Yaya DaCosta “Grateful” for ANTM
October 21, 2008 by Erin Balser
Black Voices profiled America’s Next Top Model Cycle 3 runner-up Yaya DaCosta this week. Yaya has been on a role, receiving critical acclaim for her turn in the Broadway play “The First Breeze of Summer.”
Yaya has moved away from modeling since ending her run on ANTM. But her segwey into acting has been really successful. However, Yaya does recognize how much ANTM did for her and for her career.
“I’m grateful for the show because I learned a bunch of things but it didn’t have much to do what I’m doing right now,” Yaya said.
The profile is pretty short, but you can check it out for yourself here.
I’m happy for Yaya even though I did think she was a little full of herself. Always throwing in how educated she was and she was a little stuck up for me. But hey she is doing some great and different things than her fellow ANTM ladies
funny, because i remenber in the show that it was THEY who put such an emphasis on her education and asked her questions about it all the time. I went to an Ivy-League school on scholarship and if I had to join a reality show the day of my graduation, It’d be a big deal and i’d talk about it too. Just a shame that people would rather a stupid, rude, ghetto girl and consider that “authentic” over an educated gorgeous one who obviously worked hard for it. there is no arrogance in being proud of your accomplishments. and she has done so much since then and in all her interviews is as poised and articulate as ever. guess education does go a long way. . . . .eva who????
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