People are FURIOUS about Beyoncé's latest wax figure—Here's why

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July 21, 2017 12:47 PM

The new wax figure of Beyoncé from Madame Tussauds, looks NOTHING like the Grammy-winning star.

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The "Beyhive"—a.k.a. loyal fans of

The latest outrage? A new wax figure of Beyoncé from Madame Tussauds, which...well, looks NOTHING like the Grammy-winning star.

Apparently, it all started after a fan tweeted this photo of the wax figure depicting Beyoncé at Madame Tussauds' New York museum:

People immediately commented that the wax figure of Beyoncé looks NOTHING like the actual star, and appears to have lighter skin than she does in real life. Some believe that her wax figure was "whitewashed"—meaning Beyoncé was deliberately made to look like a white woman instead of a black woman.

No surprise, her fans rushed to call Madame Tussauds out on Twitter:

For their part, Madame Tussauds is blaming lighting and flash photography as the culprit. In a statement released to TMZ, they said: "Our talented team of sculptors takes every effort to ensure we accurately colour match all of our wax figures to the celebrity being depicted. Lighting within the attraction combined with flash photography may distort and misrepresent the colour of our wax figures."

What do you think?

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