Amy's glamour days are over and her "career" seems kaput. Her next big endeavour is to have five children with her husband, when he gets out of jail.

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Yesterday Amy's parents Mitch and Janis unveiled a wax figure of the troubled singer - complete with trademark beehive and sailor tattoos - at London's Madame Tussauds today.

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Back to reality: A dishevelled Amy looks gaunt as she smokes a rolled up cigarette near her home - and right, the glossed over Madame Tussauds Amy

But observers couldn't help but note the 6ft dummy was a rather flattering depiction of the 26-year-old - her scratched, red raw arms and scabby skin glossed over by sculptors.

Miss Winehouse herself didn't attend, preferring to stay at home in bed.

Her decision to lie low saved her from any unflattering comparisons with the model version of herself. And unfortunately there were plenty to be found.
First there is her complexion. Miss Winehouse, who is struggling against drug and alcohol addiction, is recovering from an unsightly skin condition which has left her face covered in sores.

Then there are her scarred arms, which bear the marks of her habit of self-harming. Her fingernails are usually blackened and grubby and her favourite ballet pumps scuffed and mysteriously bloodstained.

But the team at Madame Tussauds has created the Amy that used to be before she descended into addiction.

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The reality of Amy Winehouse's scarred and scabbed body

The model is dressed in the same glamorous outfit Miss Winehouse wore to the Brit Awards in 2007 - a thigh-skimming mini-dress accessorised with black high heels and an even blacker beehive. She was named best female solo artist that night.

Madame Tussauds believes Miss Winehouse, who stands next to models of Kylie Minogue and Michael Jackson, will be one of its most popular attractions.

The 24-year- old singer is far from starstruck at the idea.
'I thought you had to be dead almost before they made a waxwork of you,' she scoffed last week.

Because she refused to pose for the artists, a team of 20 worked from a collection of photographs. It took more than four months to build.
Yesterday, her father Mitch, who arrived with Miss Winehouse's mother Janis, said he was 'stunned' by the model.

New and improved: Janis and Mitch Winehouse unveil a polished waxwork figure of their daughter at London's Madame Tussauds today
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