Tyra Banks Showcases 9 Year Old Little Diva Davanna On America’s Next Top Model Cycle 13

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68 Responses to “Tyra Banks Showcases 9 Year Old Little Diva Davanna On America’s Next Top Model Cycle 13”

No u can't be boyfriend #2!

10/1/09, 15:00:pm

GOLD!



Nique

10/1/09, 15:01:pm

HMMMM..I GUESS



No u can't be boyfriend #2!

10/1/09, 15:01:pm

I sooo don’t agree! SCHOOL FIRST LITTLE ONE! That’s all it should be for right now anyway!



QUEEN

10/1/09, 15:01:pm

tyra’s is trying to catch them young and turn them into little tyra’s. hopefully their moms wont let them become egotistic but they are very cute



kasha

10/1/09, 15:07:pm

That’s ridiculous…All that damn weave and makeup on a nine year old…future hoodrate babymamma ho!!



GoodKarma4Me

10/1/09, 15:08:pm

Who the hell wants their 9 yr old too be a diva…..and why is she wearing weave….LOL damn her parents could have kept her hair natural~



Ty

10/1/09, 15:16:pm

@Kasha – Awesome and on point. I agree 100%



MirsMommy

10/1/09, 15:18:pm

Give these kids books to read please.



ugh

10/1/09, 15:26:pm

Send this little brat to school. Does she not have smart people around her to put her in school?



mojojojo

10/1/09, 15:30:pm

i think the make up and weave is a bit too much
but she can WALK her ***** off
and how do we know she isnt in school? she probably an A student



QUEEN

10/1/09, 15:35:pm

@ kasha
point taken she shouldnt be on the path she is on and i do agree that she will probably turn out the way other kids tht were tossed in the game too young did (lindsay lohan,tht chick from the cosby’s,etc) my point being let your children make their own decisions and support them dont force fame on them it’ll drive them up a wall



Damn D

10/1/09, 15:47:pm

As Black ppl,we need more Doctors ,Lawyers, Presidents. Not stuck up Models that have no education to back them up when their beauty fades away.



Mikado7777777

10/1/09, 15:55:pm

@Damn D
Damn Right!



chaka1

10/1/09, 16:06:pm

That child needs to be in cl***** somewhere learning something. She ain’t no diva til she gets a degree.



Ms. Littlejohn

10/1/09, 16:09:pm

Oh LORD! They’re creating a MONSTER! She’s cute, but doing too much…



gigi

10/1/09, 16:11:pm

What would tyra be doing write now if she didn’t have that show. But everyone can’t be tyra and everyone can’t model looks go away. go to school young one trust me.



1TruDiva w/the PlatinumVocals---Pimpin, Platinum style!!! J-Hud's concert was OFF THE MEAT RACK!!!!!!!!!

10/1/09, 16:11:pm

My baby does some modeling so I won’t knock this mother’s decision. What I disagree on is THIS type of modeling!!!

Mykel has done ads for Penney’s, Walmart and the likes. I never understood how mothers can slather a child with so much makeup it makes them unrecognizable. I also never understood how they allow them to even consider this type of modeling. I do feel that most of them are exploiting their children and are living their lives through their children.

Just my opinion……



Micchi

10/1/09, 16:17:pm

why is it that instead of calling her names and running her into the ground that you bunch of crabs in the hole can’t say what you have to say whilst acting human? what the hell is up with you ppl?



MefromDC

10/1/09, 16:18:pm

the lil bust-it-baby looks like Dwoods



TheMan

10/1/09, 16:22:pm

if she can do something she loves right now and get paid to secure her future, why would anyone knock that? how many people with degrees cant find a job right now?



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 16:30:pm

She may be a little diva but that lil girl can outwalk those white chicks on ANTM, i hate half of them they cant walk, they are gawky and have the nerve to cry when they get kicked off~!!(smdh)!



jenndub

10/1/09, 16:45:pm

She is too young to do that kind of modeling…..kids should only be doing the cute playing in my sunday school dress type of modeling, not trying to be a sexpot or whatever. She still a child!



Please Believe

10/1/09, 16:47:pm

isn’t school in session?



Cynthia

10/1/09, 16:47:pm

Lil Girl can walk like Naomi



Khristal

10/1/09, 16:48:pm

What a cute lil Diva!



