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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

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First Canadian to win Miss Tattoo beauty pageant

Jennifer Yang, The Edmonton Journal

Published: 2:31 am

EDMONTON - Hailey Melnyk was 18 when a tattoo saved her life.

Melnyk had finished a whirlwind trip through the United States and Europe when she decided to have a pair of swallows tattooed on her hips, adhering to an old sailor tradition symbolizing the crossing of two oceans.

The day after getting the tattoo, Melnyk started having trouble breathing and noticed inflamed lymph nodes on her thighs.

Edmonton's Hailey Melnyk won the Miss Tattoo beauty pageant Sunday in Providence, R.I. The pageant attempts to combat negative stereotypes that "heavily tattoed" women aren't elegant or poised, Melnyk says. To enter, at least 30 per cent of a contestant's body had to be inked.
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