family and decided to try and make enough money to give her child a good life. And Tyra had the nerve to tell her that she should be working in a McDonald's instead. It was just a tirade of slut shaming, anti-choice bullshit. The poor girl just had to sit there and take it. Fortunately you could tell she had a lot of love and support from the other women at the ranch at least.

[@ashleewhittlesey7874]

Omg. I hope her and her child are doing well. Tyra such a hypocrite

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you.

[@madisongreen8913]

Have you seen the one where she forces a black women whos brand is her lovely hair to relaxe it😭👎🏻

[@evangeline77x]

@@madisongreen8913 Ugh :( that was a really bleak moment for the show... Very disappointing. I still cannot believe the mental gymnastics Tyra pulled in order to make that girl feel bad about wanting to maintain her perfectly beautiful natural hair and that by doing so it (somehow?) made her less "versatile"... Just to permanently relax it! As if her natural hair would hamper her ability to find work and hold her back, while permanently changing the texture of her hair, which literally limited the types of styles she could wear, somehow made any sense. That could've been such a cool moment for the show to explore different natural/protective hairstyles and really go all out on each of her photoshoots showcasing actual diversity... But, no. They just exploited her single biggest vulnerability for drama by doing the one thing she did not want. It was hypocritical and sad.

[@Anne-MarieJ]

Tyra: I want to empower women Also Tyra: I’m going to put young women on a show, pick apart their appearance, and completely embarrass them It’s not adding up

[@moonraker30]

Yeah the gap tooth incident was way off, she said she could never get a cover girl contract with it, but what about Lauren Hutton? She had a gap and did just fine

[@RocioNicte]

Tyra is a Narcissist. A total and complete narcissist that made her whole show about HER. The girls were merely an accessory for her to look good.

[@Thepookieyoubeenlookingfor]

The part with the girl in the water I bet if she would have spoke out and said something they probably would have told her that she needed to suck it up and that in the real modeling world they wouldn't of put up with that. No matter what they did on the show it wasn't good enough.

[@zoe_astra]

That’s literally what happened in the episode. She kept telling them that she was really cold and it was obvious just from looking at her that she was not ok, but Tyra just kept telling her to “push through the pain” 🙄

[@olivialeigh2953]

That show straight up told women they have no rights as a model. Most careers would not endanger their lives and tell them they should just “deal with it.” They should at least have basic workers rights like any job.

[@spicysl]

And they would put her in the bottom two as a way to threaten to eliminate her.

[@livcaitbff]

They told the girls that as a model, you have to push your body. And when this woman got hypothermia, they said that as a model, you have to listen to your body. Like what 😑

[@cruelworldhappymind]

thegirlnooneknows5 YES!! So infuriating 😕

[@fatiieljaouhari2472]

The scene with Tiffany is still quite interesting to me, Tiffany was the one who was put into anger management yet she handled herself very well in front of a woman yelling at her on television! Idk maybe Tyra should've gone to the anger management too...

[@aisha5156]

Lol. Maybe she should’ve.

[@tarthistory6094]

Maybe Tyra yelled at her like that hoping she'd lose it. Would have made a good "scene."

[@aisha5156]

Maggie Jarvela That sad. She yelled at Tiffany hoping she would lose her temper for more drama.

[@kiraford5410]

@@tarthistory6094 it seemed like a few of the challenges were made to trigger Tiffany's anger for ratings and that was her last chance to get her riled up and it made Tyra look dumb.

[@HokeyPokey81300]

Tyra had a whole ass “Mommy Dearest” moment when she was screaming at Tiffany. Can’t believe they thought including that would be a good idea.

[@mirandahill7917]

LOOOOOOOOL

[@K.Marie119]

I mean, 13 year old me bought it... lol.

[@jaspyrelique3355]

well, that's probably the most iconic moment from the show so....

[@monie802]

Tyra has since said that she lashed out bc she was over worked and over tired and that regretted acting like that... but also said that she was just super passionate about it...

[@RecoveringChristian]

lol Tiffany. Tiffany FAILED the psych exam 3 times with 3 different psychologists in cycle 3. She, Tyra and others were invested in her and made an effort to get Tiffany counselling (something that has stayed with her, becoming a youth couselling to troubled teens herself) so that she could come back for cycle 4. She was the ONLY GIRL who made Tyra and the judges cry in the audition. They were literally rooting for her from the get go. Besides exploiting her story for drama and tears for reality tv, they repeatedly state how she could work in this industry, they genuinely believed in her. The run-up to the meme, was alongside the debut of Tyra's talk show. If Ken Mok is to be believed, they were all on over 24 hours without sleep. For Tyra, she wanted to give Tiffany the contract and the 100k to lift her out of the situation she was in, evidenced by their 1 on 1s. From their perspective, it was seeing someone be ungrateful, and throwing away an opportunity they all thought she desperately wanted, rejection impulse like Marjorie cycle 11. She cried to get on the show multiple times. She cried and collapsed onto the ground when she finally got in. She didn't cry when she got the boot. In Tiffany's defense, "Tyra cared about me, it's good to know that she cared. I love you," also Tiffany, "my grandma said, if you love somebody, you dont embarrass them like that." Spin that however you like.

[@phyllismartin674]

The time that Tyra had a young man who was celibate on her talk show and teased him, taunted him, mocked him, brought on Victoria's Secret angel models on just to tempt him. My jaw hit the floor and I never watched her show again.

[@ouwebrood497]

Which celibate young man goes on a show like this?

[@katherinestovall4557]

I used to watch ANTM religiously and watching these clips as an adult... wow like UGH. I cannot.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

I know right!!!

