Yaya DaCosta

Birth Name: Camara Yaya DaCosta Johnson

Birthplace: Harlem, New York, U.S.

Date of Birth: November 15, 1982

Race or Ethnicity: Afro-Brazilian, Native American, Irish

The runner in cycle 3 of America’s Next Top Model was quoted in an article in Se7en Magazine:

My family is different. My father’s Brazilian and we have West African, Native American, Cherokee and Irish blood.

Source:

http://www.se7enmagazine.org/film/film_15.htm

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