Do You Remember Samantha Fox?
I first heard (and saw) Samantha Fox when I was a student at UNLV. But, wow, does time fly or what?
A life-size marble statue of the former glamour model Samantha Fox is to be erected in Serbia after she agreed to sing at a pop festival.
Locals in the southern Serb town of Cacak raised the money to show the 1980s model turned pop star how delighted they are about her visit. Obrad Banovic, a fan, said: “We love her. She is an authentic sex symbol of the 1980s, so why shouldn’t we have a monument to her. Other towns have their heroes in parks, so why can’t we?
“We are also aware that her most famous attributes may require special treatment, so we are planning on using the best quality marble only.”
The idea for the statue came after Fox agreed to take part in a music festival in Cacak next month.
What do you think? Are they a crazed community that adores western pop icons of the 1980’s or do they know a great singer when they see one?
Just for information, one nearby town is planning to put up a statue of Rocky Balboa, and another town erected a stature of Bruce Lee back in 2005.
Me? I don’t think it’s so much about the music.
Source: Scotsman.com
Others watching Samantha:
This is part of a pattern: Cheesy — or, in this case, tarty — celebs from the US and UK develop a huge, loyal following in Europe, but only in certain countries.
This is like David Hasselhoff selling very few records in the US, but being a huge singing star in Germany, and performing during the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Weird, but interesting …