The Curious Case of Ronaldo's Botched Bust

The original statue was widely-criticised ... The original Cristiano Ronaldo statue was unveiled last year. This time last year, sculptor Emanuel ... Emanuel Santos said the bust, unveiled on the Portuguese island of Madeira, was "not as simple as it seems" to create. The unveiling of the ... Cristiano Ronaldo has the looks, the medals and the money. And now even an airport – in Madeira, where he was born – has been renamed in his ... The famously bad bust of Cristiano Ronaldo has had a makeover — and some people think it now looks even worse. At the dedication of an airport named for the soccer legend, officials unveiled another honor: a bust of his head. The Internet was quick to ... 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. The bust, with a goofy smirk and uneven eyes, was quickly declared to look more like Sloth from the movie “The Goonies.” Emmanuel Santos' original creation was mocked worldwide during the renaming of the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport in Portugal. 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 ... Unflattering Ronaldo bust: Other celebrities who ... Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (left) and his statue at the Cristiano Ronaldo Airport.