The magazine also praised the artist on Instagram for how her works symbolises the “strength and beauty of the Filipino spirit”. “Heralded as the last mambabatok of her generation, she has imprinted ...

Vogue Philippine's April cover features Apo Whang-Od, a 106-year-old Indigenous tattoo artist. Whang-Od is Vogue's oldest-ever cover star, unseating Judi Dench who was featured at 85. She's credited ...

Surrounded by lush rice terraces and undulating landscape, the mountain village of Buscalan is home to just 200 or so households. It rests in the Kalinga province of the Philippines and is about a ...

BUSCALAN, PHILIPPINES • Whang-Od, 107, has witnessed more than a century of change in her remote village in the Philippine northern hills. But the greatest changes have come because of her, the ...

BUSCALAN TINGLAYAN, Kalinga — I was inked last Holy Week in my right forearm with the iconic three dots tattoo by Apo Whang-Od, the so-called last and oldest surviving mambabatok. Batok refers to the ...

Talilo Marfil and Apo Whang-od in "Waves" video. Image courtesy of Cruz Media. Facebook might still be good for something after all. Back in 2019, Portland rapper Talilo Marfil connected with ...

Apo Whang-Od has become the oldest cover star to appear on Vogue. Photographed by Artu Nepomuceno, the 106-year-old Indigenous tattoo artist is on the cover of Vogue Philippines' April Beauty Issue ...

Filipino tattoo artist Apo Whang-Od has become the oldest person to ever appear on the cover of Vogue at the age of 106. Vogue Philippines announced last week that Whang-Od would be the magazine’s ...

Whang-Od unseated Judi Dench who was previously Vogue's oldest cover star. Apo Whang-Od has become the oldest cover star to appear on Vogue. Photographed by Artu Nepomuceno, the 106-year-old ...