106-year-old Filipino women make history as Vogue's oldest cover stars.

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Vogue Philippines has featured 106-year-old Apo Whang-Od, a traditional Kalinga tattooist, on its April cover, making her the oldest person ever to appear on the front of Vogue. Whang-Od has been perfecting the art of hand-tapping tattoos since she was a teen, using just a bamboo stick, a thorn from a pomelo tree, water, and coal. She is considered the country's oldest mambabatok and has imprinted the symbols of the Kalinga tribe on the skin of thousands of people. The art can only be passed down to blood relatives, and Whang-Od has been training her grandnieces for several years.
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