Madame Tussauds

 Immortalizing Pinay queendom

By Earl D.C. Bracamonte

Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray flew to Singapore to unveil her effigy at the city's Madame Tussauds wax museum. The museum recreated Cat's final look during the 2018 pageant in Bangkok. Her effigy features Mak Tumang's lava gown and her iconic ear cuff.

Miss Universe 2015 Pia Alonso Wurtbach, likewise, has her own effigy in another Madame Tussauds wax museum. Hers is displayed prominently at the Hong Kong museum, replicating the moment she crowned Miss Universe 2016 winner Iris Mittenaere of France. In her effigy, Pia is wearing the iconic blue gown of Michael Cinco.

Of the 70 Miss Universe winners, there are four queens who have been featured in wax museums. The other two are Miss Universe 1991 Lupita Jones and Miss Universe 2010 Ximena Navarette. Both of the Mexican titleholders' effigies are displayed, not at Madame Tussauds but, at the Museo de Cera in Mexico City.

Madame Tussauds is a wax museum that creates effigies of historical figures, Hollywood celebrities, sports icons, and famous beauty queens like our very own Catriona Gray and Pia Wurtzbach. Cat's effigy will be available for public viewing starting March 31 at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Sentosa Island.