Oh an no it’s not ok Tyra no better…..

White people make ugly black people. Leave nature alone….You want black face then hire a black Chick!!

Idk, I Never Saw It As A Problem Unless A Person Was Doing It To Be Ignorant.
The Pictures Were Nice Though. Lol.

It’s not a serious issue, so please stop trying to make it into one.
She is not mocking or making fun of anyone.

I don’t think this is ever ok! What is the point?

why not get the real deal

I agree with C.R.E.A.M…..

hire a black chick!!!

im free…

It wasn’t done in poor taste you know with a black face and big white lips or anything,and I am not offended, BUT if anybody is looking for a certain genetic combination, they aint going get it from a can of paint. The whole damn this is moot.

Tyra is good at coming up with dumb stuff thats why they pay her the big bucks.

Everybody wanna be like us, can you blame them?? Even at our worst…we canot be out~shined. I Love yall ignant a$$es.

i don’t think what tyra did was wrong..she has been diverse and inclusive from the beginning.
if the fashion industry was also inclusive and diverse, then we could see art and beauty in imitation, but only adding a few tokens isn’t embracing beauty–it’s meeting quotas to not appear prejudice

not feelin it….I don’t see the point honestly. I agree just get black models there are plenty out there.

I think it is silly.. and if they really want the full effects of being African American.. Tell’em to wear those faces to the mall.. and walk in a major department store with a big purse. Then and only then will they know… how real it is being an African American female. It is foreign TO THEM.. they can not.. even relate. But being discriminated against really hurts.. Especially when you’ve got money to spend and never considered stealing..

Speaking of Tyra.. I resent the fact that she always gets guest on her couch and then insults and interogate them. I am surprised her show has lasted this long. Her topics are corny and juvenile. She does not even know how to ask an open ended question.. I bet her attorney boyfriend just like to look at her.. I can only imagine what their conversations are like.. She cool.. but I just don’t like to see her humiliate her guest because of her poor people and communication skills..

Tyra is a first class fool. So not a fan.

Black Face was degrading to Black people. Literally black (not brown or taupe) make-up with big red lips were applied to white people to make fun of us.

We do it to white people all the time.

Its funny, but when Dave Chappelle does it, or If Marlon and Shawn Wayans does it, its funny or comedic.

This was tastefully done. So no I dont find it offensive.

most people said it all. tyra is oushing the line with this one/\/\/\/\/\

Please understand none of the models were portraying an African American woman

They were Mexican, Russian, Bangladesh, Native American, East Indian, Brazilian…

@The Official Mrs. Carter

THANK YOU!

Aw, I would feel honored to be envied like that!! Why else would you do it, right?? Liek that group that did the Jackson 5

THE OTHER THING IS… THEY DIDN’T EVEN PORTRAY ANNNNYYYYYY AFRICAN AMERICANS, IT WAS NATIVE AMERICANS, INDIANS, POLYNESIANS, RUSSIANS… OMG THIS IS SO STUPID!

I don’t think it was done in poor taste, but if this becomes the norm there will be even more black models out of work. This industry already has a lack of black models. Tyra please don’t do this again, there are real black models wanting to work!!!!

What Tyra did on the show is not Blackface. Blackface included mockery, the promotion of sterotypes and degredation of the african american culture, people, and experience. What Tyra did was in no way shape or form Blackface.

Ummm Joni baby they were not portraying BLACK women so the black models will still be outta work…

whats the point of all these …….SMDH

this is not the first time ANTM did this…..they did it before for the got milk ad…I dont remember yall making a fuss about it then.

and i agree with brilly

I think there are better ways to celebrate the beauty of human diversity. How about get real Egyptian, Malaysian, Cablasian or whatever the heck people & let them work it. No need to create imposters. It never comes off right. It’s like costume jewelry, fake as H E Double hockey sticks!

It’s actually getting quite funny to see how far this fool will go to increase the ratings of her shows.

She don’t care what it takes, or who its offends.

If she had any real talent or imagination she wouldn’t have to stoop as low as she usually does to attract viwers by controversy only.

Be gone already.

OOHHH GIVE IT A REST! HER INTENTIONS WERE NOT THAT AT ALL- STOP CREATING AN ISSUE THAT’S NOT EVEN THERE! BESIDES THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THIS WAS DONE AND IT WAS DONE IN GOOD TASTE!

