*A third magazine has come under fire over Gabourey Sidibe in relation to a cover photo.
In March, Vogue magazine allegedly made it clear that she would never appear on the cover because of her weight. A month earlier, Vanity Fair took heat for leaving the Oscar nominee off of its annual “Hollywood” cover of young starlets to watch. (Some dubbed it “The White Issue”).
Today, Elle magazine is making headlines over a cover photo featuring a glowing Sidibe…but with her skin color a few shades lighter.
Editors are already denying that her skin was digitally lightened for one of the October issue’s four celebrity covers.
The Telegraph reports that the fashion magazine — which last month featured Julia Roberts on its front — is also being criticized for showing slim October cover girls Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, and Lauren Conrad in full-length poses, while the plus-size Sidibe is only seen from the chest up, according to the paper.
The “Precious” star appears on the cover in a draped emerald green gown, with long, straight locks framing a face that appears much lighter than her normal skin tone. But Elle claims that “nothing out of the ordinary” was done on the photo to lighten her shade.
“We have four separate covers this month, and Gabby’s cover was not retouched any more or less than the others,” the 25-year-old magazine said in an official statement. “We had 25 cover-worthy subjects in our portfolio and we chose Gabby because of who she is.
“We shot this as a story of exuberant young women changing the world. If you take a look at the portfolio, each of the women were shot in different ways and for different reasons.”
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Oh stop with all of this nonsense PLEASE! Why don’t the mags just take a nice photo of the subject and quit lightening the pics show the person as they are.
I’m no pro photographer, but doesn’t the flash and setting have a lot to do with how dark or light you come out? I think there real crime here, are those cheap alpaca wool wigs they keep velcroing to her head. She should try and have them work with her real hair (on-the-weekend)
nightshift > > I agree with you, her wigs are just horrible on her. Gabby need’s a consultant on how she could make her look the best with what she has. All honesty though, this girl really need’s to slim down, a lot.
My thoughts exactly.
Note to all the wig wear-ers. Stay away from the wigs with the fake part in them because they looks cheap and FAKE. This wig looks like it was bought out of one of those wig stores on Fulton Street Downtown Brooklyn….. Or from any other urban shopping area…
LOL! I’m cracking up at the “alpaca wool wig”. That hair is BAD! With all the wigs in the chinese beauty supply store, that’s the one they pick? Shameful!
I agree with Nightshift. I never even noticed her complexion or the lighting. The first thing I noticed was that carpet on her head! Not only does it look cheap and ill-fitting, it also ages her.
depends or your definition of “lightening”….a gazillion lights outta fit the bill. their argument will be “it took a lotta lights to cover all dat azz”.
I agree that lighting can make you look many shades lighter because I have the pics to prove it. I am very light and hate taking pictures because I usually look straight up white in most because of the damn flash or surrounding lighting. That pic of Gabby looks very natural and the compared to the one at the event in which she looks like someone poured the wrong shade of foundation all over her.
Also, let us not forget that you can be shades darker or lighter depending upon the time of year and how much sun you get. I know people who go from brown to dark chocolate and back every year.
she still looks dark to me
Lightskin or dark, she still reminds me of the cast iron skillet Ceelie used to cook Shug Avery’s breakfast!
Oprah used to look just like that at the beginning of her tv career until she or someone told her about t.v. set lighting and makeup on black people, specifically…….