Yaya DaCosta is an American actress and fashion model. She was the runner-up in Cycle 3 of America's Next Top Model. She was born in Harlem, New York. Her mother is the director and founder of The Central Harlem Montessori school in Harlem, NY and her father is a scholar, healer and professor of Sociology. She is a graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon, a private boarding school in western Massachusetts, and of Brown University, where she studied International Relations and Africana Studies.

After finishing in second place in America's Next Top Model, where she is considered one of the most memorable contestants, DaCosta went on to a successful career. She is currently signed to Models 1 London and Ford Models. She began acting in 2005 after having a small role in an episode of Eve called Prom Night. Since then she has acted in three major motion pictures: Take the Lead, Honeydripper and The Shanghai Hotel. She also acted in a TV movie called Racing for Time. She was recently cast on All My Children as Cassandra Foster, the daughter of Angie Hubbard.

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