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Saturday, 24 March 2018

The World's Most Tattooed Person - Lucky Diamond Rich

Inspiration may come from the weirdest of things and at any age. And when it does, it may provoke one to do something that can make him or her a noticeable person. The same thing happened with Lucky Diamond Rich. At a young age, he read something that he thought of following the suit without any knowledge that one day it would make him known throughout the world. That information was about men and women who emblazoned their bodies with tattoos the most. And when he got his first tattoo of a juggling club on his hip, he liked it so much that he didn't stop with that and got his entire body tattooed.


Today, he holds the Guinness World Record as the world's most tattooed person. He took over this title from Tom Leppard and still remains unbeatable since 2006.

Early Life

Lucky Diamond Rich was born in New Zealand in 1971 and his name was Gerogry Paul McLaren. He is more famous as Lucky Rich, and is the only person in the world who is 100 percent tattooed. There is no area of his body left that he didn't get inked. He didn't even spare the most intimate parts of his body. He has gone to such an extent that he got inked on the most delicate parts of the body such as insides of eyelids, mouths, ears, and foreskin. To have his entire body inked, he invested 1000 hours and made 100 of artists rich.



By profession, Lucky Rich is a performance artist and street performer. He entertains people with his juggling skills and sword swallowing tricks. Though he is a New Zealander, he performs his entertaining stunts in Australia. He has performed for many years in Australia in the circus and freak show scene. He also spent a short span of his career in music when he became a member of an Australian Drum & Bass Act. Besides performing in Australia, he also travels to other parts of the world for his street performance.

From Gregory Paul McLaren to Richy Rich

Though his birth name is Gregory Paul McLaren, it was his love for the famous cartoon character Richy Rich that instigated him to adapt it when he was 18. He changed that too later to Lucky Rich. The reason he sorted out for using 'Lucky' in his name was his feelings that by calling himself and believing in that word makes him lucky.


He even had a story behind changing his middle name. It was after two years of changing his name to Lucky Rich, one of his friends called him 'rough diamond.' That word struck him, and he started calling himself Lucky Diamond Rich.

A staunch believe of Karma

He was mostly fascinated with black color initially and had his entire body inked in the same color. Over the years, he started experimenting with white color and had multi-layered tattoos.


His entire face is inked with the word “Om,” a sacred and spiritual word in Hindu religion. He also inscribed the word “karma” on his body since he believes in karma, and attributes what he is today to it. He says, if I do something good, then good will happen to me; and if bad, then I will face the same.

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