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Minaj Figure Gives New Meaning to "Sex Wax"

Most of the wax figures in Madame Tussaud's Las Vegas gallery are shown in iconic clothing and poses. This is great if your famous pose is one where you are standing with your hands on your hips or some other traditional stance. The new Nicki Minaj waxwork was not so traditional, however, showing her on all fours with little clothing as she was in the music video "Anaconda."

Minaj, flattered to be represented at Tussaud's, was impressed with the likeness and was excited about the addition. Others were not so keen on the new work feeling that it was both disrespectful and sexist. Azealia Banks, a rapper who saw potential problems with the new piece, was not so concerned with the representation as what would happen to it. Using Twitter-friendly, toned-down language, …show more content…

The Independent out of the UK reported "photos of people defiling Nicki Minaj’s waxwork" caused Madame Tussaud's to issue a statement "saying they were concerned over the ‘inappropriate’ photographs being taken."

An excerpt from the statement reads, "Our visitors are generally respectful towards the wax figures...We do have staff monitoring guest behavior in the attraction and do our utmost to ensure our wax figures are treated respectfully, but on this occasion clearly one of our hosts was not present." They said that they will be increasing staff presence around the Minaj waxwork to avoid further occurrences.

Minaj earned her way into the famed waxworks museum being the only woman featured on the Hip Hop Cash Kings list published by Forbes. She was ranked four consecutive times from 2011-2014. She is the most followed rapper in the world on Twitter and is the only artist to win the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist five times in a row. Missy Elliot is the only other woman to even win five of the

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