The next top model of America Anecdote Ya dacosta Later responded to Tyra banks Its reality addresses popular criticisms in the contest series.

Shared on a video Instagram On Saturday, March 8, Dacosta (42) launched a speech directly given by the 4 -year -old bank in Black Women in Black Women, Hollywood, where he responded to criticism of the reality contest series. (Dacosta was contestant in the series in 2004 and was runner-up at Chakra 3)

"I feel obliged to speak," the ANTM Alam said in his video, "The story I have been telling for so long is a story of trauma", related to his experience in the show.

The Dacoster video included the series clips that encouraged backlash, banks were telling a contestant that he needed to "fix" a gap in her teeth, as well as controversial "races-adversity" challenge footage that unfortunately saw some competitors model in Blackfays.

Dacosta has recognized other public criticisms such as "manipulative editing of girls' weaknesses and weapons and" catalyst on body dismorphia in eating disorders. " He also revealed that his "most tragic" experiences were not "even" in the show, but he mentioned that he had earned "tools" in the series that later assisted in his career, such as learning "to control my nervous system".

According to Dacoster, it does for "original trauma" for ANTM Ellam "It was not accidentally," he explained. "It was through design. The goal was to prepare for real-world modeling and especially in mental health. "

2 February February, banks received the Lumminary spotlight for the first time in Hollywood's Essens Black Women. In his speech, he addressed the initial push of the show for variations on screen in a toxic report in the set environment. (The next top model of America Premiered in May 2003.)

"Your guys have no idea how hard we fought to bring diversity at a time on that television show, when it didn't exist," Banks have said in his speechThe "At a time when it was like the world to show different beauties, 'what? What are you casting? And what was it?' At the time when people in the fashion industry were telling me, 'You put the girls from the hood on your show?' I was like, 'Why the girl in the trailer could become a super model but the girl who could not be chillin' and we fought. "

He continued to say: "We got right? Not hell. I said some dumb, but when I had 24 cycles of change in the world I deny my inheritance about some things being added to the Internet together. We all develop. We all get better together. And I am very excited that many of me and many of us have opened that door to follow others. "

Dacosta was at the award at the award, but in his video he was absent when the banks made his speech. However, he ran to the banks after dusk and had "a nice conversation" of the two, where they had some "short talks" and "reminded".

"I was very excited to walk to him at the moment, reaching her hand, and warmth, gratefully, with love," he shared "he shared. “Something that I was not able. We haven't spoken to some of the places we were in the past. Probably both pretended not to see each other. "

According to Dacoster, "I was really excited when I saw him and I walked and we had a nice conversation." He added, "No, no obvious pardon was not asked, but you (the lecture) saw that he was ill at every people once after bringing these controversial clips from the show." Dacosta continued, "I just took him to a hug. All of you, I held that woman and when it was time for the hug to finish I had something more. And I took a long breath because I wanted it to feel like forgiveness, praise and love. "