According to the new record holder, her path to becoming a title winner was nothing more than a coincidence. Fuerzina had been painting and mutilating her body for more than a decade — peppering it with memories of world travels and drawings from friends — before a friend mentioned she had a chance at winning the title. Fuerzina moved on to body mods just a few years later, starting with her split tongue. She mostly creates her own drawings, but often lets her trusted tattoo artists run wild with creative energy, using her body as a drawing board, she said.
