“Study your business, study your craft, learn from the old heads, and then throw it away. Because what they knew beauty to be and what they knew the box to be, we've never fit in. So be you, be beautiful, and if you don't fit in the box, make your own.”

American actress, fashion model and television personality

Eva Marcille Pigford is an American actress, fashion model, and television personality. She rose to prominence after winning the third cycle of America’s Next Top Model. She went on to appear as Tracie Evans in Tyler Perry’s House of Payne from 2007 to 2012, and later played Tyra Hamilton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless from 2008 to 2009. Her work spans modeling and television, with a career built in both reality competition and scripted roles.