[@seamus33333]

Its so fucked up, but I still love it for what it is... good reality TV! But I would never support something like this happening again.

[@kiriwood1950]

Same! I used to love ANTM, but watching clips of it back now makes me cringe so badly! There are so many issues with some of the stuff they did on that show!

[@naz.ghouled]

As a feminist this is very problematic. I guess she thinks she can’t have harassment lawsuits against her. If this was a guy doing this he would have been cancelled years ago.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Agreed 😕 it’s super off-putting!

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Felix Castillo there are more and more lawsuits coming out in the fashion industry and women (AND MEN) gain the courage to speak out against mistreatment. Modeling is a job, and like any other job people in modeling deserve a safe, harassment free workplace.

[@ThorneinSide]

Women and people of color shouldn’t be able to hide behind those statuses as shields for criticism. Abuse is abuse!

[@umikara4503]

@Jeremy Jones a man with an unwashed a** has an opinion, yet again. i am Unsurprised.

[@katiebeaird4528]

Tyra seems like the "I suffered so you suffer too" type of person. Like the cycle of abuse that doesn't break.

[@mirandahill7917]

100%

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you.

[@anti_fragile]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 lmao i think I'd rather do what I want

[@abeltesfaye_]

I feel like Tyra is projecting her horrible experiences onto others in this metaphorical way. Like showing us how ppl wanted Tyra to be another race (white), how she had to go through horrible experiences and was pitted against huge threats to her success like Naomi Campbell. However that is not to justify what she did as it was DESPICABLE. In a very twisted way, this is Tyra's sick version of therapy against her gross past. Tyra needs serious help.

[@photofreak56]

Her hate for Naomi Campbell always felt like Tyra knew that Naomi had something she didn't which was staying power.

[@peachesandcream22]

@@photofreak56 Naomi was also experiencing racism issues in modelling but unlike Tara, she didn't became a douchebag and didn't decide to break someone's self esteem for her profit.

[@sarahbethyoga]

I actually went to a casting for a season of this show and they had all of us line up and state our name, age, and what sets us apart from the others, in an oddly specific way. Before they turned the cameras on they primed us by saying that they were looking for drama. “We want to hear you say ‘I’m a total diva and no other girl will get in my way’ or ‘if a b*tch crosses me I’ll steal & cut up her panties’” (FOR REAL) then they turned on the camera and recorded each of us ~40 girls, one by one, basically one upping each other to be the villain... thank god I didn’t get on the show and went my own way instead. Btw I love your videos ✊🏼

[@monicaboyles4908]

Lol I watch your yoga videos everyday!!! I could never imagine you on this show 😂😂 you’re way too good for that!

[@JazDickinson1]

😮😮😮 WTF???

[@PrincessofPower84]

That's so messed up. I'm glad you didn't get on the show, either. It's ruined so many lives.

[@kellyzuckerman1149]

They asked you to do that because its a TV show and thats how it gets ratings. And if Tyra didnt do her show, this one wouldnt have anything to hate.

[@sarahbethyoga]

Kelly Zuckerman literally every TV show will do this. I think the shocker is that the show was presented like an actual modeling opportunity in every way. So when the veil gets lifted and you realize it’s just a tv show and they’re using people’s features and downfalls to get ratings (and not pay them adequately) then it looks extra gross. Again, like all reality tv shows.

[@lkrauzlis]

ill always remember how the cast basically degraded an autistic woman on this show... as an autistic woman myself, it always got me mad and discouraged me from doing anything knowing thats exactly how i was treated too...

[@cruelworldhappymind]

So sad, I’m so sorry to hear that 😕 there’s so many situations I didn’t even know about even after researching extensively, feels like the more I uncover the more I find

[@LittleMissLion]

I don't think I saw this happen. I'm so sorry!

[@gracealyssa28]

I remember that season, I loved her and I hated god they treated her

[@salvadordollyparton7428]

Heather from cycle 9 was a gorgeous breath of fresh air and the way production allowed the other girls to treat her for entertainment value was disgusting. So many potential lawsuits in every cycle.

[@deidrebetts2936]

Bianca and Kim were the worst to her. Kim said she didn't wanna be friends with her because "people like her cling" (her words, not mine), and I got the feeling Bianca got jealous of all the attention she got

[@satellite991]

I want to point out that Taylor Lautner was SIXTEEN when the first twilight movie came out! he was a literal minor on her show & she was still being creepy!!

[@cruelworldhappymind]

💀 that’s so bad’

[@serenitymoon825]

WHAAAT?!?!

[@danielsuarez8576]

he looked like a 21yo man lol

[@shirley444]

That’s still insane to think that. He looked like he was 25 the youngest.

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Oh lordy. I thought he was an adult man pretending to play a teenager.

[@imeantloveyou5eva]

worst part about the robert and taylor part was that taylor was underage, approx. 15, and she put an allegedly used g-string on a underaged boy’s shoulder like that’s disgusting 🤮

[@lissq2769]

Wait he was that young!?! Nah sorry that’s surely a crime Tyra, absolutely disgusting and despicable

[@fiveguys3638]

Disgusting regardless of age but I don't think he was that young🤔

[@imeantloveyou5eva]

@@fiveguys3638 i looked it up to confirm, he was 16 during the filming of Twilight and 16 during the taping of this show

[@daniellemichael1]

Robert Patinson hates Twilight for many reasons but I have a feeling Tyra is very much one of them

[@cruelworldhappymind]

For real!!

