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Elle Germany issues a public apology for implying 'black models' as a trend and misidentifying their cover star on their recent edition

Elle Germany's recent issue garnered a lot of negative publicity for the publication. With racist comments, insensitive themes and other mistakes leading to a big controversy, the publication issued a public apology for the blunders that took place.

Here's what happened:

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Diet Prada was amongst the first ones to publicly point out the mistakes. From the racist theme, that implied 'black models' as a trend, to misidentifying their white cover star for a black model, the plagiarism reporter laid out some ground facts and strong points for argument.

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Many celebrities, models and other influencers joined the audience across various social media platforms to raise their voices for the cause, while also demanding an apology for the insensitivity and blunders that took place. Take a look: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The very next day, Elle Germany issued a public apology via Instagram. Check out their statement here:

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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