Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Angelina Jolie adds two new swirl tattoos to Roman numeral on left arm
What did Angelina Jolie do to her arm?
No, it isn't a stunt injury -- the "Salt" star showed off a new set of tattoos at the premiere of her latest movie in Cancun, Mexico.
As she waved at the crowds last week, Jolie flashed two new swirly bits of ink around an old Roman numeral tattoo.
The 35-year-old actress reportedly had the Roman number 13 inked on her left arm because she doesn't believe in superstition. She later added V MCMXL to the end of it to signify the date of Winston Churchill's famous speech on May 13, 1940 in which he said: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
Though swirl tattoos can have a variety of meanings, Jolie's could be a Tibetan "heading" swirl, which acts to accentuate the importance of a character. The fact that it sits over both halves of the Roman numeral tattoo could mean the actress simply wants to underscore its meaning.
Jolie has reportedly been collecting tattoos since she was a teenager. Among her body art is a Buddhist Pali incantation, Arabic script, a Latin phrase and the geographical coordinates of where each of her six kids was born.
The "Tomb Raider" star's biggest tattoo is a 12-inch long and 8-inch wide Bengal tiger that she got to celebrate her Cambodian citizenship.
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