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World's Tallest SnowWoman!

Olympia SnowWoman (named after Maine's U.S. Senator, Olympia Snowe) was built in February 2008. (She melted July 30, 2008.)       Her Height is 122 feet 1 inch, That's about 11 stories tall! She's a Guinness record-holder as the world's tallest snowman.       The 'snowwoman' towering over this village features eyelashes created from discarded skis and bright red lips made from painted car tires. She wears a giant red hat and a 100-foot-long scarf, and her blond tresses are made from rope. She gets a little bling from a snowflake pendant that's 6 feet long. Here's Photos Of This Awesome SnowWoman. Enjoy! :) Olympia Snowe (front row, third from left) with the crew that helped build Olympia SnowWoman. With the temperature in single digits, several hundred people including busloads of schoolchildren turned out for Friday's dedication of the 122-foot-tall mountain of snow. Mark Bancroft, who donated the 150-foot crane used during the project, noted that it has been a tough winter with high fuel costs and nasty weather. "What does Bethel, Maine, do when it gets tough? We build a snowman!" he said to the muffled applause of mittens and gloves clapping together. Although the snowwoman's namesake was unable to attend Friday's dedication because of her duties in Washington, a statement was read to the crowd. "I've joked that it's just my luck I'd have a world record-breaking monument named after me -- and it will be gone by summer," the senator said. It took more than a month, dozens of volunteers and tons of snow to create Olympia. Jim Sysko, a civil engineer, oversaw design and construction.

To get an idea of scale, Olympia is about 30 feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty (without the base). Her arms consist of 27-foot-tall evergreens. Her "carrot" nose, painted by schoolchildren, is 8 feet long. Her eyes are made from giant wreaths. She was built with a series of concentric circles. The crane dumped the snow into frames, and volunteers climbed in for long hours shoveling and packing the snow. "The best part of it is how everyone in town pitched in and made it happen," said volunteer David Lynch. "It got hairy up at the top. I only made it to 80 feet." The final product is the talk of the town. People especially liked the lashes created from old skis donated from the Sunday River ski resort. There was plenty of snow for the project. Parts of Maine have had more than 100 inches of snow that season. Volunteers started with manmade snow and then used snow piled on the runway of the municipal airport to finish the job. "People love it. With all this snow, we did something good with it," said Darlene Ginsberg, who directed traffic with one hand while holding a cup of hot coffee in the other. After the ceremony, local resident Julia Reuter stepped to the microphone and led the crowd in an impromptu singalong to the classic song, "Winter Wonderland."

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