Madame Tussauds unveils a Nicki Minaj wax figure and people are unimpressed [photo]

Madame Tussauds has launched a wax figure of popular American rapper, Nicki Minaj but the figure looks nothing like her.

The wax figure was unveiled at Madame Tussauds Berlin on Tuesday, 7 January.

It is clear that the figure was modelled after the rapper’s seductive look from her Anaconda video. She is appropriately clothed in a black thong, gold beaded top and strappy heels. Her barbs, however, were unimpressed with the likeness.

Madame Tussauds Unveils Nicki Minaj's Wax Figure in Germany pic.twitter.com/npO3iDTKeL

— KCivil.eth (@KarenCivil) January 7, 2020

Shortly after the pictures of the new figure was shared online, they took to Twitter to share their reactions – many of them hilarious – to the figure.

The barbs pointed out that her skin tone was darkened and her generous figure lessened.

This is not the first time that the establishment has come under fire for their awkward takes on celebrities. In 2017, Twitter took up arms over a wax figure of Beyonce that was not aesthetically pleasing.

This figure of Nicki Minaj was originally launched in 2015 at Madame Tussauds Las Vegas. Back then, Nicki Minaj reportedly called the figure “so iconic” after it was unveiled.

She even shared a picture of fans lewdly posing with the figure and captioned the post, “Naw b**ch hold on,” with laughing emojis.

https://www.instagram.com/p/5-Ij_jL8eW/?utm_source=ig_embed

This is the first time, however, that her fans will see it, and they were very disappointed, something they shared in as many tweets.

See some of them below:

If ever there was a time for Roman to seek revenge… https://t.co/knCZIGpHQn

— Kelechi (@kelechnekoff) January 7, 2020

Listen, I’m not even die hard Nicki Minaj fan but she can RAP & ppl don’t give her talent the credit it deserves. That wax figure Madame Tussaud’s put out…that’s not Onika Maraj. I’m so sorry. Does google not exist? They looked at that mess & said “yh, we got it”. No, you don’t. pic.twitter.com/VtQmLYgy0D

— Zu (@bookofzu) January 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/ahhshitnotkd/status/1214617995315683328

Whoever did that wax figure of Nicki Minaj needs to be fired

— Loyiso (@Lhozha) January 7, 2020

https://twitter.com/fuckabaddolly_/status/1214617423992819714