Celebrity Wax

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Madame Tussaud is creating a wax figure of Kate Middleton in the lilac Alexander McQueen gown she wore to the BAFTA “Brits to Watch” gala in LA, which was also her very first red carpet appearance. Her LA look is one of four super-accurate waxworks of the Duchess of Cambridge that will be housed in the legendary wax museum's London, New York, and Amsterdam locations. [Styleite]