As far as celebrity wax works and statues go, it can be a big risk to take. Just ask Cristiano Ronaldo.
Luckily for model Megan Gale and her waxy doppelgรคnger, which has just been unveiled at Madame Tussauds in Sydney, it has us seeing double.
โI was blown away. You go through the sitting, which takes over three hours, you have all the measurements done and you start to wonder โ OK, will I think this looks like me? Will they get the likeness right?โ Megan tells us.
โWhen the time comes and you actually see it, itโs pretty spot on.โ

Megan and her wax work strike a pose.
Rocking a one-off Alex Perry dress and her signature pose, Megan admits even her loved ones thought it was her when they first saw a photo of her wax work.
โRiver just thought it was a photo of mum,โ she laughs of her three-year-old sonโs reaction.
โThey take over 250 measurements, they insert each hair strand by strand. They have a library of different coloured eyes โ they couldnโt quite find the right eye colour so they had to custom-make an eye because they wanted to get it right. Thereโs even the tattoo on the back of my neck,โ she says of the meticulous process.
The one thing thatโs been left out of course is the 41-year-oldโs baby bump.

Itโs not every day you get to snap a selfie with yourself!
Last month Megan and her partner, AFL player Shaun Hampson, announced they were expecting their second child together.
But it hasnโt come without a few scares after the cover girl injured her ankle and just last week was rushed to hospital with food poisoning.
Further heightening Meganโs fears for her unborn baby is the fact she suffered a miscarriage last year.
โIโm much better, I was a bit shaky last week. The pregnancy is going beautifully โ every scan and test Iโve had theyโre saying the baby is absolutely thriving in there. Thatโs all you can really hope and wish for,โ she says.

Megan and Shaun are expecting their second baby together.
The star says her second pregnancy has left her quite fatigued and sheโs resting up as much as possible.
โWith River, I had as close to a perfect pregnancy you can get. My skin was great, I felt healthy and active. This pregnancy, my skinโs been very dry, reactive and sensitive. I havenโt really had a lot of energy so thatโs affected my health and fitness routine.โ
โThe most important thing is to rest and recharge. I do like to be mindful of what Iโm putting on my skin and in my body knowing that everything gets transferred through to the baby,โ Megan explains.
As they count down to welcome their newest family member, Megan and Shaun are making the most of their time with River.
โI want to spend as much time with River as I can while it is just the three of us. Weโve had a beautiful three years but weโre really pumped and excited for the next phase.โ
โWeโre already saying, โYou have to help with the baby and we need you there!โ Weโre very conscious of including him in the experience and getting him excited. Heโs a pretty chilled kid,โ she says of Riverโs impending big brother duties.
Megan also reveals sheโs taking a very different approach to her birthing plan this time around.
โYou just donโt know what kind of labour youโre going to have. You have to go into labour with an open mind. Itโs good to have a rough plan but donโt have expectations. If you have expectations and things donโt go the way you want in your head โ you can get disappointed.โ
โ[With Riverโs birth] very quickly I was like โthis is a bigger beast than I can control!โ Youโve got to go with the flow and let it unfold because itโs mother nature and you canโt control it.โ
โAnd thatโs actually whatโs beautiful about it. Youโve got to stay calm and go with it,โ she tells us.
One of the most rewarding things to come out of parenthood is seeing her partner Shaun, 29, as a dad.
โHe is the best dad! He hadnโt had much experience with kids, which didnโt worry me because I know how calm he is.โ
โI knew that such a big change, like becoming a father, that heโd be able to take it in his stride. Heโs absolutely wonderful and heโs got such a beautiful bond with our son. Heโs a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful role model for River,โ she beams.
For now, the couple are in no rush to get married.
โWe definitely feel like creating a child together is for life. Marriages are great and itโs wonderful to unite yourselves in that way but I donโt think it makes any difference really to the validity of your relationship.โ
โIt is a lovely thing to do and a great celebration but it doesnโt make that much difference at the end of the day.โ
โWhen you start creating human lives together, youโre bonded for life. Itโs not like weโve chosen that over marriage, thatโs the direction we wanted to go in. That was more important.โ
Shaunโs seamless ease into fatherhood further proves to naysayers that their 12-year age gap is irrelevant. And we canโt help but cheer when the Next Top Model star calls out the double standards that still exist.
โI think if I was going out with someone 12 years older theyโd be like โOh! Sheโs found a nice man!โ If itโs the other way around [with a woman dating a younger man], itโs seen as a bit scandalous and taboo,โ she admits.
โA very big dealโs made out of it, the same with Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman. The same when Demi Moore was with Ashton Kutcher.โ
โThese names get bandied about like โtoyboyโ, โcougarโ โ which I think are a little bit insulting,โ she points out.
โI feel like itโs a double standard and weโre beyond that now โ we just see ourselves as equal.โ

The couple love being parents.