Between photoshoots and red carpets, White posts TikTok videos featuring her at home and at gym sessions. She gets serious in some videos, discussing upsetting encounters and incidents, yet brings the funny in others when following trends or making fun of herself.
Who is Tanaye White?
White is known for being a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, first being featured in the 2020 Edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. She was also featured in the 2021 edition the following year. Besides being a model, in her Instagram bio White declares herself to be a “Goofball” and “Mental Health Activist.”
Tanaye White TikTok Videos
Now that she has built a sizable TikTok following, you should catch up with a selection of her videos. Here are the best Tanaye White TikTok videos.
When You Find This Sound
Demonstrating the goofball side of White, this video starts out with her in bed sans makeup pulling funny faces. It transitions to show the model in her full glam, with makeup and a sexy orange dress. While it’s refreshing to see a model in all her natural glory, if only we could all clean up as well as she does!
Black Women Doing the Bare Minimum
This video features White’s take on the “Black Women Doing the Bare Minimum” TikTok trend started by Victoria. The video features the quote “I think it’s high time we let Black women on this app also be famous for doing the bare minimum. Like I should be able to just sit here in silence and let you all look at me and the next thing you know I have a million followers. That’s all I’m saying.” With the quote playing, White sits in all her beautiful glory with makeup and that same fabulous orange dress from before and does just that, sits there and lets the follows rake in all while bringing awareness to racial disparity on social media.
Put a Finger Down
Another video showcasing White’s racial activism, this video features the model sitting on a bed in a Playstation shirt. A voice (camilla colbro) instructs her to put a finger down for every annoying thing that Black people go through. By the end of the video, White is left with one lone finger, demonstrating the many microaggressions she has experienced as a Black woman.
Instagram vs. Reality
We’ve all seen the fun Instagram vs. Reality pictures and videos that have filled our social media feeds. White’s take on the trend showcases pictures of the model looking “normal” sans makeup and designer clothes and sometimes featuring goofy faces compared with her glammed up pictures that depict the perfect social media life we’re so used to seeing. It’s videos like this one that help make White feel so relatable and down to earth!
The Book Duet
In a TikTok Duet with @kyttyn0, White reacts to the quote stating that the same kids who grew up obsessively reading books are now the grownups who aimlessly scroll social media seeking a different way to disassociate. This video not only reveals White’s bookworm side, it also allows her to bring in some of her mental health activism in a subtle yet humorous way.
The Low Maintenance Model
This video features another take on the childhood game Never Have I Ever. A voice (Kelsey Dimock) instructs White to put a finger down to show “how low maintenance are you?” White captions the low key video with a sassy “We low low baybee” as she cycles through every single one of her fingers, all with a huge beaming smile on her barely-there makeup-ed face.
Natural to Glam
Another video demonstrating White’s I Woke Up Like This vibe, it starts out with the model wearing no makeup, hair not done, and wearing a robe. Then, in a snap, we see the model in full makeup, donning a beautiful tan dress, putting on a baseball cap and grabbing her purse to head out the door in all her glory. The mixture of the baseball hat with the gorgeous done up look is just another way White shows us she can bring the fun to even the most fabulous look.
From Sick to Sports Illustrated
This video gives us a sneak peek into White before and during the Sports Illustrated Swim 2021 red carpet. It begins with a voice (Rachel Winters) declaring “I can’t go out, I’m sick” over a video of in pajamas looking a bit under the weather. Then, the video lives up to White’s caption of “Not too sick to miss the @sportsillustratedswim red carpet though” when we see footage of her from the red carpet rocking a purple two-piece outfit — and looking better than any sick person has a right to!
Calling Out Gym Harassment
When we see the caption “Men: stfu and leave women alone.” we know White has something to say. Over a video of the model looking annoyed at the gym, we see text reading “Wasn’t in the gym 30 minutes without a dude going out of his way to ‘flirt’ with me. News flash men: the last thing a woman wants in the gym is to be harassed with your stupid remarks.” With this video, White is bringing attention to the harassment women can face every day simply for being in public spaces. Just let the woman work out, please!
That vs. This
Showcasing once again the difference between her model life and her real life, White humorously points out the difference. The video has the voiceover “How does it feel to know that you think you’re talking to that when it’s really this.” It starts out over a video of White looking fierce as a capital M — MODEL before White without done up hair or makeup pops into the screen to laugh. She may be trying to demonstrate how normal she looks in real life, but we think she looks gorgeous either way! Next, see the most iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover models then and now!
