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Officially, there was no model for the Oscar. The statuette given to Academy Award winners was designed by Cedric Gibbons, chief art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, according to the Oscars.
Was This Man Immortalized Forever As The Model For The Oscar Statuette? Lore has it that a niche player in the very early years of Hollywood eventually became the model for the golden statue.