Overview

• On July 30 a car lost control and demolished a cantina in Metepec, yet a framed painting of Belinda and Christian Nodal remained completely unscathed
• The portrait depicts Belinda in a saintly role alongside Nodal, leading fans to nickname it ‘Santa Belinda’ after images were shared by Javier Ceriani and Sale el Sol
• Fans have declared the survival miraculous, generating memes, mystical theories and even inscribing a devotional prayer to Belinda on the cantina’s exterior
• Belinda amplified the buzz by reposting the viral video in her Instagram stories and reacting with a winking emoji and “¿Es real? No puedo con este video”
• The online phenomenon has reignited nostalgia around the singers’ former relationship without prompting any new developments at the crash site