[@rosemargie257]

What is Twilight

[@daniellemichael1]

@@rosemargie257 it was a Romance book turned movie series that was SUPER popular in late 2000s early 2010s and it's making a comeback

[@moxypicture5681]

What does tyra have to do with twilight??

[@taylerrenee9710]

communist rat She was a talk show host and the twilights series was all the rage back then that’s what trya had to do with twilight. Jeez man 🤦🏼‍♀️ I swear people need to use their brains! All this social media crap just makes people’s brain turn to mush and more dumb as the years go on!

[@TishaMae]

Tyra refused to pose naked when she was a model, the fact that she gives girls a hard time over it is disgusting. The show has always been problematic, and ever since it started every so often people go off about it. It got cancelled a few times but kept coming back, not sure why. I don't know her whole "empire" is a mess

[@marianatrench5557]

I don't understand... She hates it when a woman does something sexual like escorting or modelling for Playboy, but she also hates it when a woman choses to be modest and doesn't do a nude shooting.

[@larissabrglum3856]

I think she simply hates women on her show having autonomy.

[@MewMewPumpkinPie]

Honestly it reminds me of how some people are against abortions/unwanted pregnancies and hate brith control too...

[@ThexDynastxQueen]

Only Mango: While also getting abortions themselves or for their mistresses, wives, daughters, etc. Their hypocrisy like Tyra's seems to be about control as well as making a segment of the population's actions feel unwelcome not actually stopping the act itself.

[@carlocarnaje6918]

I mean they DID disqualify Angelea

[@shankeduu]

@@MewMewPumpkinPie well that’s bc those ppl are pro abstinence/saving until marriage. the problem to them is sex in general

[@cheyenneross1809]

And now I see YaYa flourishing on film and tv still being unapologetically YAYa...and I’m thrilled for her

[@Mickeii617]

I used to think that the "we were rooting for you" meme was funny till I saw this video. Just because a person doesn't express their emotions, the way that you think they should. Does not mean that they don't them. How dare you say she's not taking it seriously because she's not crying. It's not everyone's first reaction to cry.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Yes!! Preach 👏👏

[@hhoges9895]

Tyra was basically trying to break her down to get the reaction she wanted for the cameras. Absolutely disgusting.

[@captainjoy8976]

Omg you actually put my struggles into words! I'm autistic and always didn't express feelings as I was "supposed to". My family criticised me for that so often that I tried to be as "normal" as I could be and it broke me. This mindset is so toxic and hurtful for so many people. I really can't get over that clip

[@ravenpoynter6598]

This hits really close to home for me, most of my life I've had to put up with people calling me heartless because I express emotion differently.

[@littleangel8344]

yeah wtf i always thought that for years like why is she getting mad at her for not reacting the way she wants? i always assumed i misunderstood i was that confused

[@TomasTheTankEngine]

Tiffany was 100% right when she said that this gets more embarrassing every week. They were really just out too embarrass them and create drama for “good” tv. It was never about finding the next super model.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

EXACTLY! She called them out, she was smart and had dignity and I thought that was amazing when watching that back

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you. Thanks for listening

[@seamus33333]

No, it was EXACTLY about finding the next top model. And that was the problem.

[@sofiab.9129]

@@salometipsandtricks2786 whats wrong with you

[@randombrokeperson]

The entire show was about reviving Tyra's career and soothing her innate narcissism. IIRC she did not have the same level of fame in the 2000s/the beginning of this show as she did in the 90s (in terms of the modeling world).

[@melz6625]

Young woman: has healthy boundaries ANTM: and I took that personally

[@JessicaCondon5]

I'm so glad Danielle didn't have her gap closed! Look at all the beautiful models with gaps in their teeth that are famous now.

[@Blessed-tn1wd]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ Absolutely! I don’t take Tyra seriously. Never cared for her.

[@olivialeigh2953]

Also the stuff with Tiffany makes me so mad. Tiffany has clearly had an extremely hard life and she didn’t do anything wrong when she said I’m tired about crying about what I can’t change, and that is so inspiration as a line. She can’t changed what happened so why cry about it. She’s tough and clearly a fighter. Trya looks so gross yelling at her like that and not even letting her explain herself.

[@jewel.s.journey]

Tyra did look so disgusting yelling at her!!

[@RealiTeaV]

Yess, that scene pissed me off frfr

[@jazskystar7110]

People who have gone through shit, real shit, that line IS VERY inspirational AND VERY REAL.

[@somedude172]

yes! when youve had a traumatic life, the only thing you can do is tell yourself theres no sense in crying over things you cant change. bc tbh, there isnt. you cry for a little bit, then you have to force yourself to move past it and heal. otherwise youd be miserable. i really really dont understand what tyra was going for there. what did she want the girl to do? curl up on the floor and cry? that would definitely go over well on a reality tv show...

[@captainjoy8976]

And the gaslighting makes her look like the devil to me.. "I never screamed at a girl like that before so you're at fault here" is basically what she is saying.. it's disgusting

[@madonnbitch7243]

She's so mean to Danielle over her gap teeth, her treatment of darker skin contestants no wonder naomi didn't like her

[@eluv173]

BINGO

[@nonyab5640]

Yeah and it was TOTAL bullshit we’ve all seen beautiful models/actresses/celebrities with gaps I have no clue why she was acting like she doesn’t know that.

[@nonyab5640]

@manuka She can’t fix something that isn’t broken. God you say it like she looked like a meth head. She was trying to make it like her trademark. What if Cindy Crawford got her mole removed? Hell there’s tons of examples. What don’t you get about that?

