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"Three months after Melissa McCarthy&amp;apos;s covered-up look on the cover of Elle created &amp;quot;Jacket Gate,&amp;quot; the fashion magazine is under fire again, this time for how it&amp;apos;s featured comedienne Mindy Kaling on its &amp;quot;Women in TV Issue&amp;quot; cover.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nThe Mindy Project star, 34, is one of four women to cover the February 2014 issue, which also features Amy Poehler, Zooey Deschanel, and Allison Williams on separate covers.&amp;#xA0;\r\nThe controversy over Kaling&amp;apos;s cover? The sole woman of color to be included, Kaling poses in a close-up, black-and-white shot versus the other three women&amp;apos;s full-color, almost-full body images.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nKaling is open about her size 8 figure on both, The Mindy Project, and in her memoir, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). Critics are bashing the cover, saying the magazine purposefully hid Kaling&amp;apos;s fuller figure with a cropped shot.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nBut Elle released a statement to Us Weekly about Kaling&amp;apos;s image, defending its choice.&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;Mindy looks sexy, beautiful and chic. We think it is a striking and sophisticated cover and are thrilled to celebrate her in our Women in TV Issue.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nPHOTOS: Funniest female stars in Hollywood\r\nIn traditional fashion, Kaling made light of the controversy, tweeting, &amp;quot;Wishing for more skin on my @ELLEmagazine cover? [Costar] Chris Messina &amp;amp; I are naked on a brand new #themindyproject tonight, ya pervs! 930/830 FOX.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\nUPDATE: Kaling also tweeted: &amp;quot;I love my @Ellemagazine cover. It made me feel glamorous &amp;amp; cool. And if anyone wants to see more of my body, go on thirteen dates with me.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: Do you think Mindy Kaling&amp;apos;s cover is offensive?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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