Old tattooist Apo Whang-Od's first magazine cover earned the applause of local and international readers. Vogue Philippines on March 30 unveiled that the
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Philstar.com reached out to Grace Palicas and Gilbert Oggay, grandniece and nephew of Apo Whang-od, respectively, to know about their thoughts on the beauty issue of the said 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
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