{"id":182727,"date":"2018-09-24T05:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=182727"},"modified":"2018-09-24T05:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T09:23:26","slug":"pia-wurtzbach-becomes-first-filipino-receive-madame-tussauds-wax-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/09\/24\/pia-wurtzbach-becomes-first-filipino-receive-madame-tussauds-wax-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"Pia Wurtzbach becomes first Filipino to receive Madame Tussauds wax figure"},"content":{"rendered":"
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have a big announcement! Starting early next year, I\u2019ll be residing in Hong Kong! Well, my wax figure will! 😉 So excited to be the first Filipino part of Madame Tussauds! What a birthday treat! Please visit me there. Will be waiting for you! 💙 @madametussaudshongkong (Photo<\/a>: piawurtzbach\/Instagram<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Pia Wurtzbach celebrated her 29th birthday with an announcement that she is the very first Filipino to be featured in the Madame Tussauds wax museum located in Hong Kong.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pia shared, \u201cWhen I found out, I was so excited. I couldn\u2019t believe it! In my head, this is something that only happens to big stars.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

She has been working very closely with the artistic team from London for precise measurements, adding, \u201c<\/span>It was really quite a process and it\u2019s so high tech! One second they were only taking a photo of my face then next thing I know, I see my face from different angles so instantly. It\u2019s amazing. The team is so good and professional at what they do.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

Amidst interacting with the team, she also got to play with the different elements – like eyeballs and hair colors! She said, \u201cI go to Madame Tussauds, so I know what it\u2019s like and how fun it is there. And now, thinking that I\u2019m going to be one of them, I\u2019m very honored, I\u2019m very grateful, and I can\u2019t wait to see it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Madame Tussauds General Manager Jenny You shared with the media that choosing to feature Pia as a wax figure in the Hong Kong museum was inevitable because she sets a good example as a beauty queen, actress, and humanitarian, sharing, \u201cWith Pia\u2019s sweet, positive and fun personality, we really could not have imagined having anyone but her to represent the Philippines in this way. More than being a queen, she has all the makings of an icon and we\u2019re proud to be able to house her wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong for the rest of the world to be able to interact with.\u201d She then adds, \u201cOur Filipino guests have always been very important to us and we\u2019ve always believed we should have a Filipino wax figure, so we\u2019re very pleased to have Ms. Pia Wurtzbach mark this milestone with us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pia\u2019s wax figure is set to be revealed to the public in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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