Its sky-high rivals include Indonesia’sJesus Buntu Burake(131 feet without pedestal) Poland’sChrist the Kingand Bolivia’sChrist of Peace(both 108 feet without pedestal or base). And of course there’sChrist
contenders. The winner was Heitor da Silva Costa. He proposed that the posture of Jesus Christ with the arms stretched to the sides would symbolize a cross, and a massive pedestal would symbolize the globe. Thus, the sculpture serves to give people one thought — "Everything is in God's ...