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When famous people are 'pumpkin-ized'

Updated 11:40 AM ET, Wed December 9, 2015

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Donald <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/living/painted-celebrity-pumpkins-trump-irpt/">Trumpkin</a>, a 374-pound pumpkin, became the Trumpkin Elf this December. He is modeled after Buddy in the Will Ferrell movie "Elf."
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Donald Trumpkin, a 374-pound pumpkin, became the Trumpkin Elf this December. He is modeled after Buddy in the Will Ferrell movie "Elf."
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Meet <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1278947">Donald Trumpkin</a>, a giant pumpkin that looks a bit like GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The creator, Jeanette Paras, has been taking celebrities and noteworthy people and making them into <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Paras-Pumpkins-153925814649200/" target="_blank">caricatures on pumpkins</a> for more than 25 years.
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Meet Donald Trumpkin, a giant pumpkin that looks a bit like GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump. The creator, Jeanette Paras, has been taking celebrities and noteworthy people and making them into caricatures on pumpkins for more than 25 years.
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In 2014, Paras turned a <a href="http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1184158">384-pound pumpkin</a> into a likeness of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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In 2014, Paras turned a 384-pound pumpkin into a likeness of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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When Miley Cyrus <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/26/showbiz/music/miley-cyrus-mtv-vmas-gaga/">twerked on stage</a> at the 2013 VMAs and made the news repeatedly for her appearances, she became fodder for a Paras pumpkin. "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson appears beside Cyrus, as his 2013 <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/18/showbiz/duck-dynasty-suspension/">anti-gay comments</a> led him to be suspended from the show.
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When Miley Cyrus twerked on stage at the 2013 VMAs and made the news repeatedly for her appearances, she became fodder for a Paras pumpkin. "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson appears beside Cyrus, as his 2013 anti-gay comments led him to be suspended from the show.
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Prince Harry <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/22/showbiz/prince-harry-photos/">made headlines</a> after naked photos of his highness surfaced from his August 2012 trip to Las Vegas. Naughty Prince Harry turned into a pumpkin that year.
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Prince Harry made headlines after naked photos of his highness surfaced from his August 2012 trip to Las Vegas. Naughty Prince Harry turned into a pumpkin that year.
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Paras sometimes creates pumpkin paintings for events, like this 746-pound rendition of The Hulk at former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's residence to promote green energy in 2010.
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Paras sometimes creates pumpkin paintings for events, like this 746-pound rendition of The Hulk at former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's residence to promote green energy in 2010.
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Jon Stewart, Oprah and Betty White weigh in at 170, 198 and 150 pounds, respectively, on Paras' front porch in 2010.
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Jon Stewart, Oprah and Betty White weigh in at 170, 198 and 150 pounds, respectively, on Paras' front porch in 2010.
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Remember when rapper <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/14/mtv.music.video.awards/">Kanye West snatched the microphone</a> from Taylor Swift during her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards? We do too.
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Remember when rapper Kanye West snatched the microphone from Taylor Swift during her speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards? We do too.
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Kanye West appeared on "The Leno Show" the next day, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/15/kanye.west.leno/index.html?eref">apologizing for the VMAs stunt</a>. "It was rude, period'," he told Jay Leno, pictured here.
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Kanye West appeared on "The Leno Show" the next day, apologizing for the VMAs stunt. "It was rude, period'," he told Jay Leno, pictured here.
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Carol from "Where the Wild Things Are," weighs in at 1197 pounds in 2009, next to Paras.
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Carol from "Where the Wild Things Are," weighs in at 1197 pounds in 2009, next to Paras.
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