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She was first named "the world's most-tattooed senior woman" in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wired.com|url=http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/06/44628|date=2001-06-19|title=Tattooed Matron}}</ref> |
She was first named "the world's most-tattooed senior woman" in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Wired.com|url=http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2001/06/44628|date=2001-06-19|title=Tattooed Matron}}</ref> |
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Varley got her first tattoo in her late 40s at a [[tattoo convention]] at the [[Hammersmith Palais]].<ref name="Daily_Mail_12_08_08" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2008/03/18/people_herts_isobel_varley_feature.shtml | title=Isobel Varley - she's a work of art!|publisher=BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks|year=2008}}</ref> |
Varley got her first tattoo in her late 40s at a [[tattoo convention]] at the [[Hammersmith Palais]].<ref name="Daily_Mail_12_08_08" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/articles/2008/03/18/people_herts_isobel_varley_feature.shtml | title=Isobel Varley - she's a work of art!|publisher=BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks|year=2008}}</ref> |
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According to ''Guinness'' over a ten-year period, Varley had over 200 designs inked, covering at least 76% of her body in tattoos. She reported that "the only areas not completely tattooed is my face, the soles of my feet my ears and some area on my hands."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isobelvarley.com/h7/my_story_7.htm|author=Varley, Isabel|title=My Story Part 8|accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref> |
According to ''Guinness'' over a ten-year period, Varley had over 200 designs inked, covering at least 76% of her body in tattoos. She reported that "the only areas not completely tattooed is my face, the soles of my feet my ears and some area on my hands."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.isobelvarley.com/h7/my_story_7.htm|author=Varley, Isabel|title=My Story Part 8|accessdate=2011-06-11}}</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-32737824</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 21:36, 14 May 2015
Isobel Varley (1937 – 11 May 2015) was a Guinness Book of World Records-recognized tattooed senior,[1][2] from Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was first named "the world's most-tattooed senior woman" in 2000.[3] Varley got her first tattoo in her late 40s at a tattoo convention at the Hammersmith Palais.[1][4] According to Guinness over a ten-year period, Varley had over 200 designs inked, covering at least 76% of her body in tattoos. She reported that "the only areas not completely tattooed is my face, the soles of my feet my ears and some area on my hands."[5][6]
References
- ^ a b "Body ink.. record-holding tattooed British pensioner takes Berlin show by storm". Daily Mail UK. 12-08-2008.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Glenday, Craig (2010). Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!. Random House of Canada. p. 98.
- ^ "Tattooed Matron". Wired.com. 2001-06-19.
- ^ "Isobel Varley - she's a work of art!". BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks. 2008.
- ^ Varley, Isabel. "My Story Part 8". Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-32737824
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