Who is he, the most tattooed person in the world?

When we see a tattoo on the skin of a person, it always causes interest. Typically, a small pattern is applied to the visible part of the body. The subjects are very different - birds, flowers, butterflies, vines, wolves, tigers, scorpions, ships, hieroglyphs ... The list goes on and on. But there are true fans of the punch. Their whole body is covered with a variety of color and black and white drawings. Who is he, the most tattooed person in the world? This article is about this.

What is a tattoo?

In the physical sense, it is an indelible, "eternal" pattern on the body, applied by a special tool by injecting a pigment under the skin beneath the skin. In the spiritual sense, the value of a tattoo can range from a simple decoration made to the mood, to a real work of art. The drawing of a tattoo on the body can not carry any semantic load, but can be encrypted information, a sign of belonging or a guard. It can be applied to any part of the body, even intimate. Everything depends only on the will of man.

The most tattooed man in the world

The vain desire to be steeper than others, the desire to become famous in the modern world provokes scandalous defiant behavior. One of such outrageous personalities is the Englishman Gregory Paul McClaren. At the age of 17, he made his first tattoo on his thigh in the form of a juggling club. The choice of the drawing, apparently, was associated with the profession of a young man. He was an artist of the circus. Ever since, Gregory has been doing tattoos all the time. Today he is a completely tattooed man in the world, 100%!

Not only the visible parts of the body, but also the gum, eyelids, and ears, and even the intimate places of the now 35-year-old man are adorned with specialists. Over the body of the champion worked a total of 136 masters in more than 250 tattoo parlors in 45 different cities in 17 countries on 4 continents of the Earth! Deciding that he achieved bodily perfection, Gregory took the pseudonym Lucky Diamond Rich.

In addition, his mouth is full of silver teeth with diamond dusting. This combination really shakes the people around. Lucky Diamond Rich is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most tattooed person in the world. He squeezed the previous record holders from the pedestal by tattoos - Horace Ryder and Tom Leppard.

The most tattooed woman in the world

American Julia Gnuse in 2011 was also recorded in the Guinness Book of Records as the most tattooed person. It is called an "illustrated lady". The body of Julia is covered by 95% tattoos.

For the first time, she decided to make a tattoo on her body to disguise the scar. The fact is that after 30 years the American fell ill with a rare disease, in which the skin is covered by sores and blisters under the influence of sunlight. Healed, they left ugly scars on the girl's body. But if at first the aim of drawing a tattooed drawing was a desire to disguise flaws, later there was excitement. And for more than 20 years Julia has been covering not only the damaged skin, but also healthy parts of the body with various tattoos. They are cartoon characters, movies, landscapes, patterns, even their own portrait found its place on the body of the most tattooed woman in the world.

Today she is more than 50 years old, but she is full of creative plans. Another 5% of the body - a natural canvas - expects attention of tattoo artists.

TOP of the most tattooed people in the world

1. Lucky Diamond Rich or "Black Diamond" (in the world of Gregory Paul McClaren) - an Englishman born in 1971, professionally circus. Absolutely all his body is covered with tattoos. Even the eyelids, gums and genitals. It is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most tattooed person in the world.

2. Zombie Boy or Zombie Boy (born Rick Genest) was born in 1985 in Canada. He works as a model in Montreal. All his body from the top to the heels is covered with a tattoo in the form of a human skeleton.

3. Cat Man or Man-Cat (parents called him Dennis Avner) - American born in 1958, in real life a programmer, he calls himself "Crouching Cat". The record holder in terms of the number of modifications of his own body. His life was tragically cut short in 2012.

4. The Illustrated Lady or the Illustrated Lady (under the passport Julia Gnuse) - American, was born in 1959. He suffers from a rare disease - porphyria syndrome. To hide the numerous scars - the consequences of the disease, she covered 95% of the body with tattoos.

5. The Leopard Man or Leopard Man (real name is Tom Leppard)
Was born in 1934 in the UK. Served in the army for 28 years. After being fired, he could not reconcile himself to civilian life and, covering 99% of the body with tattoos in the form of leopard spots, began to live as a hermit. At one time was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the most tattooed person in the world. His record was beaten by Lucky Diamond Rich.

The most common myths about tattoos

• Tattooing is a very painful process. No, because modern tools allow you to minimize pain during the drawing on the body.
• A tattoo can be withdrawn. It's a legend, for real tattoos are eternal!
• Drawing pictures on the body is sure to glorify. This is wrong, and there are sad examples. For example, the hermit Tom Leppard or the infamous Man-Cat.
• A tattoo can be life threatening. Only if it is made by a layman in unsanitary conditions using incomprehensible chemicals.