List of people known for extensive body modification

This is a list of individuals known for extensive body modification.

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  • Martina Big
  • Pete Burns, (1959–2016) had extensive polyacrylamide injections into his lips, along with cheek implants, several nose re-shapings, and many tattoos.

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  • Rick Genest "Rico" (The Zombie Boy/Rico the Zombie), Canadian artist and fashion model featured on Lady Gaga's album Born This Way. Had his entire head and torso tattooed so as to appear like a decaying cadaver.
  • Julia Gnuse ("The Illustrated Lady")

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  • Heidi Montag (born 1986), TV personality, had ten plastic surgeries in one day
  • Fakir Musafar, The father of the modern primitive movement, having exposed himself to body piercing, tightlacing, scarification, tattooing and suspension

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  • Orlan (born 1947), French performance artist

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  • Erik Sprague, "The Lizardman", (born 1972), has sharpened teeth, full-body tattoo of green scales, bifurcated tongue and green-inked lips
  • The Scary Guy, his nose, eyebrows and ears are pierced and tattoos cover 85 percent of his body[6]
  • Stalking Cat ("Cat man") (born 1958)
  • Stelarc, (born 1946) got a cell-cultivated ear implanted into his left arm[7]

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  • Sahar Tabar (born 2001), Iranian artist, used makeup and photoshop to post distorted images of herself. In December 2020, she was sentenced to ten years in prison for these activities[8]

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  • Kevin Warwick (born 1954), a British scientist, in 1998 became the first human to experiment with an RFID implant. He followed that up in 2002 by having a 100 electrode array implanted in his nervous system[9]
  • Jocelyn Wildenstein ("Lion Queen/Cat Woman") (born 1940), Swiss socialite

References

  1. ^ "Guinness World Records - Human Body - Extreme Bodies - Most Pierced Woman". Guinness World Records. 2001-08-09. Retrieved 2007-08-26.
  2. ^ Guinness World Records. "Most Tattooed Person". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
  3. ^ Stix, Madeleine (2 September 2014). "World's first cyborg wants to hack your body". CNN. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  4. ^ Glenday, Craig (2014). Guinness World Records 2014. The Jim Pattison Group. pp. 47. ISBN 978-1-908843-15-9.
  5. ^ Lucky Diamond Rich is now acknowledged as the world's most tattooed person. Guinness World Records. "Most Tattooed Person". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
  6. ^ Windrow, John. (September 1, 1998) Star Tribune. The Scary Guy brings a message of the spirit. Section: Variety; Page 1E.
  7. ^ Performer gets third ear for art BBC News. Last Updated: Thursday, 11 October 2007, 14:49 GMT 15:49 UK
  8. ^ Wintour, Patrick (11 December 2020). "Iranian teenager who posted distorted pictures of herself is jailed for 10 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. ^ Warwick, K.; Gasson, M.; Hutt, B.; Goodhew, I.; Kyberd, P.; Andrews, B.; Teddy, P.; Shad, A. (2003). "The Application of Implant Technology for Cybernetic Systems". Archives of Neurology. 60 (10): 1369–73. doi:10.1001/archneur.60.10.1369. PMID 14568806.