Gabourey Sibide covers the October issue of ELLE magazine however critics are complaining that the cover was Photo-shopped in order to make Gabby look lighter.
But a writer regarding the cover photo went on to say this; “cropping Sidibe’s cover photo so close” in order to hide her full-figured body, which the writer called a “travesty” is a bit over the top.
“There’s something off in Sidibe’s cover photo. Sidibe’s skin is noticeably lighter than usual. Elle clearly couldn’t handle Sidibe’s real skin color, and traded away her actual color for something dramatically lighter.”
I guess the dark skin and full figure woman is still an ignorant issue that writers like myself still need to address. I vehemently dispel the ignorance that keeps us prejudice as a unique race of people, with a coalition of color.
If a full figure European woman can make the covers of magazines every day, let’s celebrate the fact that a full-figured young black woman can as well.
Go Gabby!!!!
Conversations Of A Sistah 
She’s still not “light-skinned” in that pic.
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Good for her for making the cover. I like the pic on the right better anyway.
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*sigh* You can’t please everybody. 🙂 People worry about the wrong shit. Team Gabby over this bish! Good for her for breaking down the barrier with Elle.
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I don’t like that they lightened her skin but the fact that she’s on the cover is a huge accomplishment & a good start. Congrats Gabby 🙂
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I agree.
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It’s the lighting. Some people just go on and on about nothing. Now that hideous lacefront is another thing all together.
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LMAO!
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i hadn’t even noticed that she seemed lighter. all i could see was that horrible wig sitting atop her head 😦
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Get out of my head!!! That was the same exact thing I was thinking….
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well you shoulda said it.
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i suppose it’s a big accomplishment, but really i don’t care one way or another who’s on the cover.
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Its nice that she made the cover. Give it time and next people will be complaining about her weight again.
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yeah I don’t like it. ANd the hair is HORRIBLE. COngratz to her for getting the cover but at what cost? She shouldn’t be satisfied with it either.
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HER HAIR IS HORRIBLE AND IT LOOKS OLD, BUT I THINK THEY WERE TRYING TO GIVE HER THE HAIR BLOWIN IN THE WIND EFFECT WHICH MAKES IT LOOK WORSE.
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If this is the case, the photographer shouldn’t have zoomed in so close. Honestly, I feel in the pictures I’ve seen her in the stylists simply did not take the time to find clothing that accentuates her curves. And that wig, it’s absolutely horrible! It looks matted as hell. Why put her on the cover like this?
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@YVONNE THATS BECAUSE ITS A SYNTHETIC HAIR AND NOT ONE OF THOSE GOOD HUMANHAIR LACEFRONTS. LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD THAT BISH ON SINCE PRECIOUS FIRST CAME OUT.
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Girl! Did they have this wig in a trunk? There weren’t any beauty supply stores within a 10 mile radius. The stylist had to result to this wig? I wouldn’t even want this mess on my head and I’m ordinary people. I am so disgusted…….
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THAT WAS ONE SHE HAD SITTIN ON THE DRESSER THAT SHE BEATED AGAINT HER LEG TO GET THE LINT AND DUST OUT. THEN HER DUMB HAIR DRESSER TOOK SOME SCISSORS AND A WIG BRUSH AND TRIED TO MAKE IT LOOK NEW AGAIN.
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Ya’ll know ya’ll ain’t right goin in on this girl’s wig like this. but i’m lmao tho.
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I still don’t like either picture 😦 and I read somewhere that she has nerve to be stuck up… go figure
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I HEARD THE SAME THING…IT WAS ON TMZ WHEN ONE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHERS TOLD HER THAT SHE LOOKED NICE AND SHE RESPONDED “I KNOW” AND KEPT WALKING. THEN SOMEONE GAVE HER FLOWERS AND SHE REACTED LIKE EWWWW AND SHE TOLD SOMEONE “YOU CAN HAVE THESE I DONT WANT THEM”.
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I’m mad they have her on the cover looking like a cabbage patch doll….Kid Sister even…They are soooooo wrong for this!!!!
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I think they shoulda had her sitting down none da less.
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*DEAD*
LMAO @ “mad they have her on the cover looking like a cabbage patch doll….Kid Sister even”…
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LMAO!!!! Ya’ll ceo bloggers crazy.
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GOOD MORNING FAM,
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Goood morntine CEOBlog Community.,
You all are some funny Merder Flerkers on this site! I laugh at something you guys say everyday! Glad to be a part!