[@ElanaVital83]

@manuka Hey, the gap tooth look worked for Lauren Hutton. Meanwhile, tyra says it's OK for a white girl to get a gap? Sit down. Tyra is a narcissist and you're an enabler

[@RecoveringChristian]

@@ElanaVital83 you're ignorant. Itd be laughable if it wasnt soo pathetic.

[@jaycievictory8461]

"As a model it's your responsibility to say when you've reached your limit." Thinking of the many, many times in the series a model says they've reached their limit and tapped out in a shoot, and then been ripped a new one at judging and nearly always eliminated 🙄😡

[@Deathisdark05]

Exactly what I was thinking. That comment was pure gaslighting. There have been models on the show dragged and cut just for refusing to do a shoot because of their personal beliefs. If I had to guess, the model either did not know she could say such a thing or very much felt like she couldn't.

[@hannahlanthier1283]

That entire shoot they were telling them how cold they were as well. They just brushed it off and basically told them that they have to suck it up to make it as a model

[@cv6442]

They would have absolutely sent them home if they bowed out for being too cold without having actual hypothermia.

[@LillysConner]

Tyra asking Robert Patterson to bite her was just creepy and he felt pressured to do it.

[@RunSkylarRun]

I watched this show when I was young. I’ve never realized how TOXIC it truly is...

[@mirandahill7917]

Lol same

[@NocturnalEye]

Me too! Because my mom watched it a lot tho.

[@willowashe]

“You’ve been through anger management; why are you not more angry right now?”

[@mosdefiant]

I didn’t understand why she brought that up until now. She meant it as a put down. Yikes.

[@hana-cb2nc]

Spot on 😬

[@cricketxing]

I didnt even know Winnie Harlow got her start on ANTM, thats how little Tyra contributed to her career

[@Rebelheart1985]

She was seriously “nicknamed” panda or something by some guy and he got pissy when she asked him nicely to not do that.

[@EAPori]

@@Rebelheart1985 god that was so uncomfortable. Honestly I'm glad most people dont remember that she was in this show, best to leave that behind her imo

[@ElanaVital83]

@manuka LMAO Winnie Harlow has class and star power. She would be famous without that silly reality TV show, no doubt

[@bbb_ccc4361]

@@ElanaVital83 definitely and I think I remember seeing her in the show and they tried making her out to be a "diva" and they would say she was to cocky after they told her she should be more confident

[@ladysweetpumpkin1058]

If it wasn't for Tyra people like her wouldn't even be considered for modeling...so go kick rocks!!🤮

[@nathanr5737]

Knowing how awkward Robert is I bet this was insanely uncomfortable to him but he didn’t wanna be confrontational and say no

[@jessicabalderas3538]

When she told the girl that her grandma had to stop paying the bills to buy her a swimsuit for he show and used her story against her... That was just gross. And also, Modelland could be a giant casting process thar models actually have to pay to get into.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

I totally agree! She uses antm models “backstories” as a way to sell her show as a rags to riches story line, yet constantly throughout the show (and after the show, like her response to Winnie Harlow) uses the girl’s pasts against them

[@bonniehowell4259]

What more upsetting is Tyra went into more details that were edited out. She basically told her "Go sleep on a mattress with your baby or something to that extent....SMH

[@michaelbeighle2587]

One of the saddest stories to come out of ANTM is Angelea Preston. After being on cycle 14, she became an escort because she couldn't get work. She returned to ANTM for their all-star cycle (Cycle 17) and informed the producers that she had escorted a year prior to being casted for Cycle 17. Angelea performed very well and would eventually be crowned the ORIGINAL winner of that cycle. However, Tyra and her producers decided to disqualify her, and reshoot the finale without her and crown a different winner. There was never any explanation as to where she went and why she was ultimately disqualified. Angelea has stated in an interview years later that Tyra and production brought up the escort work and decided to disqualify her. Really messed up of them to shame her like that. Additionally, the transphobia Isyss experienced on her season was so mean and intense. It's a shame that Tyra never addressed this and never casted a trans model on the show again. The show had very homophobic moments throughout the years that rarely got addressed. Truly disappointing.

[@marianatrench5557]

Also when she told Jeana that she "sounded like a f*cking prostitute" because of her Playboy photoshoot.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Yes! So sad to see. I’ve gotten a few comments about how “escorting is not the fault of antm” and while this is true, people going onto antm think it’s going to help them “become a top model” so the issue with Angelea’s story is that antm exploited her struggles and never helped her or other models to create a sustainable career out of their modeling endeavors

[@michaelbeighle2587]

@@marianatrench5557 yes! Meanwhile, Eugena (former ANTM cast member) was on the cover of Playboy and became Playmate of the Year in 2016. Also, Naomi Campbell posed nude for Playboy but I doubt that Tyra would refer to Naomi as a "f*cking prostitute". Tyra's legacy is Sports Illustrated and Victoria's secret so it just always seemed odd to me that she shamed women for using their sexuality in very similar ways she did to reach new heights.