Honestly, I saw nothing wrong with the ANTM episode because it was celebrating diversity and people of multicultural heritage. In oppose to the incident that occurred in Australia, Tyra and ANTM was not trying to convey buffoonery or humiliate anyone. These photographs were simply aimed to acknowledge the multicultural presence in Hawaii. For the sake of the show, the producers probably didn’t have time or the money to find models with specific background. Plus, the photos were tastefully done.

hell no…tyra should be judged just like the rest…. y do we put her and oprah on a pedestal? they dnt speak 4 us..hell sharpton or jesse jackson dont even speak 4 us….we really dnt have a voice

Ummm @Mrs. Philly,

Do you know where’s Botswana, Morocco, and Madagascar? Yeah, those countries are located in Africa–plenty of Black folks live there. Plus, Tyra wanted to expose other cultures outside of the U.S.A.

*blinking*

This is not blackface.

Instead of transformng non traditional models, they could have found authentic models, ones from exactly those races, to represent the true beauty of that culture, instead of what I feel is making a mockery of it. True, modeling is all fun and games and dress-up, but there are lots of people who take their heritages seriously, (like me) and want a TRUE spokesperson or someone of true beauty of that culture to represent them as real, not fake…touchy issue for me, sorry… same thing goes for making Beyonce look white. No disrespect but that broad has color…

I swear man. You can’t even SNEEZE nowadays without people being offended by it. If you find the concept of these pictures offensive and calling it “black face” then you are taking it way too seriously.

I hate the way this society thinks sometimes. People (of all races) are just so damn uptight. People need to stop crying racism over EVERY LITTLE THING, just because they think they can. Man, there are people out here that do heinous, hateful, hard-core racist things…and people are calling THIS racist? Calm it down.

This is not Black face. Nor is this the first time that Tyra has done an ANTM photoshoot using make up to alter the skin tones of women of several races…Why is it that this is an issue now and not way back around season 4 when she first did? Anyway, I wasn’t a big fan of the Vogue shoot. The skin was dark but the eyes, the lips, the nose…they bore no resemblance to that of black women. my nose is found, my lips are full. I don’t have blue/green eyes. It was carried out in a classy fashion but unlike Tyra’s photoshoot, there was no variation in race. Tyra’s shoot showed just how different we are and just how different we aren’t at the same time.

I appreciate all 3 shoots (Vogue, yesterday’s episode and the past season) as art and find them both beautiful and intriguing.

And, for the record NONE of these women are supposed to be portraying african-americans.

oh well
trya is an idiot anyway

I liked it. Truthfully, I thought some of the models on ANTM last night looked better with darker skin.

Tyra has to come up with unique shoots in order to keep the show interesting. in fact, she did a shoot very similar to this a few years ago, so this is not the first time she went there.

As for the black face in the magazines, I think that is stupid for the simple fact that there are not enough black models in major magazines, so to paint a white model to look like a black woman is kinda silly. Actually, in my eyes, it comes across as mocking the outcry of black models in the industry.

I agree w/ most others. What Tyra did was in no way black face. Apparently, some people need to research the history of the term…

I just find its about representation of something. i didnt think she as being racist at all, but tons of people find it that way. I could care less about racism because it aint going anywhere, and in agreeance with someone else, there are far more things to worry about like people doing serious hate crimes because of race other than worrying about an artist or photographer altering appearances. people do that in everyday life…

no matter the skin tone, blackface is ALWAYS right on time !!!

MAMMY, HOW I LUV YA HOW I LUV YA, MY DEAR OL’ MAMMY !!

SASHA FLOP

black people are idiots.

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All this is ART IN THE WORLD OF BEAUTY!

That’s some sort of bronzer from the mac make-up line. Hell i even put that on my face in the summer to give myself a glow or bronze look. Btw, im a high yellow black women. So personally she was not making fun, even black women were that shade of makeup.

wear

While the French Vogue editorial did come off as offensive, this isn’t even slightly offensive to me. They were celebrating the beauty of different races.

this is offensive only because such cultural mixes like this do not happen in the real world. and the outfits didnt rep the country came off as costume and not even the high fashion look she was looking for. plese there is no way an indian person would mix with a native american ever.

they do not look so sgreat

Has anybody seen 1 Tru?? Tell her to meet me in the Bloomberg thread round 4:15PM, thanks!!

This is what we call desperate attempt to save a dying show. Plain and simple.

the reason why the different top model shows like top model germany are so popular in other countries is because they look for girls with real model potential. hey last season german’s next top model crowned a beautiful black girl of ethiopan descent and she is making waves in the fashion world. tyra chooses girls for entertainment purpose thats whyno one from her show is an actual real top model. america’s top model are girls like chanel iman and sessilee lopez they are it girls in the fashion industry. tyra’s girls do a bit of print wwork nothing major money making then do reality shows or acting.

