• Margaret Cho Traditional Tattoo Design On Ribs

As a teenager, Margaret Cho got her very first tattoo. It featured snakes and flowers that spanned around both sides of her hips in a large piece. A famous tattoo artist called Don Ed Hardy completed the tattoo on her in 2005 when she was 37 years old. Though when Margaret was young, she admired tattoos, which sustained her as she grew older and learned to accept her body. Furthermore, it gives her a sense of pride in being a woman.

“Having lived under such a regime for so many years, I am finally free, and for once in my life, actually able to do something with my body that I have always wanted to do because I feel safe enough to. Nobody is going to judge me for wanting to wear a beautiful piece of art on my skin. I will not allow it. This is my body, and this is my body with tattoos,” she blogged. “My life is all-new, with this brand new body, and the chance to start over. It is a fantastic rebirth, and I am so glad to be here.”

Margaret admits that she is a bit scared of snakes, though she admires them. “Snakes are magnificent creatures, like nothing else on earth. I don’t know why I am afraid of them. Possibly because they are so different, mysterious, and unknowable, unpredictable. But on my back, they will be my protectors, my guardians, my cheerleaders, and my friends.”

• Audrina Patridge Traditional Tattoo Design On Neck

The back of Audrina Patridge’s neck is covered in a colorful tattoo that represents the biblical story of Adam and Eve – with a twist. As the red portion consists of a human heart and leaves, you can see how humanity and the forbidden apple from the Tree of Knowledge merge. An apple is wrapped in a blue serpent, representing the one who tried to tempt Eve to eat it. “My tattoo is a heart with four chambers that turns into an apple with a snake around it,” wrote Audrina. “It symbolizes the story of Adam and Eve…and also temptation and destiny.”