Niki Returns with a New Tattoo by Dr. Lakra

I think I'm within the statute of limitations for Thanksgiving, so let me say I am also thankful for past contributors sending me photos of new work that they want to share with the Tattoosday community.

Take Niki, for example, who I met in the summer of 2010, and whose tattoo appeared here. Out of the blue she recently sent me this e-mail:

"about a year ago, you featured my beautiful cat memorial tattoo (by John Reardon, who was at Saved Tattoo at the time). i follow your blog regularly.  you always feature beautiful work with interesting stories attached. i just got a crazy new tattoo that i thought i'd send along, in case you think it's worthy of sharing.  it was done by the incredible dr. lakra in oaxaca, mexico."

 

That's pretty darn cool, if I do say so myself. Skulls are common tattoo themes, so it is exciting to see a spin on that idea, and what better way to honor getting inked by a famous Mexican artist than by getting a skull with a tattered lucha libre mask?

Thanks to Niki for staying in touch and sharing her new tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

You can see more art by Dr. Lakra here in his Google photostream.

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Special Awards in Miss Earth 2011

Road to Miss Earth 2011

Venezuela is natural & best hair, while Switzerland has a "cute face"

As Miss Earth 2011 continues in the Philippines, some candidates received special awards with curious (funny) names, and they are:

-Switzerland: Miss Cute Face
-Ukraine: Tarlac Tourism
-Philippines: Miss Stars Scene
-Korea: Miss Fashion Week
-Venezuela: Miss Natural and Best Hair


Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

Sevcan Yasar, Model of Turkey, was crowned Miss Model of the World 2011

21-year old Sevcan Yasar, Model of Turkey, was crowned Miss Model of the World during the 23rd anniversary of the event held November 26th at the Shenzhen Splendid China Folk Culture Village, in China.



The 1st runner-up was Ivette Bozhar from Hungary; 2nd runner-up Jasmine Mamadama from Guinea; 3rd runner-up Li Meng from China, and the 4th runner-up Michaela Dihlova from the Czech Republic.

64 contestants from all over the globe competed in the event. Congratulations!



Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

Andrea Huisgen Serrano was crowned Miss Spain 2011

Road to Miss Universe 2012




Andrea Huisgen Serrano, Miss Barcelona, was crowned Miss Spain 2011 during the annual event held at the Palacio de los Sueños in Sevilla on November 27th. Andrea, who stands 1.80 m in height, will now represent the country at the Miss Universe 2012 pageant.

The 1st runner-up or “Dama de Honor” was Aranzazu Estevez Godoy, Miss Las Palmas; she is 22 years old and stands 1.81 m in height. She will represent Spain at the Miss World 2012 pageant in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, next July.

The 2nd runner-up was Ana Crespo Rodríguez, Miss Valencia- Ana is 22 years old, 1.76 m tall and will compete in the Miss International 2012 pageant to take place in China.

Completing the top 6, were the delegates from Alicante (4th), Guipúzkoa (5th) and Málaga (6th). They will represent Spain in pageants such as Reina Hispanoamericana and Reina Internacional del Café.

Among the Top 12 semi finalists were also the beauties from Badajoz, Murcia, Pontevedra, Sevilla, Tarragona and Tenerife.

52 contestants competed in this year’s event, representing each province of Spain. The pageant returned to television for the first time since 2008.


Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

Megan Myhren was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2012 on November 28

Road to Miss USA 2012



Megan Myhren was crowned Miss Indiana USA 2012 on November 28, 2011. She will represent Indiana in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to http://www.examiner.com & http://beautypageantnews.com

Miss Earth 2011 will be telecast on StarWorld , December 4th

Road to Miss Earth 2011


Miss Earth 2011 will be telecast to some 25 countries on StarWorld on Monday, December 4, one day after the final event. Filipinos can see it live on VHD, Sunday, December 3.



Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

Lidia Avomo was recently elected Miss Equatorial Guinea

Road to Miss Universe 2012



Lidia Avomo was recently elected Miss Equatorial Guinea, and Judith Nfono Ngoma, the pageant’s organizer, said that she is already carrying out the appropriate processes to try to get Avomo to participate in the next Miss Universe competition.

