Madame Tussauds has “adjusted” the Beyoncé waxwork that caused some controversy last week.
The statue was missing from the floor on Thursday afternoon, but by Friday afternoon it had returned.
In an emailed statement on Friday, Madame Tussauds New York said, “We love, respect and enjoy a working relationship with Beyoncé.
“We have adjusted the styling and lighting of her figure and she is on display.”
Why does Beyonce’s wax figure at Madame Tussaud’s look less like #Beyoncé and more like Becky With The Good Hair tho? pic.twitter.com/8GevK9T2Mo
— STRAWBERRY (@STRAWBERRYradio) July 19, 2017
The outrage began when it was realised that the figure not resemble the chart-topping pop star, critics said, but it also appeared to be too light-skinned.
A chorus of comments on social media compared the statue with celebrities like Taylor Swift, Lindsay Lohan and Julia Stiles.
In an emailed statement on Thursday, Madame Tussauds New York said, “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.”
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