BROOKE SHIELDS - SHIELDS' MANNEQUIN FOR MICHAEL

BROOKE SHIELDS wanted to give former boyfriend MICHAEL JACKSON the perfect present for his birthday when they dated in the 1980s - a life-sized mannequin modelled on her.

The actress, then 19, begged her mother TERI to contact London company ADEL ROOTSTEIN to create her likeness for the THRILLER star.

But her dreams were dashed when she was told she would need to take three weeks out of her busy schedule for the figure to be made.

Managing director MICHAEL SOUTHGATE recalls, "I presumed it was because Brooke was launching jeans.

"But Teri just wanted one as Michael Jackson's birthday present."

But the gift would have been welcomed by Jackson, who previously said, "I like to talk to them. I surround myself with people I want to be my friends. And I can do that with mannequins."