The Answer:
We can't believe how many people have asked us this!
The Statue of
Liberty's face was modeled after the features of
Auguste-Charlotte Bartholdi, the mother of the statue's sculptor,
Frederic August Bartholdi.
Lady Liberty's nose is 4 1/2 feet (1.4 meters) long. Each eye is
2 1/2 feet (0.8 meters) across.
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