19 fotosIn photos | The uncanny valley of Madrid’s wax museumIsabel Preysler is the latest celebrity to be immortalized in the capital’s Museo de Cera, a place where likenesses are not always guaranteedEl PaísOct 15, 2018 - 17:42CESTWhatsappFacebookTwitterBlueskyLinkedinCopy linkSocialite Isabel Preysler and her partner Mario Vargas Llosa pose with the former’s waxwork in Madrid’s Museo de Cera.Waxworks of Spain’s King Felipe, Queen Letizia and Princess Leonor.The museum’s take on Antonio Banderas.This waxwork of Barack Obama was unveiled in 2009, when the real thing had been in the White House for six months.©GTRESONLINEThe museum’s waxwork of Spanish actress Penélope Cruz, installed in 2011, features her in character from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean.”Fotonoticias (Getty Images)MotoGP star Marc Márquez, unveiled at the museum in 2016.Pablo Cuadra (Getty Images)Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, unveiled at the museum in 2014, before their real-life split.Evrim Aydin / Anadolu (Getty Images)Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo occasionally sends his personal hairdresser to the museum in order to update his waxwork’s hairstyle.Evrim Aydin/Anadolu (Getty Images)Plácido Domingo, another of the international singers in the Museo de Cera.Juan Naharro (Getty Images)He may be one of the richest men in the world, but apparently all that money couldn’t buy Bill Gates a decent likeness in the Madrid museum.Evrim Aydin/Anadolu (Getty Images)Melania Trump, the first lady, joined her husband’s wax figure in 2017.David FolgueirasMiley Cyrus is somewhat difficult to recognize in the Museo de Cera.©GTRESONLINEThe Beatles are frankly unrecognizable in their Madrid waxworks.Evrim Aydin/Anadolu Agency (Getty Images)Before becoming king, Felipe and his wife Letizia shared the stage with Juan Carlos and Sofía at the Madrid museum.©GTRESONLINE‘Modern Family’ actress Sofía Vergara in the Museo de Cera.©GTRESONLINEA young version of Justin Bieber was unveiled in 2011.Europa PressLeonor de Borbón, the princess of Asturias.©GTRESONLINETennis star Rafa Nadal, with his waxwork.GTRESElvis Presley in the Madrid museum.Evrim Aydin/Anadolu (Getty Images)
