‘IT’S A SMURFETTE’
Melania Trump statue in her home town slammed by locals who rage ‘it looks nothing like her’
A GHOULISH wooden statue supposed to depict Melania Trump was erected in her home country of Slovenia on Friday - to the outrage of locals.
The whittled figure is meant to show the First Lady wearing the blue outfit she wore to her husband Donald's inauguration as US president in 2017.
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It has been erected on a wooden plinth and stands life-size near Melania's hometown of Sevnica.
US artist Brade Downey commissioned the strange statue - created with a chainsaw by local folk artist Ales "Maxi" Zupevc.
But it hasn't been well received by residents in the Central European country.
One local said: "It doesn’t look anything like Melania - It’s a smurfette. It’s a disgrace.”
Another local fumed: “It’s not okay. It’s a disgrace. That’s what I have to say.”
'SMURFETTE'
The blocky, rustic figure was cut from the trunk of a living linden tree - whose base forms the tall plinth.
It's placed in a field beside the Sava River in the village of Rozno - five miles from Sevnica.
A gallery in the capital Ljubljana which is hosting an exhibition detailing the First Lady's roots in Slovenia is uncertain how seriously to take the statue.
In a leaflet, it said: "Perhaps we are simply trying vigorously to make sense of things that might only be a slapstick prank - Who knows?"
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Downey said he wanted to "have a dialogue with my country's political situation" and highlight Melania Trump's status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.
Ales "Maxi" Zupevc, the sculptor, was born in the same hospital as Melania Trump in the same month - and now mostly works as a pipe-layer.
In a short film as part of the exhibition, he says: "Let's face it - she owns half of America while I have nothing."
A bust of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo was mocked worldwide after briefly being erected at Madeira Airport.
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