Overview
- The New York museum revealed the statue on Jan. 7, styled after her 2024 Dune: Part Two Mexico City red-carpet look by Bottega Veneta.
- Artists included a recreation of her horizontal oval diamond ring, referencing her engagement to Tom Holland confirmed publicly in early 2025 after a December 2024 proposal.
- The display marks her 10th Madame Tussauds figure, following debut statues in 2015 in Orlando and San Francisco, and it is now open to visitors.
- Madame Tussauds says roughly 20 artists spent about a year crafting the likeness using traditional sculpting and layered paint techniques.
- Online reaction has been mixed over how closely the figure resembles Zendaya, even as museum leaders describe it as a tribute to her impact on entertainment and fashion.