Equatorial Guinea participated in a Grand Slam pageant for the first time in 2011: Miss Supranational.


Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com/blog

Ryanna Harms was crowned Miss New Hampshire USA 2012

Road to Miss USA 2012



Ryanna Harms was crowned Miss New Hampshire USA 2012 on November 28, 2011. She will represent New Hampshire in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to http://beautypageantnews.com

Alaina Bergsma was crowned Miss Oregon USA 2012

Road to Miss USA 2012


Alaina Bergsma was crowned Miss Oregon USA 2012 on November 28, 2011. She will represent Oregon in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to http://www.ten18photography.com & http://beautypageantnews.com

Madison Lee was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2012

Road to Miss Teen USA 2012


Madison Lee, Miss Bay Area Teen 2011, was crowned Miss Texas Teen USA 2012 on Sunday, November 27, 2011 at the Hilton Houston Post Oak Hotel, Houston, Texas. She will represent Texas in Miss Teen USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to http://beautypageantnews.com

Monique Thompkins was crowned Miss District of Columbia USA 2012

Road to Miss USA 2012


Monique Thompkins was crowned Miss District of Columbia USA 2012 on November 28, 2011. She will represent District of Columbia in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to http://beautypageantnews.com

Nitaya Panemalaythong was crowned Miss Minnesota USA 2012

Road to Miss USA 2012


Nitaya Panemalaythong was crowned Miss Minnesota USA 2012 on Sunday November 28, 2011. she will represent Minnesota in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.













Special thanks and credits to http://pageant-mania.ephpbb.com & http://beautypageantnews.com

Miss Luxembourg 2011 is Claudia Vitoria Müller

Road to Miss World 2012


The new Miss Luxembourg is Claudia Vitoria Müller, 19, and the new Mister Luxembourg 2012 is Scorssery-Philippe von Knobelsdorff, 30.



Runners-up for the Miss Luxembourg 2012 title were Deborah Airoldi, 20, and Salomé Heindrichs, 18.

It is unknown if the new Miss Luxembourg will compete in Miss World 2012.



Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

The Tattoosday Book Review - Science Ink

If you’re still recovering from a day of camping out and fighting the crowds for Black Friday holiday gifts, might I suggest one more item for your list?

Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed was recently published by Sterling Press and it rates as one of the finer titles on tattoos that I have seen in while. Science Ink is written by Carl Zimmer, a science writer with great credentials and whose blog rates a spot on my blogroll shortlist.

I have been a fan of Carl Zimmer’s Science Tattoo Emporium since 2008, even warranting a mention in a stand-alone post here.

I was excited to hear last year that he was compiling a book on the subject of scientific tattoos, as, unlike a lot of the work in London Tattoos (my last review, which appeared here), the ink is drenched in meaning.

As a storyteller and a writer, I’ll admit to favoring tattoos that have stories and/or specific meaning behind them. Not that I don’t appreciate a fine work of  body art that is beautiful for beauty’s sake. I just find myself more intellectually stimulated by tattoos that pack a narrative punch. This is also why I dig literary tattoos.

All that being said, Zimmer should be commended for compiling a whole slew of scientific ink, and organizing it in such a thoughtful and pleasing way. Chapters are divided up by category (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Earth Sciences, etc.) with photos of the contributors work, along with a paragraph or two devoted to explaining the accompanying pieces. These are not tattoos that resulted from walking in to a shop and picking flash off the wall. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Rather, we’re treated to tattoos that were clearly thought out and executed with the purpose of connecting to the individuals passion for their intellectual stimuli.


Tattoo purists may look at this book and cringe at the quality of some of the tattoos depicted. But the quality is not the point, and there is a lot of fine work, nonetheless. With a few exceptions, we are not seeing work contributed by tattoo aficionados. Instead, we get a glimpse of tattoos from people that you don’t normally associate with ink: scientists, doctors, university professors, and anthropologists. For that reason, Science Ink succeeds in drawing in the reader to the individual narrative behind the tattoo. What makes someone who is uninked take the leap and go under the needle?

