When you think of today’s hottest fashion models, you think thin, attractive and well dressed, but you rarely think of tattoos, right? Well that’s about to change, because ink has become a sort of edgy new accessory for some of today’s hottest models, and instead of covering them up, models and photographers are putting them on display. From tried-and-true supermodels like Kate Moss to newbie stand-outs like Cara Delevingne (who, mind you, has gone under the needle nine times in 2013 alone) tattoos have become a unique new way for models to set themselves apart from the crowd. Here are some of today’s top fashion models and their favorite tattoos.
Cara Delevingne
Best known for her silly antics and prominent brows, Cara Delevingne is a breakout fashion model who happens to rock quite a bit of ink. Cara’s first tattoo was done in May 2013, and the 21-year-old has accumulated at least eight more pieces since then, including the phrase “Made in England” on the bottom of her foot, her initials “CJD” inked on the side of her hand, and a tattoo of her mother’s name “Pandora” on her arm. Cara Delevingne’s tattoos have landed her in a bit of hot water with fashion houses like Chanel and Burberry, but Queen Delevingne doesn’t seem to mind!
Gisele Bündchen
She may only have one tattoo, but the small star on Gisele Bündchen’s left wrist holds a pretty deep meaning. “It’s a shooting star, for my grandmother,” the supermodel has said about the ink. “She died when I was young. When I first moved to New York, there were no stars in the sky, so to remind me of her I drew one on my wrist and kept it there for a month, and then had someone draw it in, which is why it’s a little crooked.” Gisele’s wrist tattoo is pretty darn small, but you can still see it when the smokin’ hot Victoria’s Secret model hits the runway!
Kate Moss
Despite her notoriously troubled past, Kate Moss has been a mainstay in the fashion world since the early 1990s, and she, too, sports a couple of tattoos. 
On the outside of her right wrist, Kate Moss has a small anchor tattoo inked in black, and she also has two birds inked on her lower back, in a similar (but much smaller) design to Harry Styles’ swallow tattoos on his chest. Kate’s back tattoo was inked by artist Lucian Freud, who apparently used to do all the tattoos for his sailors buddies when he was in the Navy. That’s a one-of-a-kind tattoo!
Heidi Klum
You all know about Heidi Klum’s infamous “Seal” arm tattoo, the one that’s quickly doing a disappearing act. 
Back in 2008, when Heidi and Seal were celebrating their 4th wedding anniversary and seemed inseparable, the supermodel had a prominent tattoo of her hubby’s name inked in a highly visible spot on her forearm. In the years since, Heidi has added four small stars to the tattoo to represent her four children, Helene, Henry, Johan and Lou. Sadly, Heidi and Seal called it quits in 2012, and the 40-year-old is in the process of having the tattoo removed.
Jourdan Dunn
Twenty-three-year-old British fashion model Jourdan Dunn has her fair share of ink, including her son Riley’s name on her hand and a large tattoo on the upper part of her back that is identical to Rihanna’s tattoo of the Egyptian goddess Isis. 
Oddly enough, Miss Dunn is the face of Rihanna’s River Island clothing line. Both of Jourdan’s tattoos are pretty prominent and are easily spotted when she struts her stuff on the runway, but if Victoria’s Secret, Burberry, Calvin Klein, Yves Saint Laurent, Tommy Hilfiger, Topshop, Gap and Saks Fifth Avenue don’t mind, neither do we!
Erin Wasson
It’s one thing to see a model with a few tattoos here and there, but model Erin Wasson has more than 20 tattoos…and counting. “I believe in ornamentation of the body…I believe if you feel it, you should just do it,” she says. “I’m into symbolism; all of my tattoos are very much based on symbolism. 
And they’re all very sneaky.” Well, there’s certainly nothing sneaky about the location of Erin Wasson’s many, many tattoos, but we have to admit, they do all seem to have some kind of hidden meaning. And who said models were transparent??
