CeleBeauty Watch: Beyoncé is Just About Naked on the Cover of Flaunt Magazine…But There is Also Glitter

July 12, 2013 / 1 Comment

Beyoncé is a cover girl once again, and she is wearing even less clothes than her on her recent covers, albeit she is sprinkled with glitter… There appears to be few weird things going with this cover photo–what’s up with that arm wrapped around her backside? Is that her arm?

Photography by Tony Duran for Flaunt.

Beyonce for Flaunt Magazine

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