Freja Beha Erichsen Tattoo's

She got her first tattoo, a graphic design low down on her stomach, when she was 16. She hadn't really planned it, but passing by a tattoo parlour late one night, simple decided to get something done. Her modelling career appears to have been similarly spontaneous. "When I was 15 I did a little modelling as a summer job. I didn't think it would become anything serious, but the little jobs led to bigger jobs and two years later I was walking down the catwalk for Prada." And Prada didn't mind her tattoos? "Nobody has minded so far, I don't think," Erichsen says, "but then they weren't in obvious places at the beginning. They were easily covered. Still, I did make a deal with my agent about a year ago: she said I could get as many tattoos as I wanted as long as I didn't cut my hair."

Erichsen now has 12 (in 2008, now she has 14) tattoos - several distinctly visible - as well as a short, boyish crop. "I just felt like it," she says of her hair, "and so I cut it myself. I don't think it affected work either way." Her tattoos include a star under her arm, a gun on the inside of her upper left arm, three circles on her wrist, and various bits of writing, including the phrase "this world tonight is mine", which comes from a PJ Harvey song ("My version of carpe diem"), and the phrase "this too shall pass" ("Obviously I was going through some stuff when I had that done." What stuff? "Just personal stuff"), as well as the word "float" ("as in float through life, don't sink") on the side of her neck. "I just like getting them done," Erichsen explains. "I like the whole process, especially coming up with something you want, which never takes me long. Like the revolver. That's not a heavy symbol for me. I like guns and I think the design is pretty, and once I have an idea I have to go there. I'm definitely hooked on getting tattoos."

1. A revolver on her left arm.

2. "Serendipity is Life" on the back of her upper right arm.

3. "This Too Shall Pass" on the inside of her upper right arm.

4.  "Redemption" on her upper left forearm.

5.  Lightening Bolt on her upper right torso. (to cover up the "M")

6. Lines on her left middle finger.

7. Small cross on her earlobe.

8. "M" on her upper right torso. (later covered up by the lightning)

9. A circle in dashed lines behind her ear.

10.  Three circles on her left wrist. (outlined first, filled in later)

11. "Float" on the left side of her neck.

12. Star on her upper left torso. (outlined first, filled in later)

13. Upside down Triangle on the back of her neck. (outlined first, filled in later)

14. "This World Tonight is Mine" on her right wrist.