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The 10 Worst Celebrity Tattoo Fails

A bad idea immortalised in ink

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A bad year immortalised in ink

Kendall Jenner

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What inspired the youngest Jenner to get the words 'meow' inked on the inside of her lip, we will never know. We suspect it was the only word that looked the same when read upside down.

Miley Cyrus

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Ex-Disney channel kid Miley Cyrus has a worrying amount of inane and indelible doodles printed onto her including dream catchers, anchors, arrows and a sketch of her dead dog. This jar of vegemite is her best (worst) work yet though.

Zayn Malik

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Leaving One Direction to pursue a very serious music career and snog Gigi Hadid whilst looking moody all falls a little flat when you get a miniature glow in the dark lightsaber tattoo. May the force be with you Zayn, you're going to need it.

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Lea Michelle

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After the death of her Glee co-star and partner Cory Monteith, Lea Michelle shared she had tattooed his jersey number 5 onto her. Very touching, though marred somewhat by the news she had also tattooed this naff coffee cup onto her hand at the same time. Buy one get one free was it?

Lionel Messi

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Footballers seem to have their own league when it comes to terrible ink and the world's best player is sadly no exception. The Barcelona forward decided to cover a dodgy montage on his leg that included wings, flowers and a picture of his son with this bizarre coloured in football sock, you know, in case he forgets what he does for a living?

Kylie Jenner & Hailey Baldwin

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The bosom buddies took to Instagram to post their new body art, Kylie opting for for the phonetic spelling of the word "sanity", perhaps one she's struggled with saying aloud and Hailey got "gente" Portuguese for 'people' in hour of the fact, presumably, that she is one.

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Justin Bieber

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He might have had most of us shuffling to his club banger -eavy album but there is no hiding from the fact Bieber had SON OF GOD scrawled across his chest to sit there proudly for the rest of his life. If you look carefully here you can see him thinking, "Did I really do that?"

Cara Delevingne

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This isn't Cara's face as a result of too many goofy selfies but is in fact the back of her head where she's decided to create a second profile in what is probably some edgy piece about being two-faced. Lord Voldemort wore it better.

Adam Levine

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When married to a Victoria's Secret model of unearthly beauty it is good to test the limits of love. This can be achieved by stamping an enormous cross-eyed mermaid clutching a skull on your back.

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Mark Clattenburg

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Umpiring the Euro and Champions League finals are surely the peak of any referees career. Would you have a professional highlight tattooed to you? Perhaps that time you got the above and beyond award on your forearm or your Christmas bonus figure on your neck? Probably not actually.

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