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In Pictures: Can you remember these celebrity guys?

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society has unveiled its annual celebrity guy.

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Fireworks go off behind the 2016 Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy Donald Trump

The Edenbridge Bonfire Society has unveiled this year’s celebrity guy as Boris Johnson and the former foreign secretary will follow in the footsteps of many famous faces which have gone up in flames over the years.

Here are some of the highlights from the past decade and more:

Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy
Artist Andrea Dean puts the finishing touches to this year’s celebrity effigy of Boris Johnson (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Andrea Deans after putting the finishing touches to the Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy which has been unveiled as Harvey Weinstein in Edenbridge, Kent
Last year, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein took centre stage in Edenbridge (Gareth Fuller/PA)
The Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy, Harvey Weinstein, is set on fire in Edenbridge, Kent
Weinstein’s effigy went up in flames in 2017 (John Stillwell/PA)
A view of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy which has been unveiled as US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Edenbridge, Kent, in 2016
In 2016, it was the turn of businessman-turned-TV personality-turned politician Donald Trump (Gareth Fuller/PA)
The Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy, US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump, is set on fire in Edenbridge, Kent, in 2016
Mr Trump was just a presidential hopeful when he was selected as the guy, but was elected president shortly afterwards (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the final touches to the Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy which has been unveiled as FIFA president Sepp Blatter, in Edenbridge, Kent, in 2015
Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter had the dubious honour in 2015 (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the final touches to the 2014 Eden Bridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy which has been unveiled as Jose Manuel Barroso, the exiting President of the European Commission
Politics was the focus in 2014, with Jose Manuel Barroso, the exiting president of the European Commission selected (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the final touches to his creation of Katie Hopkins who was unveiled as 2013's Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy during a photocall in Edenbridge, Kent
Outspoken Katie Hopkins was unveiled as 2013’s celebrity guy (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the final touches to his creation of Lance Armstrong who was unveiled as 2012's Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy during a photocall in Edenbridge, Kent
In 2012, cyclist Lance Armstrong took centre stage (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Frank Shepherd of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society puts the finishing touches to 2011's celebrity guy, a giant effigy of Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli
Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was chosen in 2011 (Ian Nicholson/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the final touches to the Edenbridge Celebrity Guy in Edenbridge, Kent, which this year is Wayne Rooney, ahead of the town's bonfire night display on Saturday
In 2010, then-Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney took top billing (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Artist Frank Shepherd puts the finishing touches to the Edenbrige Bonfire Society Celebrity Guy which has been unveiled as the model Jordan and featuring the faces of Peter Andre and Alex Reid
In 2009, the guy featured model Jordan holding the faces of Peter Andre and Alex Reid (Gareth Fuller/PA)
The 2007 Edenbridge Bonfire Society celebrity guy, which is Cherie Blair
Cherie Blair made the grade in 2007 (Gareth Fuller/PA)
Barry Stableford of the Edenbridge Bonfire Society in Kent puts the final touches to their celebrity guy, racing tipster John McCririck and former Tory minister Edwina Currie, in 2006
And way back in 2006, racing tipster John McCririck and former Tory minister Edwina Currie shared the ‘honour’ (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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