Lucky Diamond Rich

Lucky Diamond Rich
Born Gregory Paul McLaren
1971 (age 45–46)
New Zealand
Nationality New Zealander
Occupation Performance artist, street performer
Known for World's most tattooed person
Lucky Diamond Rich pictured at the 2008 Montreal Art Tattoo

Lucky Diamond Rich, or just Lucky Rich (born Gregory Paul McLaren in 1971),[1] is a New Zealand man who is "the world's most tattooed person", a title formerly held by Tom Leppard. He has tattoos covering his entire body, including the insides of his eyelids, mouth, ears and foreskin. He has held the certified Guinness World Record since 2006, being 99.9 percent tattooed.[2]

He is a performance artist, street performer, and international arts festival performer whose act includes sword swallowing and juggling a variety of items while on a unicycle.[3]

Inspiration and first tattoo

Rich was born in New Zealand. As a young boy, he read about and became interested in the most tattooed men and women. 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

  1. ↑ Mary Gardner (July 19, 2011). Big Ten Questions with Lucky Diamond Rich. tattooroadtrip.com.
  2. 1 2 Guinness World Records. "Most Tattooed Person". Retrieved 2012-04-30.
  3. ↑ Totaro, Paola (December 16, 2004). "Sydney's Lucky Diamond". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Wynn, Kirsty (November 20, 2011). "Lucky sharing his tattoo at gathering of ink fans". NZ Herald. Retrieved May 13, 2012.
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