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.

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