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i think it’s all about saying they did something. there’s public outcry, why aren’t there people of color or people that aren’t rail thin on the cover. now they can go back and say look we had one on the cover, seeee.
true it’s an accomplishment of sorts but i’m more interested in seeing if this sets a trend or if it’s a one time thing.
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TRUE! @Seeing if this sets a trend.
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ummm fuk the light skin what the fuk is wrong with the hair it looks like its going to fly away!!!
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Cosign the wig comments. They didn’t even try.
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GOOD MORNING TRABELL’S CEO FAM.
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Where did you get trabell from? Just asking? I mean is that another one of blog queen’s trade names?
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The writer also disparages ELLE magazine for “cropping Sidibe’s cover photo so close” in order to hide her full-figured body,
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I don’t think they cropped the photo at all, it’s an 8×11 magazine cover, not a billboard, what did the writer expect.
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I just don’t like the cover at all. IDK what it is, but I just don’t like it. 😦
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Please…u can’t hide her full-figuredness. :)Morning Fam!
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Morning my CEO’S BLOG e-family. This is news? 😦 I cant even try to believe that she’s stuck up…….whyyyyyyyyyy?
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Me either. Lawd knows she has no reason 2be and need to be as humble as possible.
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I can’t try either to believe she is stuck up, but I too heard she is. How? Why? Why? How?
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I hate to be mean but I’ve never seen this woman look right. Her hair is always off and her clothes do nothing for her. I know Gabby’s size makes it harder to find stylish clothes but they could do something with her hair.
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Where is the 2nd “L”, in da pic? did she eat it
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🙂 LMAO @NOT A BILLBOARD
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🙂 LMAo Man!
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That is too funny Man. WOW!
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YOU GOT JOKES!
LMAO. DAMN!
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STOP IT!!!!
STOP IT!!!!
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LOL there’s no place like home. lol. lmao. 🙂
Whoaaaaaa
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JESUS KEEP ME NEAR THE CROSS CAUSE I THINK YOU TRYING TO KILL ME…
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LMAO BUT…
THEY NEVER HAD A MODEL THAT BIG ON THE COVER SO THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD MISS SOME LETTERING IN THEIR NAME..HENCE THEM PUTTING IT SMALLER ON THE SIDE.
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DEAD*****JUST DAMN DEAD@ THIS COMMENT.
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@Man GET IN THE HOUSE…
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🙂 LMMFAO……Seriously!
Tra baby help me…
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i met her monday at jay z concert she was very nice in person
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Nice to know. Some ppl can’t afford not to be nice. Save being a Diva for someone who has been a celeb longer.
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Joe Zee who is the creative director is Asian…and he has is really someone who isn’t in the “I’m gonna always put thin/white girls on the cover” thing…You KNOW every magazine cover is retouched…as the first commenter said, that doesn’t even qualify as light skinned…and because those comments are dumb, I believe its not going to reach anywhere further than this blog.
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I’m more bothered by that atrocious, nappy a$$, “I’m gonna get you sucka” wig perched atop her head.
Gabby is a PRETTY big girl – and I truly believe that someone chose this look purposely just like they did with Jennifer Hudson and that troublesome a$$ Vogue cover <– I have never seen a more UNappealing cover for a celbrity in my life!
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Hello All. Hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee we go again with this light-skinned-ed sh!t! IMO, the picture on the right is much, much better, she actually looks cute and not contrived. IMO.
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Congrats gabby but that wig looks horrible.
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One minute we’re dogging chicks for “lightening” their skin, the next we’re saying “what’s the big deal”…stop being hypocrits Take one stance and stick to it…
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I don’t think they photoshopped her skin lighter, it looks like she was in a studio and the lighting was real bright. When we see people out, we don’t always see their true color cause of lighting. Everyone’s skin tone looks different under professional photog lighting.
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her hair looks heavy. wow.
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The cover doesn’t look right, on purpose. That’s all I will say.
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Ditto.
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what in the hamburgerlera rubble rubble hell is going on with this cover!!!!!
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yall STOP that BS about they trying to be artistic and we should be happy elle putting us on the cover BS … YT love love love the jigaboo, mammy, big mamma image she look a steaming hot mess with that discount korean wig on those bastards could have called mr jay to top model this girl out and lighting be DAMNED they didnt have to make her look like that Jesus take the wheel and drop me off on peachtree st.
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I’m glad you said it because I was..Uuh.. thinking it…yes I was fam.
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I think it’s the lightening too! You can be voted the most beautiful person in the world or a vetern in the entertainment industry but stuck up/diva ways are unattractive no matter who has them!!
