Beyoncé's New Madame Tussauds Wax Figure Earns Mixed Reviews On Twitter

This isn't Queen B's first time being recreated by the historic museum, though it may be one of the more accurate renditions we've seen.

BYHayley Hynes
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Once you achieve celebrity status, one of the highest honours you can have bestowed upon you is a wax figure recreation at Madame Tussauds. Surely the marker of an icon, anyone who's been recreated has been posed with by millions of fans and is likely well known all around the world. However, the museum hasn't managed to nail every celebrity they attempt to turn into waxwork – especially not Beyoncé.

In 2004, the London location firstly unveiled its statue of Queen B. It's since been dubbed the "drunk clubbing girl" version. The figure's short dress leaves little to the imagination and facial inaccuracies are nothing less than embarrassing. Still, that didn't stop Madame Tussaud from trying again.

Madame Tussauds New York launches it's newest interactive Beyonce Knowles wax figure May 26, 2004 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

Four years later, the Hollywood museum shared its take on the mother of three, and in 2009, the LA shop did the same. Unfortunately, both of them were major flops, seemingly white-washing Beyoncé and failing to nail important elements like her hair and facial structure.

Recent years have seen other botched wax figures, but in 2023, Madame Tussauds is the closest they've come to nailing the Houston starlet. On Friday (January 27), the Berlin location's take on the vocalist surprisingly surfaced online.

The statue's look is inspired by her 2018 "On The Run II Tour" alongside her husband, Jay-Z. A black and white Balmain look that she donned during the couple's show in Manchester was chosen. As Yahoo notes, it was part of their Resort 2019 collection.

For the most part, Twitter seems to be divided on Tussaud's latest attempt. "This kinda looks good but her eyes look off," one user wrote earlier today. "She looks [white] in the face."

Another person chimed in, "There's so many terrible, offensive wax figures of Beyoncé that I actually think that this one is decent."

Twitter has certainly been talking about the new wax figures, but that's not the only conversation that Beyoncé has sparked as of late. Last weekend, she returned to the stage for the first time in years, taking over Dubai to put on the performance of a lifetime alongside her eldest daughter, Blue Ivy.

See a selection of videos from the historic, star-studded night here, and check back later for more pop culture updates.

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.