[@michaelbeighle2587]

​@@cruelworldhappymind Exactly! I also think when people make comments like "escorting is not the fault of ANTM" they tend to disregard race and editing. Tyra was unfairly harsh to other black women on the show. Camille, Bre, Robin, Angelea, Jade, Yaya, Bianca, etc. all got the "b*tch" edit on the show and most of them consistently placed in the bottom even though they had superior pictures to some of their cast mates. Tyra's post modeling career has been all about making her seem as if she came from the hood and worked her way to the top when the reality is her parents were middle class, educated, and could afford to send her to private school. I"m not going to knock her for the work she put in for her success but it's very important to note that she had support and privilege to pursue a career in modeling while knowing she had a backup plan if it didn't work out (studying film production). Most of the women of color on the show do not have this luxury. They don't have a family who can support them financially, they don't have a college education or savings account to fall back on. They most likely support their family and risk everything for a chance at success only to have even less than what they started out with. It's no wonder why so many contestants have trouble finding work or simply getting back to real life. How can you when folks see you like the edited version you were made out to be on TV? In the future, I hope that Tyra can use TV in the way she originally intended. It's an extremely powerful tool that she used so nonchalantly.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Michael Beighle 👏👏 THIS WAS THE COMMENT I NEEDED TO SEE. JUST YES. YES!!

[@kelsey2333]

When tyra screamed at that poor girl. I'm horrified. And those hazardous ass stages they had them walking down. A lawsuit waiting to happen

[@cruelworldhappymind]

I’m surprised more haven’t happened... I’m aware of one by Angela but haven’t come across whether or not more girls have sued the show. Their contracts must be atrocious

[@KaliqueClawthorne]

@@cruelworldhappymind Also I would say - Especially for america I mean, here in Germany we got next topmodel to - With Heidi Klum and even here the contractsw of such shows are bad enough, that the people are afraid to sue - And here you don'T have to worry (most time ) to have enough money for a good lawyer or so ....

[@treyg2010]

They make them sign contracts saying they aren’t allowed to sue. Someone commented that they could literally light them on fire and they wouldn’t be able to do much about it

[@stickshiftstarship]

Those are extremely dangeros. Putting a person on a moving platform without safety rails/a harness would ABSOLUTELY not fly anywhere else. Let alone doing it to a girl in a cumbersome dress and heels. Anything involving water, no matter how shallow, is a drowning hazard. I've been in the theater and safety regulations there are no joke.

[@509wildflower]

How Tyra treats people I feel is a reflection of how she was treated in the industry. And once she had power she probably thought she could abuse it the way she saw others do so

[@RocioNicte]

Naaa, she is simply a Narcissist. A total and complete narcissist that made her whole show about her. The girls were merely an accessory for her to look good.

[@alannacronk9419]

That “plus size model” literally looks THE SAME as the others

[@seyeonyaseec]

In their little model world, anything that’s above a size 10, is considered “plus-size”. Unbelievable

[@mtshyna]

Is crazy to me that some of those plus size models are the same size as me yet aren’t thick like me 😂

[@evangeline77x]

@@seyeonyaseec Maybe on the show, but in real life (for models and in US sizing) anything over 12 (technically 12-22) is plus sized. Nothing below is considered "plus".

[@jademaina3308]

Right!!!!! Am looking for the plusness and I can't find it 😂😂😂

[@upgradeyourlife5791]

here I am 260 lbs side eyeing these "plus size" women.

[@juliakaz146]

I'm 23 years old, I've been a professional model since I was 15. Antm is a running joke in the industry. Being on that show is total career suicide

[@MsSilverTulip]

A number of contestants have had success after the show. There are YT compilations about it.

[@kellyzuckerman1149]

@Mara L Yes, good point. And most of the contestants really are NOT model material.

[@ediesongbird3163]

Silver Tulip but it’s never the winner mostly just older seasons

[@bcdmovement6856]

Wow

[@RecoveringChristian]

Definitely. 15 so that would be cycle 18. After the all star cycle 17. It already was such a pariah since cycle 7 in 2006 yet still enjoyed 24 cycles across 2 decades and dozens of international top model shows.

[@rust-2450]

Oof her screaming at that girl because "I care about you" was sooo manipulative and was just her thinking that the loudest person in an argument wins. Gonna be honest I've never even heard about Tyra before this because I'm not big into celebrities, but boy howdy I'm only halfway through and she pisses me off

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Totally agree.. very manipulative and “gaslight”-y

[@moonbyulsradish1453]

I felt so sad when Tiffany said in her final confessional that she was glad Tyra yelled at her because it proved that Tyra cared for her. It just makes me wonder what difficulties did she face before the show to think that belittling and screaming at someone for not behaving like you wanted them to is an appropriate way to express how much you care.

[@AnomalyArcadie]

I felt my stomach drop when seeing the picture of Jael. I'm still so disconnected from the idea she was on this show. I had the absolute pleasure of getting to know her in real life and saw her shining example of being a powerful, beautiful, strong sober woman. She is dearly missed in our local recovery community constantly.

[@spookywolf324]

Aww I was hoping I would find someone else who knew her in that way!! I was crying when her pictures came on... the wound of her being gone is still fresh for me

[@ghostflxwer]

my baby 🥺 I miss her so much.

[@Warehag]

She reminded me of punk girls when we were teens. Very down to earth, wild.

[@MiyaMam948]

That poor girl in the inflatable ball And them laughing at her...God, my anxiety would've put me in a coma from the sheer embarrassment

[@cruelworldhappymind]

YES ME TOO!! I have some pretty bad social anxiety I would just be mortified!

[@closuitm]

That was so cruel

[@kellyzuckerman1149]

@@cruelworldhappymind Why do you delete comments from viewers that dont agree with what you are doing? I noticed someone I was having a dialoge with yesterday, you took down all her comments.

[@ElanaVital83]

@@kellyzuckerman1149 KZbin hides comments with down votes

[@emilybrown3689]

Tyra is the epitome of "ugly on the inside ruins beauty on the outside". When I was little, I always found her incredibly beautiful. It wasn't until my teens when I started seeing her personality and finding it very appalling. As an adult, I hate even complimenting her appearance because all I can see is the vile soul under the flesh.

