LOL, I AGREE!!!! I just had a chance to look at all the pics and almost didn't recognize her.

For now on everytime I see Tyra, these words play in my mind:

Cowardly Lion: (singing) "Say what chu wanna cuzz I'm here to stay, cuzz Imma mean ol' lion."

Cowardly Lion: "My momma used to say ta me, Coup"

Cast in the Wiz: "Coupppppp?

Cowardly Lion:"Dats right Fleatwood Coupdaville."

:o I'm mad that u know the words to that song....I wore that record out (yes... as in vinyl) when I was a little girl!! WOOOO...you brought back some memories!:D

This article was written by a Latina woman. It was a pretty intersting read, and I wanted to get your opinions of it.

This article was actually written by a Latino man.

It was an interesting read, but it raised no new points to me. We have been discussing this without our community for some time. People that are on the outside looking in (as we know he is on the outside) cannot really say much. I really don't understand the purpose of the article, except to maybe cause another conflict amongst the races and within the African-American community about Eva being selected because she is light-skinned.

Why can't people just accpet the fact that they were two beautiful women that happened to be Black. They deserved to be the last two standing. Why does it have to be broken down to a Black person "had" to win this year? Why must it be rationalized that Eva won only because her skin tone and hair texture is more accpetable to the world?

To refer to Tyra as a "redbone" is a bit lame, out-of-place, and incorrect. Tyra is far from what I would consider "red." In fact, that "fivehead" is VERY Nubian. And, NO, she does NOT "get away with" altering her eye and hair color while still looking "natural." :rolleyes: Show me one black person with naturally ORANGE hair and I will respectfully withdraw my comment. :o

I have been holding this in for weeks.....a temp in our office is a recent CAU grad and is good friends with Eva's boyfriend. She told me that Eva won (and yes, I was pissed off!!) several weeks ago. She said that Eva is really sweet and down to earth. She also said she thought Eva was planning to return to school in January, but I wonder how that will be possible.

A BIG CO SIGN!

When Tyra told her to take a slice of humble pie and she didn't do that I knew it was over as well. Yes we know you have an Ivy League education and were proud of you but damn you don't have to tell us every 5 seconds. We get it!

Interesting that she was wearing that "Respecto" shirt earlier in the season but just HAD to get a little dig in at the end about why she didn't win. Whatever.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

As for her being a model, I think she'll get some work but be honest, what agency wants to spend extra money for a model to go to a dermatologist when there's plenty of beautiful women with clear skin? Not many.

I agree. I'm sure his own race has a couple of issues that he can analyze. :rolleyes: Even if I could look past that, his theory is gone once you mention some of the newer African American models Tomiko Fraser, Jaunel McKenzie, Ujjwala, Alek Wek, and Lyia Kebede. I didn't like the way he only threw in Roshumba's name in an attempt to say she's the only other dark model besides Naomi and how she gets no attention.

If you think about it, Covergirl already has a "afrocentric" (using the author's words) model Kiara Kubukuru : http://www.covergirl.com/tips/nailti...ileyblonde.gif
I'm sure they had a say in the overall decision and they didn't want a model who was close to what they already had. Considering Covergirl is about makeup and their ads focus on the model's face, I think that was another factor in not choosing Yaya. Her skin did clear up, but she still had some problems.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RedefinedDiva
[B]This article was actually written by a Latino man.

I read the article and was not enlightened but somewhat defensive (though not very). I believe Tyra looks a mess with that red hair and is not getting away with anything. Also, Naomi Campbell either had hazel eyes or wears contacts but she does look nice and if she wanted red hair, then she would look just as crazy as Tyra. All-in-all, whatever "problems" exist in the African-American community needs to be addressed by the African-American community and resolved within the African-American community.

I did e-mail the writer to let him know my viewpoint of his article (I assumed that's why he put his e-mail address at the end).

EXACTLY!! I ALWAYS root for the Black person. The way I see it, if I don't no one will. But anyway, I also didn't think of Eva as more approachable. If we look back, Eva was the farthest thing from approachable. YaYa was always "centered" and approachable. Over time, they did change roles and Eva became a better person. I just think that YaYa is competitve and competition got the best of her. Reminds me of April last year. It wasn't sp much that she wanted to be a model, she just wanted to WIN.

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