Eva Marcille he is proud of how far he has come since winning America’s Next Top Model.
More than 20 years after being awarded as the winner in the 3rd round of the Tyra Banks‘reality show, Marcille, 41, (formerly known as Eva Pigford) explained the evolution of her career after winning the title of Top Model.
“I enter the room, and I know Eva – not a modeling girl, not this and not that, and not because it was not difficult. It was very difficult to pay my money,” Marcille shared only with him. Us Weekly while supporting his new Lifetime movie, He pushed the plane and survived. “But [Tyra] it gave me the opportunity to pay my bills behind, and many artists have to pay up front, and then they become famous. Many people who appear Top Model don’t realize that fame doesn’t mean you have a job.”
Since Marcille was crowned as the winner, he made it his mission to “fight for that job.”
“That’s what I feel was missing Top Model because I got a red letter. I changed my name to Marcille so that when I go in for an interview, I won’t be considered,” he explained. Us. “But I’m judgmental in everything I do, so I’m not going to hang my hat on Tyra and make it seem like she’s the one who made this industry difficult.”
Marcille added, “The industry is tough because it’s tough – time. Tyra did us – she did me – a service, and she helped me a lot. And I appreciate her a lot.”
Like many before America’s Next Top Model participants, Marcille watched Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model.
Models, judges and Banks herself have agreed to look back on the reality show’s complicated legacy in an eye-opening Netflix documentary series.
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Us WeeklyWhile other contestants were quick to criticize Banks, 52, Marcille has sympathy for the TV personality who became the first black woman to appear on the cover of TV. GQ, An Illustrated Swimming Story and the Victoria’s Secret catalog.
“I don’t know what the world wants from Tyra,” said Marcille. “I know I’ve heard him say ‘I’m sorry’ many times. I’m not one to tell you if I thought it was true or not. I certainly heard it, but I think it’s really hard when your back is against the wall and the whole business is pointing the finger at you not for anything you’ve done right, but only for your mistakes. … erase the culture, and I don’t think he deserves that.”
Modeling aside, Marcille is excited for fans to see her next movie role on Lifetime.
Former America’s Next Top Model Eva Marcille gets involved after auditioning for a reality series in a new Netflix documentary. “I watched it and after watching it, I was amazed,” Marcille, 41, said on the Thursday, February 19, episode of CBS Mornings. “I was surprised … my mouth was wide open. […]
He pushed the plane and surviveda skydiving trip turns into a nightmare when Jaynie (played by Marcille) falls 4,000 feet from the sky and somehow survives against all odds.
“Lifetime does a good job of getting stories out of the headlines, and like an actor, art reflects life,” Marcille said. “What better story to tell than the story of real life and being pushed out of a plane?”
He pushed the plane and survived premieres on Lifetime Saturday, February 28, at 8 pm ET.