[@aksirampangela2100]

Tyra has bad legs though.

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

I know exactly what you mean. There are quite a few people who I thought were quite beautiful and now when I look at them, I shudder in the *bad* way

[@RocioNicte]

Tyra is a Narcissist. A total and complete narcissist that made her whole show about HER. The girls were merely an accessory for her to look good.

[@seykadagmar]

They totally trap the woman into having to defend themselves but not giving them a chance to do so. I can't believe I used to like this show.

[@e.k_liadon]

I remember watching this as a kid and not seeing any of it for what it was. As an adult it makes me sick to my soul to see what Tyra and her crew has done to those models. It’s crazy just how deep our filters run when we’re kids.

[@SL-ul3yr]

Continuing to call the women "my girls" after their work together has ended is creepy

[@izzyxx1168]

Yeah she acts like she is their mother:/

[@nunyabizness573]

Worse, she actually called them "my 🍼 babies."

[@striyesalem5673]

This show didn’t just “not age well” but it was very backwards even in its time. I remember watching the show as a kid and wanting to be on it, but getting so ANGRY at what these girls were going through. And the subtle (and not so subtle) blaming of these girls for being human and having imperfections and limits is incredibly disheartening. When you think about the fact that this show COULD have breathed new air into the industry, or at least into the public’s view of the industry, by celebrating diversity and uniqueness in a time when modeling truly needed it, the fact that it is actually just trashy reality tv hurts my heart. Now all I can do is imagine what innovation could’ve come from a show that actually empowered women during those transformative years between extreme toxicity and now, when modeling is just starting to actually view models as humans. It breaks my heart.

[@cafe_rae]

I loved the show and actually sided with the judges. Looking back as an adult I see how cruel it was. But as a kid it painted this picture that models must be these perfect immortal creatures almost. It made me want to be part of that world even more. It also made me very hard on myself for not being perfect, not like that was a difficult task but it would have been nice to have a better role model.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

SUCH a good point! Tyra spoke out about issues in the modeling industry yet perpetuated those same issues in her show! Antm represented the modeling industry for a lot of people- she could have created a positive message and started to change the industry but the exact opposite happened which is so disheartening!!

[@PrincessKLS]

I used to be a fan of Tyra but after watching the show for many years and seeing how she “changed” over the years on the show, I don’t see her the same way.

[@realnettieb]

It did celebrate diversity and uniqueness, it just had that reality show element

[@mscookie3613]

I got so upset when they harassed that girl for defenses her choice of hat imma have to take a break and come back. The disrespect is even higher than the hunbots

[@LittleMissLion]

Fortunately YaYa is now a very successful actress and doing well. No thanks to this awful show

[@cruelworldhappymind]

I feel u!! 💜💜

[@recycleyourelderly]

They tried so hard to make her out to be a bitch and failed so hard, and I think it says a lot about her talent and character how successful she is today, considering the start she had on the show

[@IllyDragonfly]

It's so cringy I cannot watch it, I'm playing it while checking the video... Tyra is such a bad person, it's so cringy.

[@serenitymoon825]

It's so funny that they gave her shit for the cowboy hat and little do they know that back in the day there were a lot of African American cowboys, so Yaya was still representing her people!!!!!!!

[@chocolatedonutchip]

aren't models' ankles like super important?! can't an injury derail their career? it seems like those challenges are specifically created to break their ankles

[@princess1peach]

Or kill them, bc tyra is old and jelly

[@kissarococo2459]

I wonder what kind of insurance the show had.

[@KetchupRocket]

Everyone’s ankles are important! Makes no sense why they’d do this

[@ouwebrood497]

Those high heels are almost as sickening as the giraffe necks in certain countries.

[@kokorocosplay2420]

As a seven year old with a front gap in my teeth seeing the episode where tyra talks down on it that much really screwed with me as a kid and I still have so many insecurities about it.

[@Blessed-tn1wd]

I pray one day that you will gain confidence to embrace and accept all of you. Don’t allow societal beliefs or values dictate how you feel about yourself ❤️❤️

[@delirium4048]

Kokoro, I think teeth gaps are sexy and so do so many other people. I hope you'll feel that about yours at some point.

[@rozalina531]

@@delirium4048 💯🎯

[@mollieeffler901]

if i'm remembering correctly, that bubble runway was supposed to be for a jewelry line...so why would you make it harder to see the jewelry by putting it inside those wet confetti-filled plastic bubbles?

[@samsweat7002]

You ARE the jewelry now. Lol. No clue they really just had hella people watch them humiliate people beyond belief.

[@healingwisdom6727]

Tyra Banks is *TOXIC* and I suspect, a narcissist Edit: 13 minutes in, I am *100%* sure Tyra is a narcissist and she us surrounded by people who enable her hypocritical, demeaning, demanding behavior. Tyra is *deeply* insecure which is why she yelled at Tiffany because she had the nerve to threaten Tyra's authority. Tyra's narcissistic rage came out, she couldn't handle someone standing up for themselves

[@SThornton-gn8ct]

So true!

[@MaxMustermann-hd7oe]

Absolutely. Yaya was just making her point and expressing her opinion. Tyra just ripped her apart, because she felt threatened. Nobody is allowed to question her. The only one, who has a superior complex is definitely her.

[@ElanaVital83]

Tyra is most likely spiraling downward because her career is slowing down

[@HermioneGriffel]

I agree!

[@KS-yp1jl]

Absolutely. A malignant narcissist, a full blown sociopath! 😱

[@aidaofearth]

She's cringey all through out but I think the worst part was her yelling about beauty standards with fake emotion as she was trying to sell an overpriced faux model experience

[@X0.LA_BRAVA.X0]

"She should've told someone she was passed her limits" Oh yes, and I should believe that from the man that told a woman to get over her sexual abuse trauma for modeling and model with a man, on live TV? Yeah, no.

[@nataliashoo9104]

I’ve recently seen a medical video of a patient who contracted rabies and was dying of it. Which was heartbreaking. And devastating. Her ‘mad dog’ skit is not merely dumb, it’s cruel.

[@MissCaraMint]

Rabies is absolutely horrible.

[@SjofnBM1989]

Rabies is one of the worst ways to go.

[@dianakosianka5344]

I think I saw a death involving rabies on A Thousand Ways to Die. It's terrible the way that man's brain turned to mush before he keeled over from not being able to breathe.

[@czechraiser]

The skit shows a total lack of empathy, but then so does everything she does.

[@It-is-me...Melsie]

Agree that it's insensitive and cruel. I also found it very cringy to watch her little tasteless act. It must've been so awkward to have been in the audience.

[@kritkratt6383]

That rabid dog scene was so cringe

[@cruelworldhappymind]

IKR!! 😬😬

[@auroradanielle4]

I found it awful. As a medical professional that has been bit by a dog, the possibility of rabies is scary. Also, a year ago my husband and my dog were attacked by another dog that wasn’t vaccinated. My husband went to the Emergency Room after taking my dog to the vet for an emergency visit. Luckily my dog’s vaccine was good, but my husband nearly had to be vaccinated which is a long/painful process.

[@indyat.8450]

Right wtf

[@nicolederhone7847]

Somebody came up with that idea and a room full of other somebody's said "That's a good idea". I find that to be the most shocking thing about this, lol

[@studentmd1245]

went from rolling my eyes at the beginning because I 5was a little annoyed at the, albeit slight, embellishing she did to cringing and thinking WTF? 🤨

[@Stupida12343]

Tyra uses really abusive language, “I’m doing this because I care about you!” She’s trying to defend her behavior as if she’s a mentor. Now that I think about it...it’s not that surprising that she started an MLM.

[@jeri_chronicles]

Me: “I wonder why I was so hard on myself about my body growing up” Also me: *watched every season of ANTM* 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@Gurianthe]

i watched almost every season growing up, I'm pretty chubby and I don't really care about how my body looks 🤷 i liked the show specifically for the artistic photoshoots

[@maybekrazi]

Anyone remember when they spent an entire episode fat shaming one of the models (who was very thin)? Even zooming in on everything she ate. But yeah, all sizes are beautiful.

[@cruelworldhappymind]

👏👏

[@cassteaelle7460]

I'm not sure which girl you're referring to, because this has happened a couple times, but that annoyed me SO much with the indian woman. I can't remember her name.... She was so stunning! And she was eating healthy and taking care of herself. It was disgusting how much they were making a big deal out of her eating too much as if she was some kind of lazy slob or something.

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you. Thanks for listening

[@kkingkaila]

Saying yaya was defensive and aggressive?? I’m shook wtf is wrong with them

[@Lorena-wo2mf]

Right?? It's so infuriating to watch. She was almost in tears at having to explain to a panel of mostly white people that she did not find the fake kente hat appropriate, and that she was obviously hurt by the fact that they expected her to choose that just because she's black. It's mindblowing how tone deaf and how complacent Tyra was.

[@xxxBVBLegacyxxx]

That pissed me off sooooo bad

[@iammar1159]

And dude literally told Yaya she looked like she was gonna go ride a giraffe and Tyra just sat there and didn’t even call them out on it smh

[@Dmdemp]

Also, that one girl got called "plus size" when it looks like shes smaller than me and I rarely wear a medium size shirt. What the hell. Nothing close to a plus size model

[@lemonwhxre]

Yeah she was like a size four AT MOST

[@bobbieproductions4491]

Right??? I was like, WHERE IS THE PLUS SIZE??? ON HER BOOBS????

[@heartworkbykitty7933]

Tyra literally gaslights the contestants emotionally

[@YuugaoMegami]

Seeing Tyra just...full on scream at Tiffany made me sick to my stomach.

[@AnaRodrigues-kv3in]

That shows her true colours, I really dont like her.

[@kellyzuckerman1149]

@@AnaRodrigues-kv3in Nobody here likes her. Its says a lot about how catty and vapid females can be when all these girls are bonding over attacking another female. Its scary and gross. I am the only person here that doesnt have a desperate need to feel validated so much so that I would go to the extreme of hurting someone else. I dont condone anything that is going on here. Ive never been a part of group think or mob mentality. Thats what is going on here! Pathetic girls.

[@venus_envy]

@@kellyzuckerman1149 You sound very much like a "I'm not like other girls" woman here. Maybe instead of internalizing misogyny and blaming these girls who are _clearly_ being manipulated by their circumstances, like the show, and also by the wider male supremacist culture which doesn't encourage female solidarity, you could criticize and refer to those things as pathetic instead. Women are victims of female socialization, which denigrates the things we like, and brainwashes us to accept ourselves as, and even strive to be, sex objects from a very young age. If you feel that you are getting past some of that, that's great! You are still harbour the misogyny and contempt for females and feminine-coded things, so maybe turn your gaze inward and leave other women alone. Try to help them, instead of insulting them. Holding onto the contempt you have for other women to make yourself feel superior is not progress, and it does not in actual fact make you superior to other women. The irony that you are mocking them for attacking other females, when that is what you are doing right now. Do better, don't be a traitor to your own sex, we already get enough grief from the males, who prefer us to not get along.

