Shakira, the queen of Latin American pop music, is to be immortalised with a 5m iron statue in her home city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
The five-tonne statue was designed by German sculptor Dieter Patt, and took more than a year to complete.
"When the people look at this sculpture I want them not to think of me but think of every young girl from Barranquilla who is working toward her dreams," said Shakira.
Iron pop maiden Shakira
Shakira
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