Indigenous Filipino tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od graces Vogue's cover at 106.

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Indigenous Filipino tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od graces Vogue's cover at 106.
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Vogue Philippines features 106-year-old Apo Whang-Od, the oldest person to ever grace their cover, who is an Indigenous tattoo artist and the last "mambabatok" of her generation. Whang-Od is renowned for her traditional Kalinga tattooing technique called "batok," which she learned from her father at the age of 15. She has tattooed thousands of international visitors and has passed on the craft to her grandnieces to ensure her legacy is carried on. Vogue Philippines praises Whang-Od for preserving the tradition in the face of Western beauty standards that threatened to erase it.

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