Before the unveiling of the new statue, Shakira hit the news several times this year - most notably when she released a song about her former partner, ex-footballer Gerard Piqué, which broke YouTube records in Latin America.
The unveiling of the statue on Tuesday was attended by Shakira's parents, William Mebarak and Nidia Ripoll, as well as by the mayor of Barranquilla.
A plaque at the foot of the statue praises the artist for her "hips that do not lie, a unique talent, a voice that moves masses".
It also refers to her charity work through a foundation she created called "Pies descalzos", Spanish for "bare feet", which promotes early childhood development.
Shakira thanked the sculptor, Yino Márquez, and his students for the "enormous artistic talent" they had demonstrated by creating the bronze.
The year 2023 was a successful one for the singer, who swept up three Latin Grammy awards, one of them with fellow Colombian artist Karol G.
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My hips don’t lie unless it is about my taxes.
Pique loves this 😁
Civilization ended over 2000 years ago, the rise of the religion of the dancing goddess has swept over the world, people say you can hear her sing and dance on the old tech from the age of Legends...
Better than worshipping Civil War era racists.
I mean... It'd be kind of hilarious to see a church built around that particular Nathan Bedford Forrest statue... You know... That one.
Heritage! drunk eagle in mesh tank top flies by
people will leave flowers at the base when she hopefully ends up in jail
Why would she end up in jail ( I feel like I missed something )?
She recently went on trial in Spain and reached a plea deal to avoid prison. She was charged with tax evasion and all sorts of fraud. She survived the case, but who knows if this happened other times and in other countries, so she really needs to get her house in order
Spain has weird laws for tax evasion which is why you see accused celebrities (Ronaldo, Messi etc) from time to time. Besides I don't think it's the VIP who are calling the shots on their accounting. They probably just tell their account firm to do their job and it does badly and the celebrity gets caught up in the whole thing which makes the headlines.
Accountants don't do tax evasion. Tax lawyers do.
Spain has weird laws for tax evasion which is why you see accused celebrities (Ronaldo, Messi etc) from time to time.
No, rich people avoid taxes, that's why you see them from time to time.
It looks good? That has not been the trend for famous people statues lately.
It's Shakira, they focused.
Gotta make sure that the hips don't lie
I mean, remember that one from Christian Ronaldo?
Is it bad? Can't be worse than what PES did to him 🤷
I mean…. Come on. The joke writes itself. I can’t be the only one to have seen it.
most vandalized letter m in the world
Tax slips don't lie...
That hair is going to be such a pigeon poop magnet, yikes.
It's a good thing it's not portrayed looking up, or it would be soooo much worse.
Shakira Shakira
Paid with money from all the tax she evades i guess
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Before the unveiling of the new statue, Shakira hit the news several times this year - most notably when she released a song about her former partner, ex-footballer Gerard Piqué, which broke YouTube records in Latin America.
The unveiling of the statue on Tuesday was attended by Shakira's parents, William Mebarak and Nidia Ripoll, as well as by the mayor of Barranquilla.
A plaque at the foot of the statue praises the artist for her "hips that do not lie, a unique talent, a voice that moves masses".
It also refers to her charity work through a foundation she created called "Pies descalzos", Spanish for "bare feet", which promotes early childhood development.
Shakira thanked the sculptor, Yino Márquez, and his students for the "enormous artistic talent" they had demonstrated by creating the bronze.
The year 2023 was a successful one for the singer, who swept up three Latin Grammy awards, one of them with fellow Colombian artist Karol G.
The original article contains 249 words, the summary contains 159 words. Saved 36%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
My hips don’t lie unless it is about my taxes.
Pique loves this 😁
Civilization ended over 2000 years ago, the rise of the religion of the dancing goddess has swept over the world, people say you can hear her sing and dance on the old tech from the age of Legends...
Better than worshipping Civil War era racists.
I mean... It'd be kind of hilarious to see a church built around that particular Nathan Bedford Forrest statue... You know... That one.
Heritage! drunk eagle in mesh tank top flies by
people will leave flowers at the base when she hopefully ends up in jail
Why would she end up in jail ( I feel like I missed something )?
She recently went on trial in Spain and reached a plea deal to avoid prison. She was charged with tax evasion and all sorts of fraud. She survived the case, but who knows if this happened other times and in other countries, so she really needs to get her house in order
Spain has weird laws for tax evasion which is why you see accused celebrities (Ronaldo, Messi etc) from time to time. Besides I don't think it's the VIP who are calling the shots on their accounting. They probably just tell their account firm to do their job and it does badly and the celebrity gets caught up in the whole thing which makes the headlines.
Accountants don't do tax evasion. Tax lawyers do.
No, rich people avoid taxes, that's why you see them from time to time.