Ultimately, it is the answer to that question that propels the mini-narratives forward and make Science Ink such a compelling read. Above and beyond the appreciation of tattoos, the book speaks to a larger audience, those who are steeped in the sciences and those who don’t consider themselves part of a “tattoo culture”. Ultimately, not everyone who is science-minded gets a tattoo related to their field, but a mathematician may understand someone’s desire to get an interesting equation inked on their forearm more than they would, say, getting a flaming skull or a scattering of cherry blossoms.

The biggest fault I find with Science Ink is not an original one. Marisa over at Needles and Sins voiced the disappointment in her review, as well, that the artists who created the body art are rarely named by the contributors. I always ask Tattoosday contributors to disclose their artists’ names to give credit where credit is due. Occasionally I  meet people who do not recall the names of their artists, but that tends to be a smaller percentage. Zimmer includes a thumbnail “visual index” of contributors. It would be nice, if there is ever a Science Ink II, to include an index of artists, as well. As a saving grace, Zimmer does credit the artists on his website here, but I only discovered that by accident.** I’d imagine, however, that to the bulk of the reading audience, the tattooist’s identity  is not as important and may seem extraneous, but for many it is nice to see credit where credit is due.

All in all, however, Zimmer hits the ball out of the park with a wonderful tattoo-themed product that I fully endorse and recommend.

With the holidays just around the corner, this would make a great gift for the science obsessed person in your life!

**After this posted, Carl Zimmer e-mailed me:

"Thanks! I agree that the artists should get credit. My designer and I put together a list, but a change in schedule prevented the publisher from putting it into the book. We'll be sure to get it into the next printing".

This entry is ©2011 Tattoosday.

If you are reading this on another web site other than Tattoosday, without attribution, please note that it has been copied without the author's permission and is in violation of copyright laws. Please feel free to visit http://tattoosday.blogspot.com and read our original content. Please let me know if you saw this elsewhere so I can contact the webmaster of the offending site and advise them of this violation in their Terms of Use Agreement.

Kendra Berger was crowned Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2012

Road to Miss Teen USA 2012


Kendra Berger was crowned Miss Minnesota Teen USA 2012 on Sunday November 28, 2011. She will represent Minnesota in Miss Teen USA 2012 Pageant.



Special thanks and credits to
Kendra Berger & http://beautypageantnews.com

Andrea Huisgen was crowned Miss Spain 2012

Road to Miss Universe 2012




Andrea Huisgen was crowned Miss Spain 2012 or Miss España 2012. Andrea Huisgen from Barcelona is 20 year old and stands 1.81 m. She is expected to represent Spain in Miss Universe 2012 Pageant.


Special thanks and credits to http://beautypageantnews.com

The Miss Earth 2011 Evening Gown competition

The Road to Miss Earth 2011


The Miss Earth 2011 Evening Gown competition took place during the last week with 78 candidates (a few had not arrived yet). It happened in a hotel ballroom and was covered by a handful of Filipino pageant-aficionado blogs and local press.

It’s worth mentioning that from an initial count of 93, eight of them were not able to arrive to the contest. They were Uruguay, Mongolia, Lesotho, Bhutan, Zambia, Costa Rica, Moldova, and Albania. The official number for this year is 85.

Below are some of the contestants presenting their evening gowns:





Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

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The Final Result of Miss Guatemala 2012

Laura Godoy, from Guatemala City, was crowned Miss Guatemala 2012. She is 23, 1.74 m-tall and will represent her country in Miss Universe 2012.

Laura Godoy, Miss Universe Guatemala 2012

Monique Aparicio, 20, from Quetzaltenango, won the title Miss World Guatemala 2012, and will compete in Miss World 2012, in Ordos, in July.

Monique Aparicio, Miss World Guatemala 2012

Miss International Guatemala 2012 is Christa Garcia. Christa was a semi-finalist in Miss Global Teen 2010.


Special thanks and credits to http://globalbeauties.com

INDIA VS West Indies 3rd Test - Last over drama

India vs West Indies 3rd Test match ended in a draw and the big drama which came in the last over showed how under pressure Indian batsmen fails to perform.

White Dress

See You Some White Dress Picture.........