Angel

10/1/09, 17:17:pm

That little girl is BAD! Hands down…Mini Diva.



2dimplzs

10/1/09, 17:17:pm

Ok I’m so TORN right now! One half of me thinks she is AWESOME!! The other half is very afraid of what she’s being EXPOSED to in that industry. I’m sure she has a tutor that travels with her and is making sure her schooling is on point while she makes her moeny modeling. I hope she has SMART parents to surround her and protect her from the ugliness of the modeling world.

I’ll have to be honest – if my daughter had that “it” factor with modeling, I’d let her pursue it but I would quit my job and be with her every second of the day – no exceptions. Every parent has to weigh the pros and cons when it comes to stuff like this and do what’s in the child’s best interest and look beyond the $$$$ their child is bringing into the family.



UHHHH

10/1/09, 17:17:pm

That little girl is fierce. I don’t think there is nothing wrong with baby pagents and the sort. As long as it no “tiara and toddler” type crap.

I think activites as cheerleading and modeling build character and confidence.\
Plus the money can go towards college when she’s older.



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 17:25:pm

What damn ever!! She is still cute and can walk her naomi campbell butt off thats all im saying~! the debate needs to be in Congress not on Bossip!



e-ka

10/1/09, 17:37:pm

hmmm .. dont think I like this but oh well



Anonymous

10/1/09, 17:39:pm

She’s cute … and I’m probably gonna get hated on for saying this BUT I hope her parents are teaching her that there are other career options outside of modeling and that she’s saving every penny she earns. Sometimes childhood cuteness doesn’t translate into adult beauty/runway model material if you know what I mean. I think we can all name a few former child stars that fit into this category. The world can be cruel to former kiddie stars who have no other useful skills.



e-ka

10/1/09, 17:50:pm

Okay I watched some of her Youtube videos. I dont like this. The Latex ball video on her page looks like she is one mistep (no pun intended) from working the pole.



sad !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10/1/09, 18:59:pm

nothing is cute about that little girl plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Please send child to school we need more oprah’s not tyra in world



Janequa

10/1/09, 19:07:pm

Bossip this is old, that episode of ANTM aired like 3 weeks ago. That episode of Tyra was MONTHS ago! They filmed over the SUMMER to those asking about the girls schooling.



QUEEN

10/1/09, 19:38:pm

@ The Man

yes there are people out there with degrees that cant find jobs right away but if you are stupid enough to believe that just because this child can walk down a run way she will be more successful than a person with a degree youre an *****. this childs body hasnt even developed yet you have no idea whats gonna happen to her frame after pueberty hits trust most little kids that are active have bodies like this (all three of my neices do) but that doesnt make them models. and as far as saving the money for college goes what makes you think her parents wont blow the change she’s getting now on a house and car (thats if she’s going to make enough for that)I rest my case dork



Sara

10/1/09, 19:42:pm

Really, Bossip? You don’t even attempt to use spell check? A-M-E-R-I-C-A



YorkieLover

10/1/09, 19:54:pm

I think she can model,but I would rather her maybe do some pageants every now and then and maybe kids fashion shows. The pageants could help her self esteem and help her learn how to talk and not be shy in front of people (because she started crying on Tyra’s show),and I just don’t think she should be modeling with grown women just yet. And if I’m not mistakend she has a fraternal twin sister who is darker skinned and a little heavier and isn’t modeling. I wonder how she feels?



YorkieLover

10/1/09, 19:59:pm

What’d I tell ya….Im not a mommy yet,but I just couldn’t get one of my twin girls into something and not the other.
Check out her my*****e page.



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 20:04:pm

Sara,, you are on the ball, they did mis spell America. and just think these idiots get on a poster to spell check and Bossip dont even spell check~!



QUEEN

10/1/09, 20:18:pm

LMMFAO so what Bossip always spells ***** wrong! LMAO Amercia thats cl*****ic now watch somebodys dumb as gon have akid and name em that! ROTFL =]



dawn

10/1/09, 20:47:pm

so what



Absulam

10/1/09, 21:07:pm

great, another future adult female with princess syndrome.



1TruDiva w/the PlatinumVocals---Pimpin, Platinum style!!! J-Hud's concert was OFF THE MEAT RACK!!!!!!!!!

