A Brief Encounter (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
A Belgian teenager who had threatened to sue a tattoo artist who left her with 56 stars on her face has admitted she was lying. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, claimed that she'd asked for three small stars but fell asleep during the procedure and woke up with a whole galaxy on her face. Now she's confessed she knew exactly what tattoo parlour owner Rouslan Toumaniantz was doing but changed her mind later....
DollyMix (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
I knew it, I KNEW IT! Kimberley Vlaeminck, the Belgian girl who claimed she fell asleep while 56 stars were tattooed to her face has admitted she was lying. Well, of course she was lying. Either that or she was in a coma. I mean, how do you sleep through a man needling five stars onto your nostril? But she's come clean now . "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Last week, an 18-year-old Belgian girl claimed that a Romanian tattoo artist mistakenly put 53 tattoo stars too many on her face. Kimberley Vlaeminck, who said she wanted three stars near her eye, sued the tattoo artist for $14,000 for the cost of removing the tattoos, while Rouslan Toumaniantz maintained Vlaeminck wanted all 56 stars. Now the teen has confessed to her misguided desire : "I asked...
Geekologie (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
In an unshocking turn of events that surprised no one, it turns out the tattooed star face girl is a dirty liar and a slag . Okay, I dunno about the slag part, but I've always wanted to say it and figured now's my chance. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, claimed that she'd asked for three small stars but fell asleep during the procedure and woke up with a whole galaxy on her face. But she has now confessed...
Curious Read (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, claims she was sleeping when Rouslan Toumaniantz tattooed 56 stars on her face.[via theage] A Belgian teenager said on Tuesday she would sue a tattoo parlour which she said covered half her face with stars while she was asleep, reports said. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, was left sporting 56 black stars of various sizes on the left side of her face, from nose to ear and brow to...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaeminck, age 18, is the girl with 56 stars on her face, who says she is lying.
THE LAST TURKEY (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
According to the young lady in this picture Kimberley Vlaeminck, there are about 30 stars too many on her face. She says she asked for three next to her eye but she got a whole bunch. Her excuse was that she only spoke Dutch and little English while the tattoo artist in kortrijk, Belgium only spoke French. Yup, that is really going to explain the 30 or so extra stars. Her second offering was that she...
AgoraVox (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaeminck's story has been making its way around the world. You might have caught a snippet of it in one of those "And here's a curious thing" segments at the end of a news broadcast. Or perhaps you read about it here. In case you're unfamiliar with the tale, (...)
AstroChicks (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
A teenager got the shock of her life when she asked for a few small tattoo stars and woke up to find half her face was covered in them. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, is now suing the tattoo artist who she claims went way beyond what she had asked for.The Belgian teen says she woke up [...]
AgoraVox (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
Recently 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaeminck decided she would like three small tattoos on her face, "Just three little dots," she insisted. So on Sunday she made her way down to the local parlour in the Belgian town of Courtrai, and told the tattooist what she wanted. That was probably her first (...)
On Deadline (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
Piecing together reports from various media, here's the tattoo tale of 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaeminck from Courtrai, Belgium: She says she was upholding family tradition by getting a tattoo, paid for by dad. "In our family everyone has a tattoo," she told London's Telegraph. She went to The Tattoo Box and says she told owner Rouslan Toumaniantz she wanted only three modest stars near her...
The English Blog (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
A teenager is suing a tattoo artist who decorated her face with dozens of stars after she "fell asleep" during the process. Kimberley Vlaeminck claims she only asked for three. Eleanor Jeffrey reports. READ MORE • MailOnline LESSON IDEA Get...
Fat Buddha Store (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
Check the stupidity of some folk, now why would you http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8104645.stm Police in Belgium are investigating a complaint from a teenager who says a tattooist peppered her face with stars after she asked for only three. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, said she fell asleep during the procedure. "I woke up when he was starting to tattoo my nose... I counted 56 stars, it is...
Ranting Stan (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
.... for this very stupid woman. Kimberley Vlaeminck says she fell asleep during the procedure, and only realised what had happened when she woke up. Yeah, right! There's this big ugly tattooed brute looming over you, with his tool buzzing inches from your ear and inflicting pain over sensitive areas of your face - and you fancy a little doze? Either drunk or drugged up - or both - then sobered up...
The Daily Scatter (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
Belgian teenager Kimberley Vlaeminck had the shock of her life when she mistakenly visited the official website for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo. She realised too late that the £101.00 she'd paid wasn't for a rather fetching Tartan Teddy Bear tattoo design she'd thought she'd seen there, but was for two front row tickets to the opening Saturday night of the prestigious Scottish music festival....
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