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....
I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | 27/06/2009
We suspect tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz’ true goal was to give her 57 stars as a tribute to Barack Obama’s 57 states, but as a good liberal he intentionally omitted the star representing Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Related posts: French human rights group tries to take Dutch politician to court for speech made in United States Bush tells reporter “United States is one of the...
JONATHAN TURLEY (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Belgian Kimberley Vlaminck caused an international outrage when she blamed tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz for tattooing her left side of her face with 56 stars while she slept inside of the three that she asked for. She insisted that Romanian-born Toumaniantz did not understand her French and English instructions and threatened to [...]
Knowledge is Power (Free subscription) | 24/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaminck had insisted she dozed off after asking the tattooist for just three small stars � then woke in horror to find her face was covered. Amid a frenzy of media attention, she then said she would sue the tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, for the �9,000 she needed for laser surgery to have them removed. She said after the tattooing last week: “It is terrible for me....
Mizozo (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaminck, the 18-year old Belgian, who had earlier claimed that Flemish-speaking tattooist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, had misunderstood her French/English instructions to get three stars tattooed but ended with 56 of them on her face, seems to have come clean and revealed her real story. She had actually asked for the 56 tattoos and had not fallen asleep as claimed earlier. She now claims that...
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...
Neatorama (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
In an update on last week’s story, 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck, the girl with 56 stars tattooed on her face, has recanted her story. She had blamed the tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, for overdoing the three small stars she requested and said she fell asleep during the procedure. But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not [...]
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...
Pax Parabellum (Free subscription) | 20/06/2009
Kimberley Vlaminck says she wanted three stars when she went to get a tattoo, but she fell asleep and woke up with 56. Now she is suing the tattoo artist pictured below. Rouslan Toumaniantz says he will pay for half of the removal of the tattoos. He also says Kimberly was awake during the whole process and didn't complain. Maybe it would have helped if they could have actually spoken to each other...
Angelina Jolie's hubby brad Pitt do (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
18-year-old Belgium native Kimberley Vlaminck is suing her tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz for £ 10.000 after 56 stars tattooed on her face when she allegedly asked for only three. Vlaminck Kimberley , says she fell asleep during the tattoo and woke up too late; Rouslan Toumaniantz claims that Vlaminck requested and accepted the unusual facial tattoo and remained awake throughout the process....
Joe The Flow (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed. Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck ‘absolutely’ agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her [...]
Beer Can Hill (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
If something doesn’t make sense, then I know I’m not being presented with all of the facts. I can’t figure out what’s going on with Kimberley Vlaeminc and her claim that Rouslan Toumaniantz tattooed her face against her will. I’ve noticed that Toumaniantz blames Vlaeminc’s father for her sudden change of heart. Some sources say that her father was waiting outside...
Blog on a Toothpick (Free subscription) | 18/06/2009
The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck 'absolutely' agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three
Wendy Williams. The Queen of All Media (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
A Belgian teenager got the shock of her life when she asked for a few small stars tattoed on her face and woke up to find half her face was covered in them.Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, is now suing, Rouslan Toumaniantz, the tattoo artist who she claims went way beyond what she had asked for.She claims she asked for three stars, but that might have been lost in translation."I think he didn’t
hot news (Free subscription) | 17/06/2009
An adolescent girl is take legal action of tattoo artist for £10,000 after she supposedly asked him for three stars on her face, however ended up with 56. 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck paid £55 for 'the graffiti that has bankrupt my life' in her Belgian home municipality of Courtrai. She maintains the Romanian tattooist who carries out the artwork misunderstand her French and English....
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