In recent years, it had become unfashionable, if not downright dangerous, to publicly display affection and support for Michael Jackson. There had been reports of people with MJ tatts being lynched and abused by others who saw them as paedophile supporters. Despite this, some die hards were adamant they would not be deterred. One such person is the lovely Jodie Marsh who was seen recently displaying a forearm carrying a full colour image of Michael Jackson. Admittedly, she also has one of Chuck Berry.

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Robbie William’s first ever tattoo was done while he was with Take That. He had Celtic cross inked on his hip as a talisman for protection because, as he has said himself, he’s got the devil in him…

A huge and beautifully ornate Maori tribal tattoo swirls and contours his left arm like a half sleeve. It is said to symbolise the twists and turns of fate and how his life has spiralled and developed. Robbie is said to have taken great care to ensure it is authentic.

A pair of swallows stand guard over his belly button. These are apparently an old school design but have also some naval (pun intended) significance. Sailors at sea know they are near land, and therefore safe, when they see swallows. These birds also mate for life and are a symbol of love and loyalty.

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Alecia Beth Moore was born in 1979 and performs under the stage name Pink, or P!nk. She is an outspoken and daring singer who is emotionally honest and shares her deepest feelings in her songs. As she says herself, she has no choice, it is what she does… and she does it so well, having bagged 23 million dollars in album sales, two Grammy Awards, five MTV Video Music Awards, and eight top 10 hit singles so far!

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Lenny Kravitz, the very epitome of cool… not only is he a courageous and bold musician, crossing over genre barriers by “fusing the rich, soulful and often rocking sounds of the 60’s and 70’s to receptive audiences of every class, creed and color”, the man reinvented retro music and has firmly established himself as an icon. Granted, he had the advantage of growing up in the presence of such legends as Count Basie, Miles Davis, Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald but he started off singing in a choir and his first attempt at creating a musical persona failed miserably with his Romeo Blue period. Then again, it was a time when he was heavily influenced by Prince, or he with no name… It was only when he realigned himself and incorporated his love for Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix and other unlikely bed partners (musically speaking) that he unshackled himself from the genre police and flew into our psyches.

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Kiefer Sutherland freely admits that his tattooed body is testament to momentous events in his life.

The ‘24′ star has several pieces of body art to date and will add to them every time something memorable happens to him.

As he explains it: “Every few years something happens in my life that will make me want to write it down. The tattoos have always represented that to me. No one would have to speak at my funeral they could just read the tattoos and know what happened.”

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How can you not know who he is?

Gok Wan started life as a fat kid. A very fat kid. What a perfect target for the bullies. It took him a while to realise he was AngloChinese and longer to work out what his sexual preferences were but his passion for fashion was evident from the age of 4.

Odd though it may seem, Gok Wan has become the man most women would leave their partner for. This is only odd if you realise that, as Gok said himself: the ‘girlfriends’ would look gorgeous everyday but may eventually leave feeling a little unfulfilled…

Gok came from relative obscurity, clothing famous people behind the scenes and burst onto our screens, giving us slightly frumpy, plumpy wallflower ladies the wherewithal to shine out and blaze forth.  Among his most fervent and adoring fans are the unlikely combination of Dame Judi Dench, Victoria Wood and Ruby Wax.

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Other than his excellence at his sport, David Beckham has many claims to fame – his fashion style, his wife, his voice, and his tattoos… Beckham’s tattoo collection is a bit of a mishmash, incorporating elements of personal and religious symbolism and reference to his wife and two sons. It is all presented through Sanskrit, Hebrew, Latin, some crosses, angels, 7 which was his Man United jersey number. Some of his ink designs honour his wife and their three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz.

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Asia inked her first tattoo while high in Amsterdam when she was 14. In total, she now has eight images adorning her body and each one marks a transition in her life. She says herself that she hates when people go on about the symbolism of their tattoos and feels that her tattoos are a very personal thing, like a diary or journal, a reminder for her of important points in her life. As she says herself “every few years I feel the urge to mark myself and mark the passages, as if my body was a map and every scar will always be with me, and every scar tells you where I’ve been, like an animal.”

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Tattooing has been used for many different purposes through the ages. It has not only been seen as a way of decorating one’s body, but as a means of protection against evil, as a way of identifying oneself, and even at one point as a way of sending secret messages during war. Here are some little known facts about the history of tattooing.

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It happens, time and time again. People are judged by the way they look and sometimes the result can be a shameful commentary on our society. Remember when Joel Madden (of Good Charlotte fame) went to get on a British Airways flight in April? An airline employee would not let him on the airplane unless he covered up his arms. Even though another employee came along and disagreed, such a fuss was made by said employee number one that Joel was mortified and agreed to wear something over his arms just so he would not miss his flight to London.

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