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From tattooed sideshows to strippers to singers, learn more about some of the women who left their mark on tattooing in the 20th century.

Famous Tattooed Women

A stripper who covers her entire body in tattoos...that is brilliant!

So, if you decide to get tatooed, to make yourself a more exotic performer, do you get to deduct the cost as a biz expense?

I've always kind of wondered about that. Guess it takes a creative accountant.

Rae, I have seen men that have most of their bodies tattooed and also their face...none of these women had their faces tattooed. Do you come across women with their faces tattooed often?

There's still a huge stigma in Western culture about women having tattoos that are permanently visible, i.e. hands, necks and faces.

Cultures in Africa, the Middle East and the South Pacific used to tattoo women's faces and hands specifically, most often for protection, blessing and beauty.

Cinday Ray probably could and should have deducted them as a business expense.

A friend of mine as feathers tattooed on the side of her face and tears on the other...not 'jail tears' mind you they are significant for her native heritage and are for the trial of tears...but shes really the only person male or female that i can think of that has tattoos on her face.

there is an indigenous tribe in polynesia or africa that think that if a woman does not have tattoos on her face then she isnt ready or old enough to be part f society and therefore marry. it was national geographic this weekend actually...and can i just mention that im a serious addict of miami ink?

In a lot of the cultures that did tattooing as puberty rites, if you didn't get the tattoos, you would never be viewed as an adult by your community and would not be allowed adult responsibilites and privileges. This could include marriage, being allowed to hunt, property ownership, having a valid vote/voice in the community, etc.

You are forgetting "Katzen", she has tiger strips on her entire body including her face. She sometimes appears with her husband the "Enigma" who is tattooed with puzzel pieces.

Actually, reggie99, I've got her mentioned in the article Full Body Tattoo Transformation along with others who have chosen a singular, cohesive look for their overall tattoos.

I was just posting that for the benefit of conniem and anyone else who may not know of her.