Posted on 02/16/2006 8:31:20 AM PST by presidio9
Add Hillary Rodham Clinton to the pantheon of luminaries immortalized in Madame Tussauds' wax museum.
A life-size figure of the former first lady-turned-senator was set to be unveiled Thursday, complete with a campaign-style balloon drop, flags and a full-throated rendering of "Hail to the Chief."
A Clinton figure had been on Tussauds' visitor request list for "a long, long time," museum manager Janine DiGioacchino said. But the looming Presidents Day holiday and the buzz surrounding Clinton's possible 2008 presidential bid sped up her addition to the collection.
The Clinton statue, crafted at the original Tussauds museum in London, will take its place in a wing dedicated to presidents and other public figures known as "the gallery." There, the likeness of the Democratic senator will join statues of Presidents Bush, Reagan, Kennedy, and her husband, Bill Clinton.
The new Clinton display will also feature an interactive kiosk, asking visitors to respond to questions including "Would you ever vote for a female president?" and "Will Hillary Clinton be the first female president?"
The museum in Manhattan's Times Square holds 182 figures, including depictions of hip-hop singer Beyonce, Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and actress Teri Hatcher. Before the Clinton figure, the most recent addition to the Tussauds collection — a Rockette — came in December.
Sen. Clinton, who avoids publicly discussing her potential presidential ambitions, had meetings scheduled in Washington and was not expected to attend the unveiling.
"We invited her," DiGioacchino said.
"..try & guess which outfit Madame Tussauds picked for ..."
Blue dress w/stain?
Dominatrix?
Should have put her in Monica's dress.
A lighter shade of black pant suit?
A man''s suit...no ruffles...with a presidential pen on the lapel.
Isn't this getting the "Cart before the Hog"......
Her Pretty-in-Pink Pantsuit?.......
Old crusty????
She may be a guy
I ain't quite sure but sumpin' ain't right
Hillary Clinton's comin'...to town."-- Larry the Cable Guy
It absolutely MUST be "Old Crusty"!!
The Clinton statue, crafted at the original Tussauds museum in London, will take its place in a wing dedicated to presidents and other public figures known as "the gallery." There, the likeness of the Democratic senator will join statues of Presidents Bush, Reagan, Kennedy, and her husband, Bill Clinton.
Odd fact: While there is no wax statue of Al Gore in the exhibit, Mr. Gore has found lucrative part time work standing in the exhibit on weekends and holidays.
Pizza delivery uniform?
Interesting that the dummy looks a lot thinner than the wax statue.
Don't think that the sculptors didn't play with the head on different prop bodies when they had the chance...
By ANDREA PEYSERFebruary 16, 2006 -- HERE'S a philosophical question: Isn't creating a wax figure of Hillary Clinton just a wee bit redundant?
In her robin's-egg blue pantsuit, strenuously coiffed hair, and a smile plastered on her puss that says, "Don't eff with me, buddy," Her Hillaryness serves as inspiration for the newest dummy to grace Madame Tussaud's in Midtown.
All of which makes me wonder: How can you tell the real one from the fake?
And, perhaps more importantly: Is there really much difference?
I got a sneak peek at the brand-new and totally unauthorized wax sculpture of Hillary, to be...
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