Just because you are brown skin does not make you a black person. She did american indian. How does being american indian imply you are black because your skin tone is darker? I am cuban and i am dark skin and I will never claim i am african american or in other words black. People need to stop being ignorant and realize we come in all colors from different races. My mother’s side of thw family is brazilian and people often mistake them for black. But you have to realize we are dark skin too. Im nit ashamed of my color and it doesnt mKe me any better than a white person. Get over it. Tyra is an artist! Yall just wish this was your idea!

You need to be careful with comparisons.Films like “white chicks” which is superficial entertainment cannot be compared to “blackface”which was part of institutionalized, systemic racism.Vogue was plain wrong.
As for Tyra’s show,don’t be hypocrites.The principle is the same and some people took issue with the “lightened” photos of Beyonce in the L’Oreal ads.
Keeping it real.

After observing the behavior of tyra banks for years I believe she is very self hating and insecure about who she is. It’s too bad because i think she is very pretty but she does not really appreciate what she us.

no, it’s not ok when Tyra does it either…

unacceptable practice

zoey if you are darker skin u are balc kbalck is not a nationality so u cnat just call urself cuban or brazilian you need to realize ur black. alot of dark skin latians struggle with the fact that they are black. shoot my family is mixed black east indian spnish but guess what i’m still black and will never deny it. american indian is not black but the majority of cubans are.

This not the first season Tyra has done this…

It was tastefully done, very artistic!!!

all i have to say is that this is not the first show that she has had the contestants play someone of another race in a photo shoot. its a photo shoot people!!!! its not like she was trying to be disrespectful to anyone.i know racism and bigotry still exsist but not every thing should be turned into a war.

It’s not that sserious shoot I would love to see how I would look as a white or hispanic person for a few minutes. It could be a fun experience.

THE BLACKER THE BERRY THE SWEETER THE JUICE.

I don’t find anything offensive, Blackface is something completely different. It involves black make up and white/red makeup outside of the lips. There is nothing done to demean any peoples. People need to chill the hell out.

Ladies…ladies calm down, grow up, and move on. There’s bigger fish in life to fry. Don’t get stuck on things that don’t matter of effect YOUR life. Pass some love around!!!

In case someone didn’t already say this:

GET THE F*CK OUT OF HERE!

You mean to tell me that of all the issues black folks have yall are spending even an ounce of effort on this dumb sh*t?

Blackface was created to mock blackness. That most certainly is not what Tyra is doing. And what was the point of saying there is only one black model left? Are you implying the show is racist? There have been 3 black winners that I can think of off the top of my head. Do all the black models have to make it to the end to satisfy people? Yall are f*ckin crazy with this mess.

To the comments directed at me. If you clearly read my comment it says when I refer to black I am referring to african american. Yes my skin tone is dark. It is filled with olive tones. But does this mean I am considered an anfrican american. No! For one I am not even American. Two ya’ll need to stop equating every person with the african american culture. So you guys mean to tell me that people from Morocco are african americans too even though they are dark skin? Yea right! Do YOUR research! Think about how many times you think a latina is black because she could pass for a light skin black girl. Does that imply she is african american because she can pass? No! I guesss you all will start thinking persians are black light skin women too. Please! Not everyone has african in them people. I said my mother’s family is mistaken for black because people think they are light skin. There is nothign wrong with claming you are african or caucasian or fillipino etc. But stop equating black to eevryone!

I don’t think this is the same thing- she is not making fun of a race or this is not meant to be humorous or magnify a certain sterotype- it is showing beauty, so that is why it is acceptable

i feel you Zoe

She’s done this on previous ANTM shows.

This is not the first time Tyra has done this. She has done this before there was all the drama behind it. Check back a couple of seasons.

Here’s where us Blacks need to use common sense. Tyra’s photo shoot was classy. It wasn’t meant as a joke like the black faces done by whites to be ignorant. I doubt any intelligent black person would see this as an issue.

Tyra u should be FIRED!!!!!!!! A WHITE host or hostess sure would be. A WHITE man can’t make a comment giving praise to the BLACK athletes without being fired…(and it’s been done). WHY ARE U DIFFERENT? Because your BLACK!!!!!!!! This is pure DISCRIMINATION at it’s best!!!!!!!!

it doesn’t matter! just because tyra does it on her show doesn’t mean she validates it!

Coming from a racist website this makes me LOL