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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:01 AM Sep 2020

Melania Trump: New metal statue unveiled in Slovenia

Source: BBC

Melania Trump: New metal statue unveiled in Slovenia

16 September 2020

A new bronze statue to US First Lady Melania Trump has been unveiled near her hometown in Slovenia.

It replaces a wooden sculpture erected last year, which was set alight shortly afterwards by unknown arsonists.

Some described the original as a "disgrace" or a "Smurfette", saying it did not look like Mrs Trump.

The new statue features a plaque dedicating the sculpture to "the eternal memory of a monument to Melania which stood at this location".

Mrs Trump was born in Novo Mesto in 1970 but grew up in the town of Sevnica, when Slovenia was part of the Communist nation of Yugoslavia.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54174824


The new bronze sculpture replaces a wooden one burnt down last year (EPA)
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Melania Trump: New metal statue unveiled in Slovenia (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2020 OP
It really captures her personality. BKDem Sep 2020 #1
Ice might be more appropriate Sanity Claws Sep 2020 #2
Target practice.....for someone. Doreen Sep 2020 #3
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