Marc Quinn Sculpture
She posed for Marc Quinn for the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant. Made of Carrara marble, it shows Lapper nude and heavily pregnant. It occupied the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square between September 2005 and late 2007. and a large replica featured in the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony.
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