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Wax Obamas on Display in NY

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AP/Frank Franklin II

Today Michelle Obama joined her husband, when a new wax statue of the first lady was unveiled at Madame Tussauds' in New York. The Barack figurine arrived a year ago, and likenesses of the presidential pair already stand at the London and Washington D.C. branches of the wax museum, reported AP. For the moment, both Obamas are wearing formal attire—Michelle has on the white John Wu number she wore to the inaugural ball—but in two weeks they'll swap the outfits for casual wear. According to the museum, Michelle will wear a "mint green J. Crew skirt and an embellished cream cardigan," while her husband will switch his tux for a business suit. How do you take off wax pants, anyway? We certainly can't imagine cerebral, no-drama Obama melting them.

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  • valeriob

    Seriously? Another celebrity?

  • Snoopy

    They almost look real.

  • NannyState

    Wow, when they said Michelle needed to get wicked out, who thought they meant this?

  • Tien

    If they're going to put Michelle in JCrew, they should put the Prez in mom jeans.

  • Gothamist_Cynic

    Creepy.

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