Pine Valley's Newest Model Citizen
Posted Thursday, April 03, 2008 9:10:07 PM
by Dan J Kroll


Former America's Next Top Model contender YaYa DaCosta has landed the role of Cassandra Foster, the daughter of Angie Hubbard and her Jesse look-alike ex-husband, Jacob Foster. She debuts later this month.


While it is nothing new for models to get their big acting breaks in daytime television, those big breaks usually seem to befall male models. Starting later this month, a female model breaks the mold on All My Children. Model-slash-actress YaYa DaCosta has been signed to play the contract role of Cassandra Foster, the daughter of Angie Hubbard and her former husband Jacob Foster.


DaCosta rose to fame during the third cycle of the reality series America's Next Top Model. In the reality competition, created and hosted by supermodel Tyra Banks, DaCosta placed second to winner Eva Pigford.


While she didn't win the top prize, Top Model provided a springboard for DaCosta's modeling and acting careers. She went on to appear in advertising campaigns for Sephora and Olay. Though a newcomer to serial television programs, she has appeared in a handful of movies. She made her feature film debut in 2006's Take the Lead and appeared most recently in The Shanghai Hotel.