Vogue Philippines has put Apo Whang-Od, 106, on the cover of its April issue, making the tattoo artist the oldest person to ever appear on the front page of Vogue. - VnExpress International
Vogue Philippines has put 106-year-old Apo Whang-Od on the cover of its April issue, making the revered tattoo artist the oldest person to ever appear on the front page of Vogue – still the world’s pre-eminent fashion magazine.
Indigenous Kalinga woman, Apo Whang-Od (also known as Maria Oggay) is traditional Kalinga tattooist and has been training her grandnieces; the art of tattoo making
Vogue Philippines has revealed Apo Whang-Od as the cover star of its April issue, a move that makes the 106-year-old tattoo artist from the Philippines the oldest person ever to appear on the front of Vogue.
Filipina tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od has broken the record for the oldest Vogue cover model. Hailing from Buscalan, a mountain village in the Philippines Kalinga province, the centenarian is the first and only woman mambabatok – a traditional tattooist – of her generation