Bollywood actor and former Miss World Aishwarya Rai on Wednesday became the first Indian celebrity to have her wax model displayed at Madame Tussauds Museum in the historic Time Square in New York,earlier today!.

Within minutes of unveiling of her lifelike model dressed in intricately patterned red sari, her fans in New York began flocking the museum to admire the waxwork.

The unveiling of the model, borrowed by the Madame Tussauds from its parent museum in London, coincided with the India’s 60th Independence Day celebrations and will be on display for six weeks before being sent back.

Other Indian film personalities immortalised at Madame Tussauds include Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi.