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Various sources cite different models for the face of the statue. One indicated the then-recently widowed Isabella Eugenie Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the sewing-machine industrialist. "She was rid of the uncouth presence of her husband, who had left her with only his most socially desirable attributes: his fortune and... his children. She was, from the beginning of her career in Paris, a well-known figure. As the good-looking French widow of an American industrialist she was called upon to be Bartholdi's model for the Statue of Liberty." [4] Another source believed that the "stern face" belonged to Bartholdi's mother, Charlotte Bartholdi (1801-1891), with whom he was very close. [5] National Geographic magazine also pointed to his mother, noting that Bartholdi never denied nor explained the resemblance. |
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Alley C
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because she's French! |
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William K
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Because more "portly" women were in fashion when she was designed and cast. |
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Basher
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Because the French guy that designed it used a French chick for a model, and that's what French chicks look like. If the French chick model didn't have on a robe, it would have looked more like a Sasquatch with all that body hair showing. Had the designer used a Frenchman for a model, it would have looked more like a woman. |
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bill g
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equal opportunity ! |
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wolfwagon2002
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probably because it was designed and built by the french? |
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Invisible
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Because real women don't all look like Barbie. |
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Bertie D
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It was made in france, that may have something to do with it |
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babyeddieuk
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Because she's French. |
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dark_monkey
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HA HA HA i never thought about it but your right.
perhaps old Lady liberty is a cross dresser. A man in a dress god one.HA HA HA HA HA.
EQUALITY FOR ALL "N" all
I know the old masters used to draw men with boobs for women.
But that is a funny, nice one,
I will never look at it again without thinking of that ..life changing question for me that i wont forget it pmsl loads and loads |
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thor_gare
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Lmao!!! Why dont u stand under it & lift her skirt/robe just to "double check"? LoL :P Take a peek and update me what u see...**falls off chair** |
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Holly
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Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), is a colossal statue given to the United States by France on October 28, 1886.
The statue depicts a woman standing upright, dressed in a flowing robe and a seven point spiked crown representing the Seven Seas, holding a stone tablet close to her body in her left hand and a flaming torch high in her right hand.
The statue is 151 feet (46 meters) and one inch tall, with the foundation adding another 154 feet (46.9 meters). The tablet contains the text "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (July 4, 1776) commemorating the date of the United States Declaration of Independence.
This however does not confirm why Liberty (supposedly) looks like a man. To be honest with you it shouldn't be a question as to why it looks like a man all you have to think about is what it means to us Americans. |
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zen
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Because the French sculptors did a bad job |
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missourim43
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It was a gift from France.....ask them.... |
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livinhapi
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that really is true, but what do you expect its a gift from france and they really was intending to make it a man in regular clothes but change their mind and just decided to give it a woman dressed, so there you go. but thanks french people we americans still appreciate it as a symbol of our friendship. |
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spirit of radio
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Because it was a gift from the French and they have a wicked sense of humour. |
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Ex Head
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Its all in the eye of the beholder and THIER Morals and Lifestyle. |
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crawdash
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dont all americans look like that |
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