[@RecoveringChristian]

lol Tiffany. You are soo informed. Tiffany FAILED the psych exam 3 times with 3 different psychologists in cycle 3. She, Tyra and others were invested in her and made an effort to get Tiffany counselling (something that has stayed with her, becoming a youth couselling to troubled teens herself) so that she could come back for cycle 4. She was the ONLY GIRL who made Tyra and the judges cry in the audition. They were literally rooting for her from the get go. Besides exploiting her story for drama and tears for reality tv, they repeatedly state how she could work in this industry, they genuinely believed in her. The run-up to the meme, was alongside the debut of Tyra's talk show. If Ken Mok is to be believed, they were all on over 24 hours without sleep. For Tyra, she wanted to give Tiffany the contract and the 100k to lift her out of the situation she was in, evidenced by their 1 on 1s. From their perspective, it was seeing someone be ungrateful, and throwing away an opportunity they all thought she desperately wanted, rejection impulse like Marjorie cycle 11. She cried to get on the show multiple times. She cried and collapsed onto the ground when she finally got in. She didn't cry when she got the boot. In Tiffany's defense, "Tyra cared about me, it's good to know that she cared. I love you," also Tiffany, "my grandma said, if you love somebody, you dont embarrass them like that." Spin that however you like. The majority in this echo chamber make me sick to my stomach with their willful ignorance.

[@gillianlemke1546]

@@kellyzuckerman1149 to decide how others, or as you put it, women feel and then call those women pathetic because you've done that is pretty catty and vapid. Some people on here love Tyra, some hate her, and most fall somewhere in the middle of not fully agreeing with all of it. I'm glad that you don't want to bond with people through bringing others down, that's super great, but in your attempt not to do that you're sitting here trying to tear other commentators down instead of effectively communicating.

[@nerdoftheatre]

Did she really say that her mom yelled at her because she loved her? (That's not love. Period.) The girl was literally trying to defended herself, raising her voice because she wasn't being heard by anyone.

[@snflwrchan8019]

Ikr. People have different ways to show emotion. Tyra didn't even listen and just tried to yell over her.

[@zairnermuller4960]

Agree and the worst thing is that everyone thought it was okey and that she deserved it. It was a meme, and I saw everyone laughing at that, but to me it always seemed like something really horrible.

[@elleofhearts8471]

it's a cultural issue specific to parents of color, as far as I know, that defending yourself in any way against your parent is interpreted as disrespect. so tyra is just passing on the parenting and mothering that was handed down to her. tyra relies heavily on disguising abuse as tough love so it's possible that that was simply the upbringing she recieved as a child and is now using in her adult life on other adults now that shes in a position of authority and validation. idk any of Tyra's life for fact or fiction but it's a pattern I've noticed in communities of color that helps me to explain why she may be like this to myself

[@cruelworldhappymind]

👏👏👏

[@endorenna7106]

Yeah. That was exceptionally triggering to me, I had to pause the video for a few minutes. I can't remember most of my childhood for reasons my therapist is VERY concerned about, but a couple of years ago my dad screamed in my face for well over thirty minutes about supposedly disrespecting him and my mom and trying to get in words while I was being shouted down. (The yelling started because I was begging my mom to stop pushing me into depressive episodes over trying to get a job, when I had already put in well over two hundred job applications in a few months with no call backs.) He told me everything he hated about me, how terrible and ungrateful I was for talking back. That night was the first time my suicidal ideation turned into genuinely wanting to kill myself. It... the clip hit too close to home. That's not love. My dad loved me, but screaming in my face was not love, and what Tyra did to that model was not love. That was abusing someone for trying to stand up for themselves.

[@CUlataKatie]

if i’m being honest, i was worried this would be 30 minutes of commentary and 10 minutes of clips and i’m fucking thrilled that it wasn’t. i love this so much

[@cruelworldhappymind]

Thank you 💜 tried to find the perfect balance when editing this where my commentary added to the clips instead of took away from them! 🌟

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you. Thanks for listening

[@sil.corrientes]

I remember this girl who got all her hair cut off despite her being 100% miserable and BEGGING the stylist (and Tyra) not to do it. She was crying while they were cutting her hair. She dropped off the show on her own accord because she hated herself with that haircut. (She ended up marrying the Arrow dude and has a lovely family but still Tyra abused her on camera)

[@mayramedina8535]

I can’t believe I was obsessed with this show when I was like 10. This is such trash tv 😞

[@dianabandicoot]

Yes, me too. I used to work my poses in the mirror and saying to myself that I would never cry if they were to cut my hair or speaking my mind in front of the professionals. As a kid I truly loved this show. As an adult I cringe and is puzzled on how they actually teach people that a model should never ever stand up for herself and she should just shut up and do what they’re told.

[@salometipsandtricks2786]

Dear women of the world don't take the rifd chip in the vaccines or the tatoos. It is not good it is the mark of the beast and LEDs to the lake of fire. It also makes you weak and a zombie. Don't take it. Choose to be beheaded instead. Also it is not mandatory to take it. Don't let no one lie to you.

[@Nsmeksksskdj]

The reporter after she was "so would you want to buy a ticket to modelland" and he's just like "no" hahaha the shade

[@cruelworldhappymind]

I had to keep that part in there 😂😂😂

[@Seattleee95]

Tyra wouldn’t be able to do ANY of these crazy runway challenges herself 🤣😂