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“We’re honored to create a figure for Vice President Harris and reflect this significant moment in U.S. history for guests inside Madame Tussauds,” general spokeswoman Brittany Williams said in a statement, according to WNBC-TV of New York.
Harris became the first woman, Black or Asian person to serve as an American vice president when she was sworn in Jan. 20.
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Madame Tussauds always makes a presidential wax figure but the honor has never extended to the person a heartbeat away from the office.
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The figures will take between four and six months to create and will be unveiled later this year, the museum said, according to CBS.The heads were finished in six weeks.
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Biden and Harris will be dressed as they were on Inauguration Day.
Madame Tussauds is known for its celebrity and movie character wax figures as well as politicians and historical figures.
