Eva Pigford to Join The Young and the Restless
June 7, 2008 by Erin Balser
America’s Next Top Model Cycle 3 winner Eva Pigford has supposedly been cast as a young mother on the daytime soap The Young and the Restless, according to Young, Black and Fabulous. However, there isn’t any mention of this on her IMDB page, the show’s IMDB page or the show’s official site.
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I do hope this rumor is true, it would be grest to see Eva expand her acting chops. Once there’s an official announcement (or someone denounces this as pure gossip), I’ll be sure to let you know!
Her acting leaves much to be desired. I would never cast her in anything. I don’t know if she will be on the show everyday or if its just a recurring role for her. Pretty though. Good luck with that.
Is this for real or ya’ll just bluffing with this young and the restless shit. don’t cause us to go staring up at the TV watching this show waiting for Eva to come on set because right now we are all into ‘Passions’ and don’t want to fall behind on any of the new episodes. If, and I say If Ms. Marcille is going to be on the show we expect that show to take back it’s number one spot and the ratings to hit the roof. Whenever, she steps out wether, its modeling, acting or designing. We expect her to “BRING IT” and she always delivers.
Yes, Eva Pigford is guest starring as Devon Hamilton’s younger aunt on the Young and the Restless, by the name of Tyra, ironic isn’t it??? She appeared on the episode that aired today, and will appear on tomorrow’s episode (06/26/2008).
Yes, Eva is acting on the Young and The Restless…saw her June 25th. I Hope she lands a permanent spot of the show.
hola,soy latina y quisiera que tengas una pajina el español soy una super admiradira de eva porfavor si esque se puede
I am watching her now. She is on the YR.
Former Top Model winner Eva Pigford has changed her name and moved from reality television drama to dramatic daytime television. Now known as Eva Marcille, the actress talked to soapcentral.com at this year’s Daytime Emmys and shed a little light on the differences between being a top model and a … homewrecker?
Not to belabor the point, but this year’s Daytime Emmys truly was a sizzling hot experience. An unofficial reading on the Red Carpet had the temperature at nearly 120 degrees in the sun. Even under the soapcentral.com umbrella — the coolest place on the Red Carpet — it still felt like the triple digits.
As stars arrived to chat up their nominations, the new roles, or just the soap business in general, invariably their greetings would include a “How are you?” With sweat pouring off of everyone’s foreheads, how else was there for soapcentral.com’s Dan J Kroll to reply but “hot”?
“You are hot,” Marcille replied, shifting weight to her right foot and leaning back to take a look at Kroll. “You know, a lot of people say they’re hot… but you really are!”
Marcille knows more than a little bit about what it means to be hot. Then known as Eva Pigford, Marcille endured the grueling thirteen-week audition known as America’s Next Top Model. Marcille was named the winner of the third cycle of the reality series, an accomplishment that catapulted her to stardom. In addition to the modeling gigs and ad campaigns she booked following her Top Model appearance, Marcille also earned a chance to flex her acting muscles. She has appeared in several primetime series and a handful of movies.
In 2006, at the peak of her popularity, Eva Pigford decided that it was time for a “new start” and she changed her name to Eva Marcille. Her new “last” name is actually inspired by a tweaking of her middle name, “Marcelle.” At the same time, Marcille also opted to change management, leading to tabloid speculation about a falling out with Top Model producer Tyra Banks.
With the niceties out of the way, and Marcille now ranked as one of the favorite celebrities of the night, it was time to dish the dirt about the former Top Model’s new role on The Young and the Restless, a television show that she’d grown up watching. Marcille made her Y&R debut on June 25th.
“My character’s name is Tyra,” Marcille explains. “So that’s kind of weird. I had a daughter as a very young age. We’re from Seattle and I kind of fell on hard times and now I’ve moved to Genoa City, where my only family is Devon. I come there trying to seek refuge… and there’s drama.”
Story outlines make Tyra sound like a possible romantic interest for Neil Winters. But at last check, Neil already had a love interest. So it warranted asking if Marcille’s alter ego might be a homewrecker.
“N-uh, well…” Marcille says as she mulls her response. “She’s a good girl at heart!”