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5 facts about The Golden Globe Statuette.

The Golden Globe Award Statuette, a golden globe sat on top of a granite base.

The Golden Globe Award

The Golden Globe Award Statuette, a golden globe sat on top of a granite base.

Golden Globe Award Statue. Credit HFPA

Official Name – Golden Globe Award

Height – 10¾ inches

Weight – 5½ pound

Designer – Society Awards, New York

Fact

  • Each Golden Globe Award is individually hand-finished and presented in red velvet lined, leather bound chest with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association logo stamped in gold.
  • It has a 24-karat gold-plated zinc die cast top.
  • Society awards redesigned the statuette in 2008 to give it a new marble base and adjust the metal top to improve durability and aesthetics.
  • The top of the award is a globe wrapped in a film strip.
  • The marble for the stand is sourced from Europe and each individual award is hand carved to perfection.