********Back and forth with Smith and Ciara

It was said by Editor-in-Chief Danyel Smith said that Ciara agreed to these images and indeed posed in the nude.

Ciara claims that she had underwear on and they were airbrushed away.

Smith then replied in a radio interview with New York's KISS-FM radio "Almost any photo you see on the cover of Vibe or any magazine is airbrushed [to some degree]."
(MTV Article)

Good to know Smith.

I found more images that are in the magazine and it is sickening that these are even allowed to be shown and are even thought to be tasteful. Whether or not they were approved by Ciara, they were approved by Smith.

The photoshopping in them alone is absurd and how is it even helping how women should be viewed. We want the respect from the world, something that Danyel Smith I thought understood. Instead we show the readers of VIBE this is how we want you to view women.

VIBE VIXEN alone reaches 4.5 million women, that’s not even counting the men.

Thanks Smith..guess I better hit the gym!