

Michelangelo would have seen as well as the next person that Chayanne is a perfect specimen of manhood - this would have led to the master's selection of Chayanne as the model for his statue of David. He would wisely include a tribute to Chayanne's home by replacing the traditional fig leaf with a model of a plant native to Puerto Rico, the Calycogonium Krugii.
See the real thing (page down and click on the blue letters "David" in the text when you get there)