From Marble to Mockery The Rise and Fall of Ronaldo's Bust

Pictures of the original bust shared on social media were quick to point out that the statue did not look like the Portugal and Real Madrid ... But with little fanfare — at least compared with the howls that greeted its unveiling — the Ronaldo bust was replaced last week at the request ... When a bust of Cristiano Ronaldo was unveiled Wednesday in his home country of Portugal, its -- we'll be charitable here -- creative take on ... ... bust in Ronaldo's native Madeira Islands. It was part of an official ceremony to rename the local airport as Aeroporto Cristiano Ronaldo. The sculptor of the bust unveiled by Portugal's president and prime minister on the island of Madeira said it took him 15 days to create the ... The airport bearing the Portuguese soccer star's name in his native Madeira replaced the bust with one worthy of People magazine's sexiest soccer player alive. However, just 15 months after it was put on display, the bust was removed – reportedly at the request of Ronaldo's family through his CR7 Museum ... Ronaldo also attended the ceremony, but did not show any signs of being bothered by the odd look of his newly unveiled bust. The bust's sculptor ... The statue immediately turned heads, including Ronaldo's, as he stood on stage in front of a large crowd. It was obvious the statue, which was ... I once had the pleasure of spending the day with the celebrity portrait photographer Rankin Biography | RANKIN, in the course of which, ...