--- title: Internet Reacts to Bad Lady Gaga Wax Figure Debuts in Peru description: The Internet is in an uproar after an unrealistic wax figure of Lady Gaga and her infamous meat dress debuted in Lima, Peru. canonical: https://time.com/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-25T18:00:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:17.220Z og:title: The Internet Is Not Pleased With This Lady Gaga Wax Figure og:description: The Little Monsters are losing it over this figure og:url: https://time.com/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt054cebe62c68c21a/6988e364bc6cfc509a3e3b22/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Deep From The Heart: The One America Appeal Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Not Pleased With This Lady Gaga Wax Figure twitter:description: The Little Monsters are losing it over this figure twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt054cebe62c68c21a/6988e364bc6cfc509a3e3b22/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Demands Justice for Lady Gaga After Unflattering Wax Figure Debuts > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 25, 2017 6:00 PM UTC  COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - OCTOBER 21: Lady Gaga performs in concert as a surprise guest during the "Deep From The Heart: One America Appeal Concert" at Reed Arena on October 21, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - OCTOBER 21: Lady Gaga performs in concert as a surprise guest during the "Deep From The Heart: One America Appeal Concert" at Reed Arena on October 21, 2017 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Gary Miller—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 25, 2017 6:00 PM UTC The Internet is losing it after an extremely unflattering and [unrealistic wax figure](http://time.com/4865402/beyonce-wax-figure-whitewashed-internet-reactions/) of [Lady Gaga](http://time.com/4740927/lady-gaga-coachella-2017/) debuted at a museum in Lima, Peru less than a week ago. The wax figure appears to depict Mother Monster in [the infamous meat dress that she sported at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4466017/lady-gaga-meat-dress-hot-pot/), but many people took to social media to share they felt the figure looked nothing like the singer and going so far as to compare the figure to an “alien cockroach.” As might be expected, the reactions were outspoken in defense of Gaga — see the most vocal supporters of Lady Gaga below. > [](https://twitter.com/ryancollinshair/status/921302586241712128) > [](https://twitter.com/RValinsie/status/922651596290428928) > [](https://twitter.com/colinclark1995/status/921505944592355328) > [](https://twitter.com/davidsprayer/status/921083726947332096) > [](https://twitter.com/NatalieGABand/status/921382896266510336) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/"},"headline":"The Internet Demands Justice for Lady Gaga After Unflattering Wax Figure Debuts","datePublished":"2017-10-25T18:00:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:17.220Z","description":"The Little Monsters are losing it over this figure","url":"https://time.com/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Bizarre","Lady Gaga"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt054cebe62c68c21a/6988e364bc6cfc509a3e3b22/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt054cebe62c68c21a/6988e364bc6cfc509a3e3b22/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Deep From The Heart: The One America Appeal Concert","caption":"Deep From The Heart: The One America Appeal Concert","creditText":"Gary Miller—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/4997160/lady-gaga-wax-figure-internet-reactions/","name":"The Internet Demands Justice for Lady Gaga After Unflattering Wax Figure Debuts"}}]}] ```