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Extra security needed next to provocative Nicki Minaj waxwork after saucy photos go viral
By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 20 August 2015
The Las Vegas branch of Madame Tussauds has instigated extra security to stop punters taking “inappropriate” photos of themselves alongside their new waxwork of Nicki Minaj. Though said waxwork does see Minaj provocatively posed on all fours, so they were probably asking for it.
After said “inappropriate” photos, and one in particular, went viral, the museum said in a statement: “We have been made aware of the inappropriate photograph that was taken at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas involving Nicki Minaj’s new wax figure. It is unfortunate that this visitor decided to behave so inappropriately and we apologise for any offence this has caused … We are taking immediate steps to ensure more staff are present in this area and that the set around this particular figure is redesigned so that a picture like this cannot be taken again”.
The waxwork is based on Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ video. On its decision to go for that pose rather than just having the waxed rapper standing at a mic, Madame Tussauds told Fader: “We made the decision to celebrate Minaj’s unforgettable pose inspired by the ‘Anaconda’ video because – thanks to her artistry and charisma – it resulted as one of the most iconic videos ever produced”.
It went on: “The pose itself recreates an image Minaj published on her own social media channels as a teaser for the video. As with all people we immortalise in our attractions, her representatives were kept informed every step of the way during the figure-creation process and, once it was unveiled, Minaj herself repeatedly expressed her love of the figure on social media, calling the display ‘so iconic’ and indicating her desire to come see it in person”.
So there you go. And it is worth remembering that a Justin Bieber waxwork in New York, which wasn’t in any particularly provocative pose, was also groped so much it was taken off display. So the problem here seems to be the real people rather than the wax people. Or maybe it’s just that going to a museum that solely consists of wax representations of celebrities is such a dull day out, feeling up the waxworks and taking some naughty selfies is the only thing that makes it bearable.
