Tyra Banks admits a Top Model race-swapping photoshoot was unintentional blackface
Tyra Banks · Tyra Banks: Personal brand power · Apr 19, 2022 · at 26:52
Tyra Banks addresses past controversial photoshoots produced during the run of America's Next Top Model.
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“We did one shoot in Hawaii where me thinking that my skin is beautiful and different colors of brown skin is beautiful, we transformed the skin color and the races of all of our girls. Never thought that it was blackface.”
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