--- title: Nicki Minaj Wax Figure Debuts at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas description: Inspired by the 'Anaconda' music video canonical: https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-05T14:51:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:16.700Z og:title: Check Out Nicki Minaj's New Wax Figure og:description: Inspired by the 'Anaconda' music video og:url: https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee7ffdd7e8b90bf/69885df3a988ca36d06b3c34/gettyimages-482926046.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Madame Tussauds unveils the world's first Nicki Minaj Wax Figure In Las Vegas og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Check Out Nicki Minaj's New Wax Figure twitter:description: Inspired by the 'Anaconda' music video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee7ffdd7e8b90bf/69885df3a988ca36d06b3c34/gettyimages-482926046.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Check Out Nicki Minaj's Provocative New Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds ## Video: Know Right Now: Minaj and Swift Feud [Watch (HLS stream): Know Right Now: Minaj and Swift Feud](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/D3Z8CerZ.m3u8) (1:01)  _Published 2015-07-22. Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to comment on the exclusion of “Anaconda” from the “Video of the Year” category. Taylor Swift, whose video “Bad Blood” was nominated, took the tweets personally, resulting in a Twitter feud._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 5, 2015 2:51 PM UTC  Madame Tussauds unveils the world's first Nicki Minaj wax figure In Las Vegas on August 4, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Madame Tussauds unveils the world's first Nicki Minaj wax figure In Las Vegas on August 4, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Denise Truscello—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 5, 2015 2:51 PM UTC Nicki Minaj fans should head to Las Vegas to check out the rapper’s brand new wax figure, now on display at Madame Tussauds. Minaj’s “[provocative pose](https://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/NewsAndEvents/NickiMinaj.aspx)” pays tribute to her music video for “Anaconda.” The figure took about six months to complete and is the work of 20 artists,[ according to](https://www.madametussauds.com/LasVegas/NewsAndEvents/NickiMinaj.aspx) the Madame Tussauds website. This dedicated team based the statue on more than 300 precise body measurements — and indeed, it looks pretty realistic. Minaj shared a photo of the figure on Instagram and gave her approval: Maybe Nicki’s wax figure can be placed next to [Taylor Swift’s](http://time.com/3703445/taylor-swift-madame-tussauds-wax-figure/), since they’ve [resolved ](http://time.com/3971670/nicki-minaj-taylor-swift-made-up/)their problems and everything. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/"},"headline":"Check Out Nicki Minaj's Provocative New Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds","datePublished":"2015-08-05T14:51:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:16.700Z","description":"Inspired by the 'Anaconda' music video","url":"https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee7ffdd7e8b90bf/69885df3a988ca36d06b3c34/gettyimages-482926046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdee7ffdd7e8b90bf/69885df3a988ca36d06b3c34/gettyimages-482926046.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Madame Tussauds unveils the world's first Nicki Minaj Wax Figure In Las Vegas","caption":"Madame Tussauds unveils the world's first Nicki Minaj Wax Figure In Las Vegas","creditText":"Denise Truscello—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3985397/nicki-minaj-wax-figure-madame-tussauds/","name":"Check Out Nicki Minaj's Provocative New Wax Figure at Madame Tussauds"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Minaj and Swift Feud","description":"Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to comment on the exclusion of “Anaconda” from the “Video of the Year” category. 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