Dilara Kazimova, who is representing Azerbaijan in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen has created a very unique souvenir – a 20cm high, 100% accurate copy of herself created with a 3D printer.

http://youtu.be/ivl0d4nZu3s

The model, which is entirely unique, will be auctioned on eBay to raise money for Danish animal shelter Dyreværnets, just outside of Copenhagen. Dilara, along with Hungarian entrant András Kállay-Saunders, visited the shelter earlier this week. 

After her visit, Dilara said, a day in the animal shelter was very emotional to me. I wanted to take all animals home. But now, I’m happy that with this auction, I can contribute to the animal shelter.

You can see a video of their visit below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MANdkxOAdF4

Dilara is an activist for animal protection in her home city of Baku. Before coming to Copenhagen, she released a range of merchandise where the profits were given to Azerbaijani animal welfare organisations. She owns both a dog and a cat, and takes part in charity events that benefit animal rights causes.

Dilara will perform her song Start a fire in the first semi-final on 6 May.

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Eliza-Jane watched Eurovision Song Contest as a youngster growing up in Australia and continued to be a keen follower of the show since moving to London in 1999. She watched the show live from Oslo in 2010 and Dusseldorf in 2011, and Malmo 2013.