Model Anok Yai claims photographer called her ‘cockroach’ during ZARA shoot

Photo: Getty Images Rising model Anok Yai says a photographer called her a “cockroach” during a shoot for the clothing brand ZARA. “Who wants to hear a story?” Yai said last month in a now-deleted Twitter post. “I remember in 2019 being called a cockroach by a photographer. It was from this brand that I used to always work with. I didn’t speak their language and they didn’t speak mine but regardless we were on set shooting look after look after look. (there were days I shot 60+ looks)” “On the 2nd to last day, the makeup artist starts powdering my face and the photographer puts his camera down and yells ‘Lotion la cucaracha’ Everyone on set starts smiling and laughing,” she continued. “I can’t react the way I want to react because at the end of the day I’m young, I’m alone, I’m Black … anything that I do will affect me, my family, and other Black models.” Yai said she decided to speak up for herself by refusing to work with the photographer the next day. “The next morning I refuse to go on set if the photographer is still there. Someone from the team calls me and...