# If the Statue of Liberty... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 2, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338 "2004-01-02T19:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/1 "2004-01-02T19:13:57Z")
… were reduced to the size of a normal human woman, what would its (her) three sizes be? (It’s strange, the questions that can come to you when you’re still half-asleep.) ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/2 "2004-01-02T20:55:14Z")
Seach the web for the measurements and divide for your ideal height. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/3 "2004-01-02T23:47:09Z")
Searching for “statue of liberty bust measurement” doesn’t help much 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/4 "2004-01-02T23:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GorillaMan \* > \*\*Searching for “statue of liberty bust measurement” doesn’t help much 😃 \*\* You too, huh? ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/5 "2004-01-03T00:14:58Z")
The heavily draped garments she’s represented in are going to make it impossible to measure with any kind of precision. Then again, if you could settle the arguments about what woman, if any, Bartholdi used as a model for the statue, maybe you can find some record of her measurements. Doubtful, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/6 "2004-01-03T04:16:52Z")
He modeled her arm after his wife’s, and her face after his mother’s, I believe. But as for her body, I don’t know if he used an actual woman as a model. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/7 "2004-01-03T04:45:13Z")
Considering all the banging, and the copper sheets, he may have gone through several models. Gaw bless 'im anyway. And his glands, too. ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/8 "2004-01-03T10:54:51Z")
Lady Liberty’s [measurements](http://www.libertystatepark.org/statueofliberty/sol12.shtml) . ---
**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/9 "2004-01-03T11:27:39Z")
36-24-36 baby! Woohoo! ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/10 "2004-01-03T11:32:16Z")
oh what a winning hand… ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/11 "2004-01-03T15:20:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GorillaMan \* > **Searching for “statue of liberty bust measurement” doesn’t help much.** I did a quick search but didn’t notice that there were no bust, waist and hips measurements. [Here’s why.](http://www.review.udel.edu/archives/web_archives/2003_Issues/02.28.03/article.php?section=news&story=14) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/12 "2004-01-03T15:22:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eleusis \* > \*\*36-24-36 baby! > > Woohoo! \*\* …and they’re spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/13 "2004-01-03T15:41:49Z")
You couldn’t get an accurate measurement until she puts her arm down. ---
**Author:** ![gluteus\_maximus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@gluteus\_maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gluteus_maximus)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/14 "2004-01-03T15:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AcidKid \* > \*\*I did a quick search but didn’t notice that there were no bust, waist and hips measurements. > [Here’s why.](http://www.review.udel.edu/archives/web_archives/2003_Issues/02.28.03/article.php?section=news&story=14) \*\* Hey, **AcidKid** , > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by gluteus maximus_ > **Lady Liberty’s [measurements](http://www.libertystatepark.org/statueofliberty/sol12.shtml).** You’ll find her waist measurement there. ---
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/15 "2004-01-03T16:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gluteus maximus \* > \*\*Hey, **AcidKid** ,You’ll find her waist measurement there. \*\* All I can see is waist thickness, not circumference, nor the 36-24-36 others wrote of. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/16 "2004-01-03T21:38:54Z")
FWIW, [XTC](http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_Statue.html) cast a prurient eye on Lady Liberty in a rather naughty song from 1977. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/17 "2004-01-08T02:25:47Z")
I’ll be damned. I really _must_ have been half-asleep. I’d completely forgotten I’d posted this question. (Wonder how often that happens?) Quite a Lady, she is. ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-statue-of-liberty/222338/18 "2004-01-08T04:22:08Z")
According to either Howard Stern’s or Grant Tinker’s book (I forget which) Tinker, who was president of NBC at the time, was in NYC with some RCA bigshots and he mentioned, “I think we own a radio station here.” He then tuned in to Howard’s show on WNBC and heard them discussing **"how big of a tampon the Statue of Liberty would need…"** Supposedly when they arrived at 30 Rock, he had Stern fired.