A waxwork of Amy Winehouse was unveiled by her parents today, the petite
figure soaring almost 6ft tall in killer heels and a huge beehive.
Mitch and Janis Winehouse launched the Madame Tussauds work in the Music Zone
of the locus popular with tourists.
The simulation of the Grammy Award-winning Back to Black vocalizer wore the same
rig that her real-life divine guidance wore to the Brits - a thigh-skimming
miniskirt dress teamed with black high heels and vast red hooped earrings.
Madame Tussauds said it was the first clip the London attraction had
immortalised the vocalist.
The 3ins beehive and 5ins heels made the figure, complete with signature black
eyeliner, just under 6ft tall.
The singer's parents, who were at the venue with other family unit members, were
full of praise for the wax figure, which joins other A-list names such as
Madonna and Justin Timberlake.
Mitch aforementioned he was "stunned" at the "incredible" likeness to his daughter.
He said: "That's exactly how she looked at the Brits...
"It's brilliant."
Mitch said his daughter was in the middle of working at the minute but would
go to see the waxwork in the next week or two, when she would be "as blown
away as we are".
He thanked Madame Tussauds for "emerging above the general hoopla, the spoiled
publicity almost Amy.
"This is the advantage for her musical achievements and her talent.
"As a family we are fabulously grateful to Madame Tussauds."
He said many fans had asked for a soma of her to be included at the venue,
commenting: "That's just wonderful."
Asked if she was a good role model to have at Madame Tussauds, Mitch replied:
"Ask me that in a year's time when she's recovered from all of her problems.
He said and so she would be a "fantastic role model".
Asked if the figure was excessively thin, Mitch said Winehouse had pose on around one
and-a-half stone in weight since it was modelled on her, jocose she right away
weighed "around 15 stone now".
Asked how long it took Winehouse to panache her beehive, Mitch aforesaid: "Four
hours."
Janis said of the figure: "It's lovely, it's incredible, it's superb."
The figure captures Winehouse frozen in total song, complete with her tattoos -
from the winged ankh on her back to lightning bolt, horseshoe, birdcall bird,
cover girl girls and "Blake's pocket" above her left breast.
Winehouse has told how she wants at least fivesome children with her imprisoned
husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.
Fielder-Civil was sentenced to 27 months in prison at London's Snaresbrook
Crown Court on Monday for trying to cover up an blast on a publican.
In an interview published in OK! magazine, Winehouse said previously: "I want
at least five kids. I want twins.
"Blake is gonna be the almost amazing pa."
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