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Celebrity Women Tattoo Fails

Even stars should think before they ink.

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Amber Rose scared us with lightning bolt ink that made her look like a female Mike Tyson. Fortunately, the mark was just temporary make-up. We suggest more stars follow her example and give their tattoos a trial run first. Body art may be a form of expression, but sometimes we don't even know what people were thinking when they got inked. From the name of an ex to a "suck it" lip tattoo, stars are always finding new ways to screw up a tattoo. Our list of 30 Celebrity Women Tattoo Fails includes some of the worst tats we've ever seen. Some things really should not be in permanent ink.

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Kristen Stewart

Kristen Stewart

If it's that simple, why even bother?

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Lindsey Lohan

Lindsey Lohan

This tattoo is two red triangles with the words "What Dreams May Come" underneath. The words are a quote from Hamlet, and the triangles are supposed to represent her deep bond with Liam McMullan. Too bad the relationship, and not the tattoo, wasn't meant to last forever.

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Britney Spears

Britney Spears

Was Britney's matching dice tattoo with Kevin Federline a sign that chances were the relationship wasn't going to last?

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Charlize Theron

Charlize Theron

This strange fish lives on Theron's ankle... We're glad it's not somewhere more prominent.

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Audrina Patridge

Audrina Patridge

This tat combines a heart, a strawberry, and a snake. Unfortunately, we don't see the connection.

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus

Miley's "LOVE" tattoo doesn't exactly fit with her new bad-girl image. Then again, we weren't crazy about the tat when she was Hannah Montana.

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Nicole Richie

Nicole Richie

If we didn't already suspect that Nicole Richie wasn't a virgin, her children really make this tattoo ridiculous.

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Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey

Why Mariah Carey chose to get tramp stamp, we will never know.

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Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson

Perhaps the queen of terrible tattoos, Pam not only has a barbed wire wrapped around her arm, but she also has the word "Mommy" around her ring finger where "Tommy" used to be.

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Kate Gosselin

Kate Gosselin

Until we realized that Winnie the Pooh was permanent, we assumed she borrowed a temporary tattoo from one of her eight children.

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Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria

After she found out that her husband, NBA player Tony Parker, was cheating on her, Eva erased his jersey number from her neck.

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Rihanna

Rihanna

On top of the 2Pac-inspired "Thug Life" tattoo across her knuckles, Rihanna also has "rebelle fleur" inked on her neck. Unfortunately, instead of reading "rebel flower" as intended, the tattoo actually means "flower rebel."

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Megan Fox

Megan Fox

Megan Fox got her Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed because she said it brought her "negative energy." Good call.

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Melanie Griffith

Melanie Griffith

If they ever break up, Melanie will have a hard time covering up that "Antonio" tattoo.

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Jamie King

Jamie King

Jamie King claims that she got all of her tattoos because of teenage angst, which makes sense since it looks like one of her high school friends did an afterschool stick 'n poke job for this one.

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Cher

Cher

Cher claims that she got most of her tats back when "only bad girls did it." She's probably the only person we know who gets nostalgic when she sees her ass.

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Vivica A. Fox

Vivica A. Fox

We think Fox's fox tattoo is overkill.

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Angelina Jolie

Angelina Jolie

Before Angelina tatted the latitude and longitude of where her kids were born on her body, she had "Billy Bob" and a dragon stamped across her arm. Jolie got this tattoo when she was still at the pinnacle of her "Sexiest Woman Alive" phase, and it was almost enough to rob her of her title. Almost.

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Christina Aguilera

Christina Aguilera

It's always a bad idea to tattoo your partner's initials on yourself, but it's a million times worse as a tramp stamp.

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Jenna Jameson

Jenna Jameson

It would be a more powerful statement if we could actually read Jenna Jameson's incredibly cluttered tat, which says, "I am not afraid. I was born to do this."

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Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried

Does she know what "minge" means? It is a vulgar term for woman's pubic hair or genitals.

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Amber Rose

Amber Rose

Amber and Wiz just got married, but this relationship was already sealed in permanent ink.

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Denise Richards

Denise Richards

After Charlie Sheen went off the deep end, Denise was probably glad she covered up her tattoo dedicated to him back in 2008.

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Kelly Osbourne

Kelly Osbourne

She inked her forearm with a heart-shaped lock and key, the word "Daddy," and a banner that reads, "This too shall pass." All interpretations of this tattoo are really uncomfortable.

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Eve

Eve

Looks like someone got their paws on her chest...

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Scarlett Johansson

Scarlett Johansson

For someone so sexy, this tattoo is exactly the opposite.

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Kat Von D

Kat Von D

Kat Von D is famous for her tattoos, so you would think she would have better judgment. She got a portrait of her ex Jesse James as a child on her rib cage. If this wasn't strange enough, the tattoo took a turn for the worse when James cheated on her—with 19 women! We're glad she decided to get it removed.

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Hayden Panettiere

Hayden Panettiere

Panetierre got the Italian phrase "Vivere senza rimpianti," or "Live without regrets," inked on her body except she spelled "rimipianti" incorrectly. Now her tattoo reads "Live without shit."

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Kimberly Stewart

Kimberly Stewart

Kim must feel really close to dad Rod Stewart to be okay with getting "Daddy's Little Girl" tattooed over her pelvis.

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Ke$ha

Ke$ha

It just doesn't get much classier than a lip tattoo that says "Suck It!"

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