10/1/09, 21:47:pm

**scrolling back up to re-read BOSSIP’s caption**

Oh…my damn!

It’s one thing to misspell it under the headlines but now it seems as if BOSSIP’S graduated to misspelling IN THEIR CAPTIONS!!!!!!

Last time I checked, I thought it was spelled AMERICA??!!

UGH!!!!!!



MoniSings

10/1/09, 21:51:pm

I don’t like wheffas who put their little girls in all those beauty pageants, and that’s what this reminds me of. Too many wrong values and the whole superficial mindset being instilled into a child so young. She is cute, tho.



Stephy

10/1/09, 22:22:pm

U all are a bunch of haters. Whose to say her parent’s don’t have her grounded??? You all know nothing about her, if she can make cash for her future sobeit. She’s nine now, there no telling how things will be by time she’s 18 and ready for school. Be supportive for once in your *****f*cking life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSHADDAAAP!!!!!!

10/1/09, 22:25:pm

They need to cut the ***** and send this little girl home with some dollies to go play with.



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 22:45:pm

Stephy.. i agree!!!



kk

10/1/09, 22:47:pm

***** i am 5′6.5…y didnt i get the memo that they would be doing a 5′7 and under show!!!?…i could be up on that *****!!!! the little girl can walk…and she prob is an A student…and doing this on the side like sports to a little boy…get it girl!!!



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 22:47:pm

AWWWWWWWSHADDDAAPP~ Thanks for the tip about michael Delorenzo, I went to the beat it video and i saw him plain as day, so im like ok hes fine but is he gay or what?



rose by any other name

10/1/09, 22:47:pm

Goodnight all Thursday night movie night~!!!!n HOLLA!



Rocky Brown

10/1/09, 22:54:pm

We have Google alert for “little divas” because of my friend’s book called LITTLE DIVAS (by Philana Marie Boles) and just got this link from bossip.

Man, we are really impressed with this little girl.



Stilettos

10/1/09, 23:47:pm

wtf is w/the bitter ppl on this site? Are you seriously attacking a 9 yr old? Why because she walks better than you ever will? How sad to tear down a child who obviously has some serious talent. Saying she needs to be in school…who said she isn’t? Maybe the money she makes is going towards her college education.. I think the losers leaving negative comments just have ugly children who they know don’t stand much of a chance in life lol



AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWSHADDAAAP!!!!!!!

10/2/09, 00:25:am

@ rose by any other name

AWWWWWWWSHADDDAAPP~ Thanks for the tip about michael Delorenzo, I went to the beat it video and i saw him plain as day, so im like ok hes fine but is he gay or what?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You’re welcome. I can’t speak on his sexual-orientation. Ol’ boy was probably just hoofin’- you know, gettin’ it in where he could. Besides, back then, getting your face in a Michael Jackson video was a COUP. That was a dancer’s dream. Everybody wanted to be a part of that ‘Thriller’ juggernaut. Somebody also mentioned Michael (DeLorenzo) had a stint on ‘Fame.’ I remember that. But I think I had stopped watching around the time he came on. The show had lost it’s relevance by then and had become dull and repetitive. Do you remember Stoney Jackson? He’s in that same category. He couldn’t lose that cornball stigma due to all that jherri-curl and dancing he would do on sitcoms.



Silken Dove

10/2/09, 01:58:am

She betta work!



WTF

10/2/09, 03:47:am

you hating ***** hoes have stupped to a all time low, you gotta hate on a 9year old girl. wtf is wrong with you crabs.. *****ing get the hating in check.. you *****s are unreal



--==

10/2/09, 08:05:am

@ kasha…really, you would really call a 9 year old girl out like that…”That’s ridiculous…All that damn weave and makeup on a nine year old…future hoodrate babymamma ho!!” you obviously have some issues, or was not able to get into modeling…smh

…and to those that agree with Kasha, all you have to go off of are pictures. you don’t this girl or her family, for all you know, this could be something that is done on the weekends only, furthermore, she is probably only doing shows that showcase childrens clothes. i mean, really, who are they going to get to model little girls’ clothes, tyra? GTFOH. who’s to say she is not in school, in church, living in a two parent home and is not an A student…wow. i don’t if any of what i typed is true or not, but what if it is…



Tisha S

10/2/09, 08:10:am

Ok everyone is attacking this little girl… but if all look at the way these kids are nowdays they need things like this in their life.children fightin and killin one another, teens gettin pregnant so young..go on lil mama keep doin what u do and knock these hater down.much respect to you and your family.



