BETHEL (AP) – Maine’s senior senator visited Bethel and got her first look at the world’s tallest snowwoman that bears her name.

Sen. Olympia Snowe posed for photographers Tuesday alongside the 122-foot-tall mountain of snow that its builders have named Olympia.

The snowwoman has eyelashes crafted from discarded skis and bright red lips made of painted car tires. While the senator’s hair is black, her namesake is a blonde, with hair made from yellow rope.

Duties in Washington prevented Snowe from attending the snowwoman’s dedication at the end of February. But in a statement that was read to the crowd, she joked that it was just her luck to have a world record-breaking monument named after her that will be gone by summer.

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