Move over Kylie, there's a new bottom to rub: Rihanna's cheeky wax work unveiled at Madame Tussauds

By Alanah Eriksen

Last updated at 6:47 PM on 3rd October 2011



You'd think it would have learned its lesson after cheeky tourists kept lifting up the skirt on Kylie Minogue's wax figure to look at her perfect bottom.

But Madame Tussauds is almost inviting Rihanna fans to do the same by exposing the Barbadian singer's derriere in the form of a provocatively dressed model.

The 23-year-old's doppelganger, unveiled in central London today, dons a black dress, slashed to the thigh.

Getting cheeky: An employee puts the finishing touches to a waxwork model of Barbadian singer Rihanna at Madame Tussauds museum in central London

It's the same outfit she wore during her X Factor performance last year with winner Matt Cardle.

During another Rihanna performance in the same edition of the show, she stripped to a bikini, prompting a flurry of complaints to Ofcom.

Don't slip! Make-up artist Claire Galvin concentrates intently

Star cast: The figure features alongside the late Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga

We've seen that before: The dress was the same one she wore when she performed alongside last year's X Factor winner Matt Cardle

The figure features one of her many tattoos, which starts on the right side of her stomach and extends so it is parallel with her bum cheek.

It took four months to complete and cost £150,000 to create.

The model stands alongside Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and the late Amy Winehouse in the museum's music section.

Liz Edwards of Tussauds said: 'We are sure she will hit the right note with our guests as demand for her figure has been huge since her appearance on The X Factor 2010.

So lifelike: The figure took six months to complete and cost £150,0000

Last touch ups: Artists paint the singer's face as they prepare to unveil her to the public

'Rihanna is one of the biggest music stars of the moment and is a perfect addition to the diva dream team of female artists we have here at the attraction.'

A sexy Kylie Minogue wax model caused controversy when it was unveiled in 2002.

The singer was posed on all fours, dressed in a red silk basque and thigh-length leather boots, in racy underwear.

The skirt on the figure reportedly had to be lengthened after fans kept lifting it up to look at her famous bottom.

Controversial: The singer came under fire last week after a farmer spotted her running topless through his field in Northern Ireland

Superstar Rihanna recently said she hated feeling pressure to be a role model for her fans.

'See, people – especially white people – they want me to be a role model just because of the life I lead,' she told Vogue.

'The things I say in my songs, they expect it of me and being a role model became more of my job than I wanted it to be. But no, I just want to make music. That's it.

'Look, God doesn't give any more than you can handle. I had to get through a lot of ups and downs – big downs – and a lot of trial and error to get where I am now.'

Rihanna who came under fire last week after a farmer spotted her running topless through his field in Northern Ireland.

Alan Graham has now been bombarded with hate mail by her fans.

Sexy: The skirt on this ylie Minogue wax model, unveiled in 2002, reportedly had to be lengthened after fans kept lifting it up to look at her famous bottom

Doppelganger: The figure was almost identical to the real thing, sporting the curly afro she had earlier this year

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