If you’ve been to New York or Hong Kong or London as a rich tourist, then you’ve probably visited Madame Tussauds’ wax museum. It houses wax-figure replicas of pop culture icons such as celebrities, world leaders and fictional characters. You’re free to take pictures with the waxworks and sometimes real celebrities pose at the galleries to prank fans.
When the Grammy-winning artist Dua Lipa visited the wax museum in 2004, when she was just nine years old, she did not expect to have her likeness be recreated in the future. After an incredible year in her music career, Lipa unveiled a brand new waxwork modeled after her in the Madame Tussauds museum in London. She posed with her uncanny wax double and shared the photos on Instagram. You can see the pictures below.
“Last night I went to the unveiling of my Madame Tussaud’s London wax figure,” she said. “I feel like I played it cool until I saw it in real life and felt like I was playing a staring game to see if it would blink. Totally surreal.”
Last night at the unveiling of my @MadameTussauds wax figure!! So surreal. Thank you to all the lovely fans for coming down. Felt like i needed a dose of my London babies... missing you all so much ???? pic.twitter.com/lydn0pGtV7
— DUA LIPA (@DUALIPA) February 16, 2019
Fans pointed out that the outfit her waxwork was wearing was from Dua Lipa’s performance at Glastonbury in 2017. The singer and her fans have praised the likeness of the waxwork with one follower describing it as “the most realistic figure in the museum”.
from visiting madame tussaud’s in 2004, to having your own wax figure in madame tussaud’s in 2019… what an achievement!! @DUALIPA pic.twitter.com/4FKJF1apor
— kate (@lovesdua) February 16, 2019
Dua Lipa comes face to face with her own waxwork https://t.co/mEd0AFXArB
— Nick ? I Want TS7 ? Wrestling Nerd (@FearlessRiOT) February 16, 2019
I don’t know which one is real...
— Mags Winthrop (@MagsWinthrop) February 16, 2019
In fact... I don’t know who this is...
Dua Lipa unveils waxwork at Madame Tussaud’s pic.twitter.com/gdIVYaHLWk