Golden girl: solid gold sculpture of Kate Moss unveiled

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

LONDON (AFP) — A solid gold sculpture of British supermodel Kate Moss worth 1.5 million pounds (2.8 million dollars, 1.9 million euros) was unveiled in London on Thursday

The 50 kilogramme (110-pound) work is by artist Marc Quinn, previously famous for a controversial sculpture installed in London's Trafalgar Square of a pregnant woman with no arms due to a medical condition.

"I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who's the ideal beauty of the moment. But even Kate Moss doesn't live up to the image," he said.

Moss herself has been in the news this week for her latest comments on size zero fashion models, in which she lamented how thin she has been at earlier stages in her career.

"I didn't eat for a long time. Not...