The world has learnt with great sadness of the passing of Isabel Varley, world record
holder for Most tattooed senior citizen (female), who died yesterday at
the age of 78.
An iconic figure within the body modification community, Isabel had an incredible 93 per cent of her body covered with tattoos.
Born
in Yorkshire (UK) before eventually moving to the south of England as a
youngster, Isobel was surprisingly something of a latecomer to body
art, having had her first tattoo when she was in her late 40s.
A
visit to a tattoo convention at London’s Hammer smith Palais in 1986 saw
her go under the needle for the first time, kicking off an obsession
which saw her have an incredible 200 pieces of body art inked over a
ten-year period. During that time Isabel estimated she spent over 500
hours having her body decorated.
Explaining
how her interest in body decorations developed, Isobel said:
“Originally, I was only ever going to have one - a small bird - but I
fell in love with it, and developed an addiction.“The only areas not completely tattooed is my face, the soles of my feet my ears and some area on my hands."
A
regular at tattoo conventions around the world, she entered her first
competition in 1989 "for a tattoo on my back., but that's when I first
heard of the "full bodysuit" category"
Isobel’s
record was confirmed during an appearance on Italian TV programme Lo
Show dei Record, back in April 2009.
wow so many tattos
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