Beyoncé Knowles is on the cover of April's Vogue, looking smoking hot as usual. Anna Wintour and crew apparently forced Beyoncé to abandon her fishtail-hemmed dresses for a minute or two, outfitting her in a gorgeous asymmetrical blue dress.

While Beyoncé's cover should be celebrated - this makes two African-American women featured on Vogue's cover in a row - some are already decrying it as racist. The issue? Beyoncé graces the 'Shape issue,' which some perceive as racially insensitive, as it could play into certain stereotypes about women of color and their curves.

Still, I think B looks spectacular, even with her hair pulled back in the same severe style she wore to the Academy Awards - somehow, in these pictures, it looks marvelous. Maybe it's the sort of hairstyle that photographs well, but doesn't work in real life.

My one complaint: I wish she would have worn a couple of truly avant-garde pieces for the shoot. Sasha Fierce can handle Gareth Pugh, but this willowy beauty doesn't seem interested in hardcore fashion.

What do you think?