*Madame Tussaud Paris unveiled a new wax statue of Beyoncé, but fans are displeased, criticizing it for whitewashing the singer’s skin color.
“?? I DON’T KNOW WHO THE F–K THIS IS OR SUPPOSED TO BE! But it ain’t MY QUEEN! ??♂️???♂️? This is a WHITE WOMAN!,” wrote one fan, wrote, Page Six reports, while another added, “Baby that’s Shakira.”
“whitewashed and failed to get her features right,” another fan posted.
“why is she whiter than taylor swift,” one X/Twitter user commented. “Who is that white women cus that’s not Beyoncé,” another fan asked.
Madame Tussaud has not responded to criticism on social media.
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New wax figure of Beyoncé at the Grévin Museum in Paris. pic.twitter.com/kbTpU0VRLT
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In 2017, Madame Tussaud New York faced similar criticism over its Beyoncé statue, which spawned the hashtag #TussaudsSoWhite, Page Six reports.
The museum addressed the backlash, saying: “At Madame Tussauds, our talented team of sculptors take every effort to ensure we accurately color match all of our wax figures to the celebrity being depicted.
“Lighting within the attraction combined with flash photography may distort and misrepresent the color of our wax figures which is something our sculptors are unable to account for at the production stage.”
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