Kamala Harris to become first VP with wax statue at Madame Tussauds

Kamala Harris
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in Washington, DC. Photo credit Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Kamala Harris will become the first vice president of the United States to be immortalized in wax by Madame Tussauds New York.

The wax museum announced Wednesday that a sculpture of the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American vice president is already in the works. A sculpture of President Joe Biden is also being constructed.

The museum posted footage of the clay heads to Facebook just ahead of their 100th day in office.

“The clay heads were created by a team of studio artists based in London and represent meticulous detail captured by researching hundreds of images to achieve an exact likeness of the famous U.S. leaders' faces,” the museum wrote on social media.

According to reports, the finished sculptures will be displayed in the “Oval Office Experience” at Madame Tussauds New York.

The museum notes that the sculptures of Biden and Harris’ heads took six weeks to create and the bodies will require another four to six months.

Reports add that the wax figures will be wearing Biden and Harris’ Inauguration Day outfits when they are put on display.

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