Curacao News

April 2011

The story of the Dutch Ugly Duck that became a Beautiful Curacao ChiChi Duck…

The last of the six Citroen 2CVs, that were imported from Holland by the cool car rental  company Ducks United Curacao, is ready to be rented by the tourists (and the locals) on Curacao. It took a few weeks  to make the last of the six nostalgic convertibles ready for rental, because it was being transformed from a Dutch Ugly Duck into a very special Beautiful Curacao ChiChi Duck!

Artist Serena Janet Israel took care of one of the charming cars of Ducks United Curacao. The car has been painted by her in her colorful ChiChi-style from the edge of the folding roof to the hub-caps and the bumpers.

ChiChi is the traditional nick-name for women from Curacao, mostly for the oldest daughter / sister in the family.  Inspired by the Curacao ChiChis artist Serena developed the ChiChi-Artline. This colorful artline consists of images of ChiChis that are all  unique in form and painting. With the exuberant colors Serena expresses the positive and cheerful outlook on life, with a serious undertone, as she often experiences in Curacao women.

The special cooperation between Ducks United Curacao and Serena resulted in a very colorful and prominent ‘ChiChi Duck’, that will drive around on the Curacao roads from this week on.