106 Shark tattoos win woman guinness World record
An American woman has earned a Guinness World Record after covering her body with 106 shark tattoos turning her lifelong passion for sharks into a record breaking achievement. Emily Morrison from the U.S. state of Maine, received the Guinness World Records title in May for having the most shark tattoos on a woman’s body. Emily is a shark biologist and also owns a company that offers shark fossil diving tours. Known as “Shark Lady Emily,” she said her love for sharks began when she was just eight years old. After watching the movie Jaws she became afraid of sharks. Her father encouraged her to learn about real sharks by reading books from the library and her fear soon turned into fascination. Over the years Emily has had many close encounters with sharks. She has fed tiger sharks and great hammerhead sharks in the Bahamas gone cage diving with great white sharks in Australia and swum with whale sharks off the coast of Mexico. Emily is also set to appear in a special program called “My Strange Shark Addiction” during Discovery Channel’s annual Shark Week where she will share her unique journey and passion for sharks.