NEW YORK — Members of the BeyHive -- the name for Beyonce’s fan base -- are unhappy about their favorite superstar’s new wax figure at Madame Tussauds in New York.
The official Twitter account for the New York location tweeted an image of Beyonce's wax figure July 12.
<a href="https://twitter.com/Beyonce">@Beyonce</a> is back and "Running the
🌎" here in
! Be sure to come by and see her before she leaves in September!
— Madame Tussauds NY (@nycwax)
Significant criticism of the statue began Tuesday, when a tweet from @CCFan007 gained momentum.
Some were quick to question what went into making the figure and how much it doesn’t look like the singer.
They really made Kylie's wax figure spot on and disrespected Beyonce like that
😂
— Charmaine Riley (@charmaineriley)
This is Britney Spears/ Mariah Carey/ Hillary Duff...that's a cool morph is Beyonce behind them?
🔥🙃😘 (@ClassifiedHoney)
They really made Kylie's wax figure spot on and disrespected Beyonce like that
😂
— Charmaine Riley (@charmaineriley)
Theory: Beyoncé wax figure makers have never seen Beyoncé pic.twitter.com/bZ2PWCUzUs
— Michelle Lee (@heymichellelee) July 19, 2017
Previous wax figures Madame Tussauds has created of Beyonce bared more resemblance to the star, particularly the first one created in 2004, with which Beyonce herself posed.
In 2014, Madame Tussauds replicated a tour outfit of Beyonce, complete with her iconic hand-on-hip pose, and displayed it at London’s Regent’s Park.
Spin reported that Madame Tussauds New York responded to questions about the latest Beyonce figure with the following statement:
"At Madame Tussauds, our talented team of sculptors take 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, which is something our sculptors are unable to account for at the production stage."
