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'''Lucky Diamond Rich''' (born Gregory Paul McLaren in 1971)<ref name=r1/> is an New Zealand performance artist, street performer and international arts festival performer, whose act includes sword swallowing and juggling on a unicycle. He is best known, however, for holding the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] as "the world's most [[tattoo]]ed person", a title formerly held by [[Tom Leppard]]. Rich has tattoos covering his entire body, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears, butt, and [[foreskin]]. He has held the certified record since 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.<ref name="Guinness">{{Cite web |
'''Lucky Diamond Rich''' (born Gregory Paul McLaren in 1971)<ref name=r1/> is an New Zealand performance artist, street performer and international arts festival performer, whose act includes sword swallowing and juggling on a unicycle.He spent as much as 10,000$ in expensive tattos that took very long. He is best known, however, for holding the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] as "the world's most [[tattoo]]ed person", a title formerly held by [[Tom Leppard]]. Rich has tattoos covering his entire body, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears, butt, and [[foreskin]]. He has held the certified record since 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.<ref name="Guinness">{{Cite web |
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| Born | Gregory Paul McLaren 1971 (age 52–53) New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation(s) | Performance artist, street performer, performer at the International Arts Festival |
| Known for | World's most tattooed person |
Lucky Diamond Rich (born Gregory Paul McLaren in 1971)[1] is an New Zealand performance artist, street performer and international arts festival performer, whose act includes sword swallowing and juggling on a unicycle.He spent as much as 10,000$ in expensive tattos that took very long. He is best known, however, for holding the Guinness World Record as "the world's most tattooed person", a title formerly held by Tom Leppard. Rich has tattoos covering his entire body, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears, butt, and foreskin. He has held the certified record since 2006, being 100 percent tattooed.[2][3]
Inspiration and first tattoo
Rich was born in New Zealand.He quickly became intersted with tattos on Males and Females It did not go much further than just a thought until he got his first tattoo, which was of a small juggling club on his hip.[4]
He went on to tattoo every part of his body including every crevice and intimate area. He has tattooed some white over his black tattoos and added colour.[5] His tattoos have taken over a thousand hours to ink, and have been worked on by hundreds of tattoo artists.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Mary Gardner (July 19, 2011). Big Ten Questions with Lucky Diamond Rich Archived 2012-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. tattooroadtrip.com.
- ^ a b Guinness World Records. "Most Tattooed Person". Retrieved 2012-04-30.
- ^ Totaro, Paola (December 16, 2004). "Sydney's Lucky Diamond". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
- ^ Brown, Thom. "An Interview with Lucky Diamond Rich by Thom Green of Mantra". Archived from the original on March 22, 2008. Retrieved 2007-05-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Wynn, Kirsty (November 20, 2011). "Lucky sharing his tattoo at gathering of ink fans". NZ Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
External links
Media related to Lucky Diamond Rich at Wikimedia Commons
