An incredibly problematic scene from the hit early-2000s TV show “America’s Next Top Model” is currently going viral.with many users asking how it could have possibly made it to air in the first place.A clip of a 2005 episode from the show’s fourth cycle, depicts ANTM’s creative director Jay Manuel explaining the gist of a modeling challenge.where the competing women had to “swap” races for a photoshoot with the help of a makeup artist.Christina, a white woman, is told she will portray an “east Indian woman,” .while Tiffany, a Black woman, is told to “be Native American,” and so on.TikTokers greeted the clip with disgust as well as shock that so many people must have approved the concept in order for it to make it to television.“Who approved this,” said another.
“I can’t believe this happened,” commented a third