Lebron James And Gisele Bundchen Vogue Magazine Photo
By MIA on Mar 21, 2008 in Lebron James | | 0 Comments ||
Gisele Bundchen And Lebron James Vogue Magazine April 2008 Photo And Video
Cleveland Cavs basketball star Lebron James and Supermodel Gisele Bundchen cover and are featured in the April 2008 Shape Issue of Vogue Magazine.The cover is creating a big controversy because James looks a beast and Gisele like a beauty according to ESPN:
LeBron’s image clearly means a lot to him, maybe even as much as pursuing a championship. And that’s why I can’t understand why he would allow Vogue to feature him with supermodel Gisele Bundchen in such a distasteful manner. LeBron has Gisele in one hand and a basketball in the other. LeBron is dressed in basketball gear, with his muscles flexing, tattoos showing and bared teeth. Gisele, on the other hand, is wearing a gorgeous slim-fitting dress, and smiling. But Vogue’s quest to highlight the differences between superstar athletes and super models only successfully reinforces the animalistic stereotypes frequently associated with black athletes.
A black athlete being reduced to a savage is, sadly, nothing new. But this cover gave you the double-bonus of having LeBron and Gisele strike poses that others in the blogosphere have noted draw a striking resemblance to the racially charged image of King Kong enveloping his very fair-skinned lady love interest. Vogue deserves criticism, but more blame should go to LeBron and other black athletes, who need to exercise stricter control of their images. If LeBron is brave enough to wear a Yankees cap at an Indians playoff game, picking up a history book and educating himself shouldn’t cause a strain. As it is, LeBron was the first African-American male to grace Vogue’s cover. Too bad it will be memorable for the wrong reasons.
You can watch a video of behind-the-scenes footage of Gisele Bundchen and Lebron James’ landmark photospread after the jump.
