Beyoncé and a Definitive List of the Worst Celebrity Wax Sculptures
From mildly grotesque to straight offensive, a list of the truly fugliest celebrity wax figurines that have been unveiled
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A well-intentioned Twitter user excitedly tweeted a photo of a new Beyoncé wax sculpture on Tuesday, and the “likeness” was met with decidedly terrible reviews. One critic responded by saying, “Who is that? Becky with the good hair? That’s no Beyonce,” while another replied with a simple “Oof.”
Although there are a fair share of impressive (and sometimes devastatingly handsome) effigies on display at various wax houses around the world, this most recent homage is just another in a long list of bizarre semi-depictions of celebrities in wax form. In honor of this most recent inductee, here are some of the worst celebrity wax figurines, from plain inaccurate to truly nightmare-inducing:
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Taylor Swift, Madame Tussauds, New York, October 2010
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Adriana Lima, Madame Tussauds, New York City, November 2015
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Tower Bridge, London, August 2015
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Nicolas Cage, Musee Grevin, Paris, January 2012
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Miley Cyrus, Madame Tussauds, Washington, D.C., December 2008
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Beyoncé, Madame Tussauds, New York City, May 2004
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Emma Watson, Madame Tussauds, London, March 2013
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Niall Horan of One Direction, Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, November 2014
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Selena Gomez, Madame Tussauds, Berlin, November 2014
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Meryl Streep, Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, February 2017
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Jennifer Aniston, Madame Tussauds, Washington, D.C., August 2014
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Justin Timberlake, Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, September 2014
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Barack Obama, Museo de Cera, Madrid, June 2009
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Ryan Gosling, Madame Tussauds, Berlin, January 2017
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Leonardo DiCaprio, Madame Tussauds, Hollywood, September 2014
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Naomi Campbell, Musee Grevin, Paris
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