Vibe Covers: Ciara v. Toni Braxton

By CocoaDiva on Sep 06, 2008 with Comments

Here is my random Saturday thought. For all you youngin’s Ciara was NOT the first woman to pose nude on the cover of Vibe. Flashback to 1997 and you have Toni Braxton appearing nude on the cover of Vibe Magazine. That issue raised a HUGE controversy back then and the same thing is going on now with Ciara who will appear nude on the cover of the October 2008 cover of Vibe Magazine.

Ciara’s spread includes a nude layout inside the magazine (with her essential Goodies strategically covered of course) to promote her new album ‘Fantasy Ride’ and discuss her ”relationship” with 50 Cent among other things. Vibe even bumped Robin Thick from the cover after he stated Vibe refuses to put white artists on the cover of Vibe. So, this proves sex sells hands down! I used to have the Toni article but I can’t find it so I don’t have access to the photos or the content of the article. You can barely even find it on the net.

Toni posed nude waaaaay before Maxim or King Magazine so when the cover appeared the Hip Hop world was shocked. Now a days, folks just shake their heads and it hasn’t caused as much of a stir as Toni’s cover did.

Many people thought Toni’s Cover was classy and edgy. I think Ciara’s cover borders on tasteless, particularly the the inside article shots. Who’s cover is better in your opinion. If I had to chose, (which I don’t want to ), I say Toni.

I really think the covers may make us desensitized. They contribute to the exploitation of women. Who cares if you are slightly covered up. But then again, the covers are no more than they show in music videos and performances, right?

My question, readers, is this. Why are women posing nude on magazine covers? I am not talking about Playboy, Hustler or other XXX magazines. I am talking about every day magazines.What does it say about the women who pose? Do you lose respect for them after seeing them on the cover? Do you lose respect for Vibe?

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esquire

On another note...after seeing both of these covers I kind of want to hit the gym for like 50-11 hours. I mean damn.

esquire

and my vote is Toni's cover. Ciara's wouldnt be so bad if her pose was just a little different. but with that pose & her mouth open, it looks less like art and more like soft porn. which is too bad, i like(d) Ciara.

Anthony Taurus

You read the article? oh yeah.. lol.

I think women are posing nude because it's exactly as you've said and we all know - sex sells. I don't think it says anything about the women unless you're a preacher, which Toni's father was (according to the article ;) lol), or some sex crazed kid who's looking too hard (like I was just doing). And, I could never lose respect for a woman simply because she's nekked. I only lose respect when she's not giving it up to me LOL j/k. And as far as the magazine is concerned, I think as long as it's done tastefully then they can only garner more respect.

I don't remember Toni's pics and I haven't seen Ciara's pics so I can't say whose was better. But, the covers are there. I think Toni's was done more tastefully. There's too much tease in Ciara's cover LOL.

MARK GILBET

toni look better on the cover of vibe

JD

Toni's cover definitely had more class...Ciarra looks like a two dollar whore....from Disney to porn....i guess people will do whatever when their careers are going downhill

latj

Toni was tasteful and classy, Ciara looks like she's putting herself out there in that pose and pouty mouth. Whoever put her in that position deserves to be fired!!!

Chap

Give me Toni's cover. I would've said Ciara had she not looked like such a Grandmother on the VMA's

jadia

I lost respect for Vibe when it became so mainstream. I stop reading it around the time the love of my life Kevin Powell stopped writing for them. I guess I'm old fashioned but I don't know what a class picture of a semi-,half, almost naked woman looks like. I just think somethings are better kept between you and your spouse. I believe the human body is a beautiful thing, but what are you really trying to prove by posing for the world. Some things just should be kept between husband and wife.

Ed The Sports Fan

real talk, that Toni Braxton cover is in a shoebox in my momma's closet. that cover singlehandedly grew about 4 chesthairs on my body that day.

SHE IS SO GREAT!!!

-Ed.
www.edthesportsfan.com

swiv

toni looks better. always. i'd poke holes in the condom.

CocoaDiva

So now Ciara is suing Vibe for posting the nude photos on the inside cover of the magazine. She claims she was fully clothed and her clothes were airbrushed off. You have to approve your cover shot, don't you? Soooo she approved being naked on the cover of a magazine.....and not the inside....sounds fishy. Don't get all upset about your decision Ciara. The covery was questionable and the inside even more so. We all do things we regret....man up.

Info found here.
http://filthyrag.com/121044/ciara-suing-vibe-ma...

Haute

They are both revealing too much. But actually if I had to choose, I'd go with Ciara, surprisingly. At least you can't see as much. Toni bared TOO much...however, I didn't like the inside pics of Ciara...some things are good left to the imagination.