SUPERHUMANSMOST BODIES PAINTED
On 31 Jul 2015, a total of 497 individuals were
daubed in bright colours in an event organized
by PLAY (POL) at Woodstock Festival Poland.
The colourful cover-up took place at the 21st
instalment of this annual free festival. Why choose
body paint? The organizers felt that it tied in with
the festival’s values of fun and self-expression.Most piercings on the face
Axel Rosales from Villa María, Argentina, had
280 facial piercings as of 17 Feb 2012.
As of 5 Jan 2017, the record for the most
piercings in the tongue was 20, by Francesco
Vacca from Belleville, New Jersey, USA.
Largest flesh tunnel in the earlobe
Kalawelo Kaiwi (USA) had a 10.5-cm (4.13-in)
flesh tunnel inserted in each of his earlobes,
as confirmed at the Hilo Natural Health Clinic
in Hawaii, USA, on 14 Apr 2014.
TAT TOO S
Most people to form
a tattooed sentence
Alessandro Bonacorsi (ITA) inked the words
“Step by step together for a world of peace
happiness family passion art love tattoo and
music” on 77 people in Limidi di Soliera, Modena,
Italy, on 10 Oct 2015. Each person received a
tattoo of one letter of the sentence.
Oldest person to have their first tattoo
Jack Reynolds (UK, b. 6 Apr 1912) was
tattooed on his 104th birthday in
Chesterfield, UK.Most tattoos of the same
cartoon character
Lee Weir (NZ) must really love The
Simpsons... He has 41 tattoos of Homer
Simpson on his body, as verified on
5 Jun 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand.
They include Homer as a jack-in-
the box, as the Grim Reaper, as the
Hulk and as a doughnut. See also
Michael Baxter (above).Most people to receive
henna tattoos simultaneously
A total of 1,200 people received
henna tattoos in an event
organized by Charotar Education
Society (IND) in Anand, Gujarat,
India, on 28 Jul 2015.MOST TAT TOOED
SENIOR CITIZENS
Since getting her first
tattoo of a butterfly
in 2006, the most
tattooed female senior
citizen, Charlotte
Guttenberg (USA),
has spent more
than 1,000 hr
covering 91.5%
of her body, as
confirmed on
3 Jun 2015.
The most
tattooed male
senior citizen,
Charles “Chuck”
Helmke (USA),
received his first
tattoo in 1959. As
of 2 Aug 2016, he
had covered 93.75%
of his body. Life-
partners Chuck and
Charlotte first met...
at a tattoo studio.MOST TAT TOOS
OF CHARACTERS
FROM A SINGLE
ANIMATED SERIES
Australia’s Michael
Baxter has had
himself adorned
with tattoos of 203
different characters
from The Simpsons.
The count was
verified in Bacchus
Marsh, Victoria,
Australia, on 3 Dec- It took some
12 months for
the tattoos to be
completed, requiring
around 130 hr of
needle time. The
tattoo artist was
Jade Baxter-Smith.
1300
Marco Polo
first describes
neck elongation
in Burmac. 1850
Extreme
corsetting is
introduced
to create
“wasp”
waists2017
Cosmetic plastic surgery and
sunbed tanning are common SMALLEST WAIST
FOR A LIVING PERSON
Cathie Jung (USA), who
stands 5 ft 8 in (1.7 m) tall,
has a corseted waist
measuring 15 in (38.1 cm).
Uncorseted, it measures
21 in (53.3 cm). Inspired
by her enthusiasm for
Victorian clothes, Cathie
began wearing a 6-in-thick
(15.2-cm) training belt to
gradually reduce her then
26-in (66-cm) waist.
She has never had surgery
to define her waist.