The Little Mermaid (statue) cities; others include: "Manneken Pis" in Brussels, the Statue of Liberty in New York and "Christ the Redeemer" in Rio de Janeiro. In several cases, cities have commissioned statues for such a purpose, such as with Singapore's "Merlion". The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen's Royal Theatre and asked the ballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on August 23, 1913. The statue's head was modelled after Price,
Joe Bartholdi Jr. the event and claim the $3,760,165 first prize. He also made the final table of the WPT Battle of Champions IV event shortly after. As of January 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,200,000. Joe Bartholdi Jr. Joseph (Joe) N. Bartholdi Jr. (born 1980 in Southern California) is an American professional poker player, based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bartholdi was a hustler from an early age. Known as "Gambles", he used to sell cigarettes to his classmates at school and was eventually expelled for fighting. As the next nearest school involved much travel, he did not go and concentrated