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Brazilian Becomes Guinness Recorder Holder Posted by on May 20, 2008 in Brazilian News

Forty-three year-old Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who lives in Scotland, has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most body piercings: 5,920 in total. She also won the world record in 2000 when she only had 462 piercings, including 192 on her face alone. Elaine is a nurse, and does not drink or smoke. Surprisingly, she doesn’t set off metal detectors at airports unless she is wearing a watch.

Hint: in Portuguese, the word “piercing” is the same as in English.

To see a larger version of the picture on the right, click here to go to Globo’s Planeta Bizarro page.

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  1. Mark Jamieson:

    Hope she does not work in the Cardiac Unit at the hospital – that sight is enough to give anyone a severe heart attack!