Rihanna's sharp n pointy witchy fingernails took the oath

10/2/09, 08:58:am

this little girl has the mannerisms of a gay male… idk



MJ lives on 4ever...

10/2/09, 09:51:am

First of all, yall are so f’ing judgemental on here. As you could tell, just by that little clipping of her talking with Tyra, she is still just a little girl. All that Diva stuff is a persona. I doubt very seriously that she acts like that at home or at school or even with her friends. It’s an act, and yall are dumb enough to take it to another level, like she came up with her own little name Diva Devanna. No, her parents came up with that because they saw she had a talent and obviously some interest in being a model. And I believe that children’s talent should be encouraged. The parents would just have to step in and say what is good and what is bad with the industry and be there every step of the way with her until she’s old enough to step out there on her own. By then she would be grounded, just like what Tyra’s mother did with her. Some of yall just need to STFU sometimes if you can’t say nothing intelligent, especially when it comes to kids with a dream.



1985

10/2/09, 10:41:am

A bit much….



copelli21

10/2/09, 11:30:am

First, she’s not that cute.

Two, she knows how to do the Tyra runway walk and that’s about it.

That kid needs to be in school. Instead, she’s getting kudos for doing nothing, but trying to walk like a model!

She’s fuc*in 9! She has no reason to be a “diva.”

Much ado about nothing!



Cala

10/2/09, 11:45:am

You people on Bossip are so negative about everything.

Slide back from your computers and get off of your *****es for a change and maybe you won’t feel the need to talk about what others are trying to do with their lives.

Yes, this girl is 9 years old and starting off with modeling young, but obviously it’s something she loves to do, just as some children love to sing, dance, act, care for animals and so on. Who are you all to say she’s too young to start modeling? If her mother is by her side at all times and she keeps EXCELLENT grades in school (which she DOES), then what the hell are you losers complaining about?

Some of you are talking about we need more doctors, lawyers, blah, blah, blah, but if you’re not paying for any of these black kids to go to medical or law school, shut the ***** up and let this girl and her family do what they believe makes HER feel happy!



ackee

10/2/09, 11:57:am

that is so ridiculous! what is this world coming to?!!! does she not have her whole life to do that foolishness. She, her parents, and Tyra all need an education!!! too much, too soon!!!



Nikko

10/2/09, 12:00:pm

Yall some miserable people on here and will hate on anything.



Junee

10/2/09, 14:13:pm

I’m so surprised but not shocked at the Hate she’s recieving… Most little boys that aspire to play football, basketball, soccer etc.. start out in Litlle league and their fathers are not bashed for living the dreams through their sons….so why come this little girl thats excellent at what she do get so much flack. You all have made opinions about her upbringing and her education when none of you even have a clue about her personal life… If she aspire to be a model or watever I see nothing wrong with it… She’s not half naked nor is she being exploited… MakeUp and Weave is not bad…jst go to any black church on easter and see how many lil girls have makeup, weaves and etc… You people will hate on anything and anybody! It kills people to be positive, and half of the men on here commenting probably don’t even check up on their own kids but making opinions about others! RIDICULOUS!



get it right

10/2/09, 22:40:pm

@ queen

You obviously don’t know much because all of the kids off the Cosby show either went to college are continued to be successful after the Cosby show so bad example. You don’t know anything about her parents and how they raise their child. She may be a very intelligent you girl. I guess its a problem for kids to go out and play sports when they are students too. And as far as her parents spending her money you should know that its illegal for parents to pocket more than a certain percentage of a child’s income.



Samantha

10/3/09, 04:18:am

Stop hatin no body want to show case your azzes on anything. Black folks just can’t seem to be happy for each others success.



simplyunique

10/22/09, 14:22:pm

wow. yall are some haters shes beautiful weave or not !
if you quys knew anythinq youd know most models had the dream since theey were her age the only difference is shes able to do it now!

shes amazing why let it qoto waste she has a talent !

i watched Tyra when she was on and she seemed like a normal little qurl she cryed cuz she was so nervous ! i dont think shes too ahead of herself she dosent talk all qhetto !!