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Nicki Minaj got warm welcome ahead of her first appearance in Helsinki on July 3-4. The organizers of Summer Up Festival, a site in which Nicki would perform, put 1,000 life-sized cutouts of the "Anaconda" hitmaker in front of the Helsinki Cathedral on Wednesday, June 10.

The life-sized cutouts were taken from the butt-centric artwork of her "Anaconda" single. The stunt was intended to promote the European music festival to garner global attention. Fans were encouraged to take the cutouts home. Some of them took more than one cutout home. However, the organizers also hoped that the concertgoers would bring the cutouts to the show. 100 lucky fans also found 2-day tickets for the festival behind the cutouts.

Summer Up ja tuhat Nicki Minajia Helsingin aamussa! Etsi Nicki Minaj k������¤siisi ja osallistu huikeaan kilpailuun. Lis������¤ksi sadan nuken taakse on piilotettu 2 p������¤iv������¤n lippu Summer Up-festivaaleille! Kilpailun ohjeet l������¶yd������¤t: https://summerup.fi/tuhat-nicki-minajia-helsingin-aamussa/ #mynicki #tuhatnicki������¤ #nickitaamussa #summerup15 #summerup #nickiminaj @nickiminaj

Foto kiriman Summer Up Tapahtumat (@summerupofficial) pada Jun 9, 2015 pada 10:57 PDT

Tuhat Nicki������¤ Helsingin aamussa. #mynicki #summerup15 #nickiminaj

Foto kiriman Summer Up Tapahtumat (@summerupofficial) pada Jun 10, 2015 pada 1:00 PDT

T������¤m������¤n p������¤iv������¤n pyllyepisodissa paras juttu ei oo aikaansaatu k������¤sitt������¤m������¤tt������¶m������¤n v������¤rik������¤s keskustelu Somessa ja huomionarvo l������¤hes jokaisessa valtakunnan mediassa vaan se, ett������¤ about 60 henkil������¶������¤ oli tullu t������¤n������¤������¤n kukonlaulun aikaan puoli kuusi keskiviikkoaamulla Senaatintorille vapaaehtoisena paikalle jeesaamaan meit������¤ j������¤rjest������¤ji������¤ ja toteuttamaan t������¤t������¤ kahjoa ideaa! Aina Lahesta saakka! Se vasta ilahdutti! T������¤ss������¤ n������¤hd������¤������¤n, miten Summer Up yhdist������¤������¤ ja miksi me aina kutsutaan teit������¤ kaikkia k������¤vij������¶it������¤ yst������¤viksi! Kiitos kaikille isosti mukana olleille hauskasta p������¤iv������¤st������¤! Valloitettiin n������¤tisti Nicki Minaj pyllyill������¤ Stadi ja aiheutettiin todellinen p���¢�¯�¿�½���¬&"kamyrska Somessa :) Ja pahoittelut t������¤ss������¤ samalla tietysti niillekin, joille t������¤m������¤ saattoi aiheuttaa mielipahaakin... Ootte huikeita kaikki! N������¤hd������¤������¤n kaikki Summer Up - festivaaleilla! #mynicki #pyllygate #summerup15 #nickiminaj @

Foto kiriman Summer Up Tapahtumat (@summerupofficial) pada Jun 10, 2015 pada 6:11 PDT

Fans couldn't resist taking photographs with the "Superbass" songtress' cutouts. Some of them struck a similar pose to Minaj in the cutouts. Some just proudly took the cutouts home. They took to Twitter and Instagram to post the pictures with hashtag "#MyNicki."

T������¤n������¤������¤n aiheutettiin h������¤mmennyst������¤ Helsingin keskustassa! #tuhatnickia #mynicki #summerup2015 pic.twitter.com/GBWJeEj7lm

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— Karola Silenius (@KarolaSilenius) 10 Juni 2015

Min������¤ ja muutama Nicki ���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ ���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ #mynicki #summerup15 @NICKIMINAJ @SummerUpFest pic.twitter.com/wmSJRL2ntZ

— Lauri (@Lauiii) 10 Juni 2015

@NICKIMINAJ Check out pics with #mynicki on Instagram! ���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ pic.twitter.com/TuhlrqYQuJ

— MeÃ��Ã�¢Ã�¯Ã�¿Ã�½Ã�¯Ã�¿Ã�½i Ã��Ã�¢Ã�¯Ã�¿Ã�½Ã��Ã�¢ (@MeriMaraj) 10 Juni 2015

Kuis sul menee ���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½. Okei vika. ���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½���¯�¯�¿�½�¯�¿�½ #mygirlfriend #girlcrush #mynicki #nickiminaj #tuhatnicki������¤ #summerup #summerup15 #happygirl #n������¤lk������¤ne #moioonlesbo #inlove #datass #jasso #belfie #selfie #damn #igersfinland #finnish

Foto kiriman Sara Tarnanen 23, LTI, Finland (@tarnanensara) pada Jun 10, 2015 pada 12:25 PDT

I hope they are comfy. #mynicki #summerup #nickiminaj #wtfismylife

Foto kiriman @homohobitti pada Jun 10, 2015 pada 2:52 PDT