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Skin is in! Find out which stars are willing to decorate theirs with tattoos—and what kind!
Sun’s out and human skin is showing this summer! And because skin is in, find out which stars are willing to decorate theirs with tattoos—and what kind! Text by Jason John S. Lim. With interviews by the iGMA Web Team. Photos by Mitch S. Mauricio. In the world of showbiz, appearance is everything; and celebrities are supposed to have flawless beautiful skin—or as much as possible anyway. This summer, iGMA asks the stars what kind of tattoos they’d want to have if they can have one, and they have some pretty interesting answers! From the unusual to the not-so-much “I’ve always wanted a Philippine flag somewhere, probably on my back or something,” Rhian Ramos reveals. But, the pretty actress says, she doesn’t think it would be possible for her to have one because “I’m an actress, [and] if I have a scene where I have to bare my back or something, e ‘di kitang-kita na ‘yun. Sayang naman ‘yung concealer!” Senator’s son Bryan Revilla can’t make up his mind as to what kind of tattoos he would want to have, but he knows where he wants them: “chest or shoulders.” As for young the perennial kontrabida Arci Muñoz, she wants to have a tattoo on her neck. But because she’s not actually allowed to have tattoos, Arci would just have to be content with imaginary ones. But if she were, hypothetically, to have one done, she reveals, “gusto ko barcode o kaya stitches, para unique.” Another celebrity thinking of getting barcode tattoos? Francine Prieto! The tall celebrity says she wants it on her ankle; before joking, “tapos titignan kung magkano ako!” Alyssa Alano, on the other hand, is going for a more religious approach: she wants “mukha ni Jesus Christ sa likod. Para lagi siyang, hindi lang sa puso at isip ko, pati sa katawan ko, nandoon siya.” From the clan Padilla, Ralph wants a different kind of tattoo. “Tribal na sun, sa back ng neck.” The Joaquin Bordado mainstay even has a meaning attached to it! “Parang ‘let there be light.’” From suns, let’s go to stars. Two StarStruck beauties want star tattoos. And while Iwa Moto already had hers done, Jade Lopez’s is still in her imagination. And where would she put it? “Sa may upper [backside]!” The young actress laughs, “kasi gusto ko maging star!” Tribal to tattooed trivias “If ever siguro, sa left arm,” hunky Alfred Vargas says after a bit of thought where he would put a tattoo. Not afraid of the needle, Alfred says that he’d encircle his bicep with a tattoo. What kind? “Tribal.” Two other guys are also going for the tribal approach are Mark Herras and Kevin Santos . “Sa bandang arms, ipapapuno ko,” Kevin reveals. He adds that he wants tattoos much like The Rock’s, “kasi parang mas naastigan ako doon eh.” But he also reveals that he’d rather have it done in henna. The not-so-tough guy says that he doesn’t want a real tattoo: “parang ang pangit sa katawan eh.” Another henna-preferring celebrity is Karylle, who’s going for an anklet-type of tattoo. But for real, she says that she’d “rather not, because people will wrinkle in time, and it would look ugly. And you can not donate blood!” Other celebrities who don’t want a real tattoo are Marvin Agustin, Tess Bomb, Chynna Ortaleza and Melissa Avelino . But they’re very much game with imaginary ones—or fake ones. Marvin says that the only tattoo he’d ever consider having are the names of people who’ll be permanent in his life: “my kids!” An answer that Chynna mirrors, saying “I won’t have any problem tattooing their names sa katawan ko, ‘cos they came from me.” Meanwhile, Melissa wants a significant something written in Spanish, and Tess Bomb would have anything “pa-tweetums”, “hindi naman kasi bagay sa akin mag-tattoo ng ahas. Haller!” What about you? What kind of tattoo would you like to have? See tattoos come to life in the action-packed fantasy series from the creative mind of Carlo J. Caparas! Check out episodes of Joaquin Bordado, every weeknight after 24 Oras, part of GMA Telebabad. Then, talk about the show and what kind of tattoos you have (or want to have) at the iGMA Forums! If you're not yet registered, take the time to register now! Who knows? You might even get to chat with your favorite Kapuso Star this summer! You can also find out more about your favorite celebrity’s tattoos through Fanatxt! Just key in MARVIN, KARYLLE, RHIAN, ARCI, FRANCINE, CHYNNA, ALFRED or JADE on your mobile phone, and send to 4627 for all telcos. (Each Fanatxt message costs PhP2.50 for GLOBE, SMART, and TALK 'N TEXT, and PhP2.00 for Sun subscribers.)