Madame Tussauds New York Pulls Beyonce Wax Figure After Backlash

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Madame Tussauds New York  wax statue of Beyonce has been removed after the Beyhive protested online, complaining that the statue didn’t look like the singer, and accusing the Museum of whitewashing.

Madame Tussauds had initially said in response to the backlash that it’s “talented team of sculptors take every effort to ensure we accurately color match all of our wax figures to the celebrity being depicted” and that “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.”

But now the statue is no longer on display at Madame Tussauds New York.

A staff member at the building told the New York Times the wax figure was “off the floor until further notice.” The person did not offer a reason for the statue’s absence and a museum representative declined to answer questions about why the figure was no longer displayed, the newspaper said.