White Girl Poses for African Queen Shoot

In a recent editorial for Numero magazine white model Ondria Hardin poses as an “African Queen.” With a ton of deep bronzer the white model fit the part, but why not choose an African American model? The modeling agency that represents Ondria also had several black women to choose from, however the magazine chose to paint Ondria instead.

I personally think the magazine and agency could have found a better model to fit the part. Should the magazine have hired a black woman instead of painting Ondria black to fit the African Queen editorial?