Herbert Chavez poses with his life-sized Superman staues with children outside his house in Calamba Laguna, south of Manila yesterday. In his idolisation of the superhero, Chavez, a self-professed “pageant trainer” who owns two costume stores, has undergone a series of cosmetic surgeries for his nose, cheeks, lips and chin down to his thighs and even his skin colour to look more like the Man of Steel. The final result bears little resemblance to his old self.
