Anok Yai has misplaced one other one. After being handed over for Model of the Year on the at Fashion Awards on Monday (Dec. 2) night for the fourth time in a row, the supermodel took to social media to share her ideas on her loss…and Black Twitter had her again.
Yai misplaced the coveted award, through which the British Fashion Council acknowledges “the worldwide influence of a mannequin who during the last 12 months has dominated the trade,” to Alex Consani, who made historical past as the primary transgender mannequin to win the prize, as PEOPLE factors out.
In a social media submit, Yai celebrated Consani’s win whereas acknowledging her personal disappointment after shedding the award for the second 12 months in a row. “Alex, I like you and I’m so happy with you,” she wrote, including, “British Fashion Council, thanks, however I don’t need it anymore.”
“If you might have seen the hassle that I’ve seen Alex put in; you’d perceive how proud I’m of her,” she added in one other submit on X, previously generally known as Twitter. “But Alex will be proud and I will be exhausted on the identical time. It doesn’t take away how a lot love we’ve for one another.”
Of course, Black Twitter had loads of ideas on Yai’s loss as nicely, with many taking to X to interrupt down how the supermodel is commonly missed within the trade. As one person factors out, it could’t assist however really feel like one other instance of a Black individual working twice as exhausting to get half as a lot.
“Anok Yai was robbed of MOTY twice in a row and I simply need y’all to do not forget that when black ladies say they should work 10x more durable to get half as a lot as their white counterparts it’s not a joke. Especially within the style trade,” one wrote.
Another person shared related sentiments: “I truly hate the modelling trade how has Anok Yai been snubbed for mannequin of the 12 months for 4 YEARSSSSS, I like Alex Consani and he or she did her factor however come on.”
Responding to a submit that advised that Yai ought to “mannequin more durable” with a purpose to win subsequent 12 months, one person wrote, “Model more durable? child that is ANOK YAI who’s modelling more durable than her?”
For some followers, Yai’s influence goes past the Model of the Year award. “Anok Yai has to me personally gone past the necessity for that award anyway,” wrote one.