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I agree, being under the lights a few times myself I have been known to look like a yella bone LMAO. But you get my point.
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I am sure that the lighting did prolly make her skin a little brighter, as well as her eyes, lips, etc. But that picture right there….was AIRBRUSHED!
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For what reason is this *bigums* on Elle magazine cover? I didn’t know they did medical articles. That’s the only possible reason they could cover this mastadon.
The best Grimace *ahem* Gabby can hope for is small lil part like “the friend” and “fat-girl-extra-at-the-burger-joint” type chit.
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You are just messy as hell, like the rest of ya ceo blog sistas and brothas.
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@Man…EXIT STAGE LEFT PLEASE… AND THANK YOU!!!
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I am happy for her but I am still offended they lightened her up. Not a good look and Black women should be offended and I applaud the QUEEN couscous one for speaking up!
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She looked a hot ass mess anyways – light or dark, cropped or megapixeled!
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You people are crazy!!!! Where are you getting your material from? Damn!!!
This is a rough ass crowd. shit!!!!
But I’m LMAO!!!!
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i know ya’ll are gonna get me… but *sigh* i don’t like the way she looks. i NEVER like the way she looks. i’m all for big and beautiful but this girl is too big. sorry that’s just how i feel. she always looks a mess! and those wigs DO. HER. NO. JUSTICE.
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I’m in total agreement!
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🙂
LMAO……WOW!
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This again…when will people get over it! Seriously??? Everyone can look different depending on lighting, camera angles, flash, etc. so why is anyone making this an issue. If you look through my facebook album i’m all types of different colors in pictures. Some people are stupid and should get a life if complaining about a non-issue is pleasing to them. 😦
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Some people like to see good intentions even when there aren’t any. And no good intention was meant here.
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I like the picture of her in the peach colored dress.
Does she have a stylists?
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hmmmmmmmm…
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I don’t think they lightened her skin colour. I think it’s from the lighting in studio that caused her to look lighther. Sometimes, depending on the kind of lighting you are in, your skin colour may look darker or lighter. I’m glad that she was able to make it on the cover, however I think they could have used a better picture. #thatisall
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It’s not ELLE’S fault that this chic is ugly let’s face it! Its not their fault that this chic’s hair won’t curl when they try to curl it! They are not shoving the french fries into her mouth! Fat ass.
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Photoshop or no photoshop she is still unattractive. And that Lacefront needs to go! Got her looking like a sumo wrestler
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OMG LoL! She does look just like a sumo wrestler!
She don’t look 27 though. The chubby face makes her look younger.
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bwahahahahaha……….. 🙂
why was she even on this mag cover….precious is done and she hasnt put out anything since…..
was this a pity piece?
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Exactly. I felt like it was a bad joke to put her on the cover. She hasn’t even put her time in like that to be on the cover
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What has Gabby Sibe done for bigger women? Why are they pushing this grown azz woman on people? Shes 27. What have she done? I need to know the agenda behind “precoius”?
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I’m sorry I’m a person of color and my skin reflects light in all my pictures… I think Gabby looks fine for herself. I mean she isn’t a cute chick but she is motivated at least and proud of herself.
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Where is this chicks PR people? Thats all I’m gonna say.
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she ate dey asses.
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Join Adam back stage. NOW!!!
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This don’t have nothing to do with dark or light. This young woman needs to care more about herself and lose that unhealthy weight.
By the way, when did black folks get so ‘light’ and ‘dark’ conscious?
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Black folks have been conscious of light and dark every sense the light black folks worked in the masters house and the dark black folks had to work in the fields.
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it’s not her skin tone, it’s not her weight. she just isn’t cute at all in the face, monique and kim had ok faces hell even aunt dell had and ok face that makes u forget the rest of the so call imperfections.
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Wrong it is her skin tone this fat black pig look like
Mr.Popo from dragonball z
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@Adam, what you said wasn’t right! Exit ya ass stage left now!
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Gabby is fine.
thatisall.
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I remember when precious first came out Gabby seemed so sweet and nice. Everyone loved her and just talked and told her how great it was that she felt so comfortable in her skin. All that blew her head up and everyone was lying.
I am not perfect and don’t live a super healthy life but its in no way this is unhealthy. She looks like its hard for her to take a breath.
They couldve styled her a lot better than this I mean this is “preciuos” they should have pulled there tricks out. It looks like they went to the fabric store got 2 different colors of lycra and pinned it to her.
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she looks like a whale.
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