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Isobel Varley

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Isobel Varley (1937 – 11 May 2015) was a Guinness 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

  1. ^ a b "Body ink.. record-holding tattooed British pensioner takes Berlin show by storm". Daily Mail UK. 12 August 2008.
  2. ^ Glenday, Craig (2010). Guinness World Records 2010: Thousands of New Records in The Book of the Decade!. Random House of Canada. p. 98.
  3. ^ "Tattooed Matron". Wired.com. 2001-06-19.
  4. ^ "Isobel Varley - she's a work of art!". BBC - Beds Herts and Bucks. 2008.
  5. ^ Varley, Isabel. "My Story Part 8". Retrieved 2011-06-11.
  6. ^ "Isobel Varley: 'Most tattooed female senior citizen' dies". BBC News.