Memorial Tattoos

Jade Thirlwall

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Jade Thirlwall has a tattoo along her spine which means “Anyone can achieve their dream if they’ve got the courage.” It’s a tribute her her maternal grandfather, Mohammid Badwi, and she has it written in Arabic because he was Arabic. Jade is quarter-Egyptian and quarter-Yemeni.

“It’s taken three years to get it right, as I’m such a perfectionist,” she told UnrealityTV “Basically, it’s in Arabic, as my Granddad was Arabic, so it’s kind of like a memory of him. It says ‘Anyone can achieve their dream if they’ve got the courage’.”
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Yasmine Yousaf

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Yasmine Yousaf has a portrait on her right forearm of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain with half of his face as a zombie. A Krewella fan drew the design for her and she had it tattooed in April 2013.
She told iHeartRadio “This one is like my dedication to Kurt Cobain cause he’s what got me obsessed with music in general. They were my first obsession band. I was obsessed with Nirvana, so this is like my tribute to him being alive forever and his music, but him also being dead in real life.”

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Cassadee Pope

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Cassadee Pope’s second tattoo was a yellow smiley face on her right hand below her index finger. This tattoo is in honor of her deceased great grandfather, whom she called “happy” when she was young because she could not pronounce his real nick-name “pappy.” The performance which landed her band Hey Monday their record deal was on his birthday, and Cassadee got this tattoo as a result. In her own words: “The smiley face was from when we showcased for Columbia and it was on my great grandpa’s birthday. And I used to call him “pappy,” but when I was really young I couldn’t say “pappy” I called him “happy.” And we ended up getting signed, so I know he’s looking after us.” (more…)

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Lea Michele

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Lea Michele got “5” tattoo to honor her former love and Glee co-star Cory Monteith who passed away in July 2013. She showed off her new ink on instagram in April 2016, writing “for my quarterback #5.” Monteith’s character Finn wore a number “5” jersey as a member of the high school football team on Glee.

This tattoo was actually her dad’s idea and he has a matching one. “He wanted to do it and got it on his ankle. I thought it was so cool, so I went with him and got it too,” she said.

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Katie Stevens

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MTV “Faking It” star Katie Stevens has a flock of birds tattooed on her left forearm in memory of her friend Jason Gaviati who died of cancer. She got the tattoo only a week after his passing in November 2015. The six birds represent their years of friendship with a letter “g” at the bottom for his name.

Katie explained the significance in an instagram post: “Today I got a tattoo by @paultimman, the incredible artist who did all of @imgavi’s tattoos. Many of Gavi’s tattoos included birds. Now he will always be with me. A bird for every year of friendship, one more for him forever watching over me, and the g from his handwriting. I love you forever Gavi.”

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Bethany Cosentino

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Bethany Cosentino has a tattoo on her left arm of her own cat’s name “Snacks” and her family dog’s name “Roxy.” She had the Snacks tattoo first and added Roxy’s name as a memorial after Roxy died. Snacks is still alive and well.

She told Sad Girls Guide: “My mom and I got matching tattoos of our dog’s name ‘Roxy’ when we were in Denver in February [2014]. She passed away and was our family dog for years, so we felt like we had to forever commemorate her. I have her name tattooed below my cat’s name on my left forearm.”

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Niykee Heaton

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Niykee Heaton has a silhouette of a flying eagle on the inside of her left wrist. It is a tribute to her older sister Rachel. “You will always be with me. #rip,” Niykee wrote on instagram.

Rachel was diagnosed with a rare form of liver cancer when she was only 3 and half years old. She had multiple liver and kidney transplants over the course of her life and died at the age of 21 while awaiting new organs. Niykee has encouraged her fans to become organ donors in order to prevent more deaths like this one.

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Niykee Heaton

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Niykee Heaton’s first tattoo was a Shakespeare quote on the side of her foot. It says “Thy eternal summer shall not fade.” This quote is printed on the grave her sister Rachel, who battled cancer for most of her life and died when Niykee was 12. Niykee shared a picture of the gravestone and wrote “This is the quote that I got tattooed on my foot when I was 14, in South Africa. Love you forever angel.”

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