Critics React to Moment "America&x27;s Next Top Model "Contestant Jaeda Young Was Forced to Kiss a Male Model Who Told Her He 'Doesn't Like&x27; Black Girls Angela AndaloroThu, March 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC 0 Jaeda Young cries (left) before kissing the modelCredit: PlutoTV Jaeda Young competed on cycle 7 of America's Next Top Model During one challenge, Jaeda was shooting a commercial where she was paired with a male model who expressed he doesn't like Black women Critics examine the handling of the uncomfortable moment on E!'s series, Dirty Rotten Scandals Jaeda Young was subjected to an unc...
Critics React to Moment "America's Next Top Model "Contestant Jaeda Young Was Forced to Kiss a Male Model Who Told Her He 'Doesn't Like' Black Girls
Angela AndaloroThu, March 19, 2026 at 11:00 PM UTC
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Jaeda Young cries (left) before kissing the modelCredit: PlutoTV -
Jaeda Young competed on cycle 7 of America's Next Top Model
During one challenge, Jaeda was shooting a commercial where she was paired with a male model who expressed he doesn't like Black women
Critics examine the handling of the uncomfortable moment on E!'s series, Dirty Rotten Scandals
Jaeda Young was subjected to an uncomfortable situation with a male model, on camera.
In E!'s series, Dirty Rotten Scandals, they revisit a challenge that saw the models kissing a male model in a commercial. The model Jaeda was paired with said at a dinner out the evening prior that when it came to Black women, "I don't like [them]."
In a clip from the episode, Banks tells the cycle 7 contestant, "Well you're going to have to give him a kiss that makes him love some Black girls, cuz what do they say? Once they go Black..."
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Jaeda is visibly uncomfortable as she responds, "They don't go back." Later, she's seen in tears as she prepares to shoot the scene.
"She expressed her discomfort over and over and over again and they made her do a fake commercial with a real racist," culture critic Rae Sanni noted, arguing that these were manufactured scenarios to simulate the modeling world, not make-or-break jobs themselves.
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The situation was likened to Keenyah Hill, who was made to dance with a model who was harassing her during a cycle 4 challenge.
"He was hardcore flirting with me, telling me he was going to come to the States and find me and he wanted to be with me. It was just a lot," Hill recalls.
"He was grunting as he was dancing with me, and he stood a lot closer to me than the other models. He had on this tiny little loincloth fabric," she continued. Clips show Hill advocating for herself in the moment and being shut down by the experts on set.
"It was flipped into me being a bit of a diva. When your space is invaded and you're put in a tough situation, it almost feels even more sinister to be in front of everyone. I really thought I would be applauded for speaking up for myself."
Dirty Rotten Scandals: America's Next Top Model is streaming now on AppleTV.
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Published: March 19, 2026 at 07:45PM on Source: PRIME TIME
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