(30 Mar 2017) Cristiano Ronaldo had an airport in his hometown named after him on Wednesday - but it was a statue honouring him that attracted all the attention.
The bronze bust was unveiled to much fanfare by Portugal's president and prime minister in Funchal, on the island of Madeira.
The statue is meant to resemble the homegrown football star.
But it hardly does him justice - it squashes his eyes close together, and the cheeky raised-eyebrow smile more resembles a leer.
Still, Ronaldo himself did not show any signs of being bothered by the odd look of his newly unveiled bust at Wednesday's ceremony.
The bust's sculptor, Madeira native Emanuel Santos, said it took him 15 days to create the statue.
He said he presented the project to local officials when it was about half done and received the go-ahead to continue with his work.
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