Tyra Banks accepts the Luminary Spotlight at Essence's 18th Annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards, acknowledging some of the more problematic aspects of her America's Next Top Model, but arguing that she and the show should be remembered more for its groundbreaking strides in representation.

Tyra Banks didn't always "get it right" on "America's Next Top Model," she told attendees at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards, adding: "I said some dumb s–t." Banks was the event's first Luminary Spotlight honoree on Feb.

Tyra Banks has addressed the longstanding criticism of 'America's Next Top Model', acknowledging that the show did not always get it right.

In recent years, America’s Next Top Model has not necessarily aged with the grace of a cover star - something host Tyra Banks addressed in a recent speech at Essence‘s 18th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards,

Tyra Banks is ready to return to modeling as she reflects on 'America's Next Top Model's empowering and problematic legacy.

Tyra Banks has recently broken silence on America’s Next Top Model criticism.After receiving Luminary Spotlight award at the Essence‘s 18th annual Black Women in Hollywood Awards,

I refuse to have my legacy be about some stuff linked together on the Internet when there were 24 cycles of changing the world,” Banks said at a Feb. 27 awards show