Kamala Harris' New Magazine Cover Sparks Controversy: 'It's Freaking Me Out'

Kamala Harris has added another accolade to her growing list of accomplishments: Vogue cover girl—again.

The 2024 Democratic presidential nominee is the famed fashion publication's October digital issue star, appearing on the front of the glossy magazine rocking a dark brown power suit. "The Candidate for our Times," text on the front page read.

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For the main shot, the 59-year-old sported a silk blouse underneath a blazer with matching slacks, crossing her legs and positioning her body to the side as she rested one hand on her knee, with the other on the arm of a light blue chair.

For beauty, Harris' shoulder-length hair was neatly styled with loose curls, and sleekly worn down, side-parted, while she wore a neutral makeup look.

It wasn't her professional attire for the photoshoot that raised eyebrows, though, it was her physical appearance—namely, her face.

Upon seeing the image, internet users took to social media to critique the photo and question why she appears to look different in print versus in-person.

"They airbrushed the heck out of her face," one person theorized, in part, while another wrote, "Makeup magic plus airbrushing like no one has ever airbrushed."

"It's not just airbrush, look at the lighting... looks like her face is from a different photo & they photoshopped it," a third said, with a fourth going as far as to attribute the image to AI: "Why does this look like AI? Her head and hands seem to be floating above the suit like they were superimposed over a stand-in. It’s freaking me out."

Meanwhile, some supporters hit back at critics and raved over the pics, writing things like, "Beautiful, classy, elegant, stylish and most important, brilliant. Good choice Vogue... :)" and "80-90% of all women use filters! I imagine we'll be in for some petty clips from the interview and more whining today. Harris is naturally beautiful."

For additional images in a previous spread published in Feb. 2021, the vice president of the U.S. posed in a baby blue suit, and against a pink and green backdrop wearing her signature style of strings of pearl necklaces with Converse sneakers.

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