Broadway icon Lea Salonga has another singer in mind when asked who should be the next Filipino wax legend immortalized with a wax figure and featured at a Madame Tussauds museum. READ: ‘It happened at a good time’: Lea Salonga says on timing of Madame Tussauds wax figure In an exclusive interview with Interaksyon during the unveiling of her own wax figure, Lea suggested that singer Sarah Geronimo should be the sixth Filipino honored with a wax figure. On a global scale, she recommended the South Korean boy band BTS (Bangtan Boys).
“As far as Filipino celebrities go, I would love to see Sarah Geronimo immortalized in this way,” she said. Lea is currently the fifth Filipino personality to be featured in this way. She now joins Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach, “Multimedia Superstar” Anne Curtis, and boxing legend Manny Pacquiao.
The theater icon’s wax figure will be featured at Madame Tussauds museum. READ: ‘World tour next?’: Pia Wurtzbach’s iconic wax figure now in Singapore | ‘Seeing double’: Catriona Gray now has wax figure wearing Miss Universe 2018 lava gown | ‘Another dream Anne-locked’: Anne Curtis gets wax figure at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong Elaine Quek, Madame Tussauds’ head of sales and marketing, said they are always looking for suggestions for the next Filipino figure to be cloned. “It could be anybody, so as long as someone that we feel is an inspiration to the Filipino community, we’re more than.