Real-life ‘vampire’ with 50 physique modifications desires extra – however has a warning for others
Maria José Cristerna Méndez, dubbed the ‘Vampire Woman’, got her first tattoo when she was just 14 and now has a total of 50 body modifications, but has a warning for people who want to do the same
Maria José Cristerna is covered in tattoos
She is the real life vampire who once held the world record for having the most body modifications. But Mexican tattoo lover Maria José Cristerna has urged young people to think carefully before getting “irreversible” modifications.
Maria – who has covered 99% of her body with ink – has a total of 50 body modifications, including implants in her forehead and arms, as well as piercings and a split tongue. She lost her Guinness World Record to Esperance Fuerzina in 2024.
But while she loves her tatts, she warned youngsters: “The advice I would give is that you have to think about it a lot as it is irreversible.”
Speaking on the Guinness World Records YouTube channel, she added: “I love the way I look, but you have to understand that there are young people who are very open to tattoos and piercings and everything.
“It’s become fashionable, so we might get to a point where it’s not what we want anymore, and we might not like it anymore. So you have to think about it very hard in order to love it and be able to defend it your whole life.”
She regularly posts updates to her 55,000 followers on Instagram, who love her look, and recently shared a video of her on the other side of the tattoo gun inking someone up, with the caption: “Appointments available.”
And she looked loved up in recent snaps posted during a break with her boyfriend on the Mexican coastal resort of Maruata wearing a tiny bikini.
Maria, first got a tattoo at the age of 14, said the most painful update was having implants in her arms and tattoos on her eyeballs. But she insisted: “If I feel well and my health allows it, I’ll carry on doing it.”
Maria, who comes from a very religious family, then went on to get her first implant body modification at 30 when she had an implant put in her forehead as a statement of “liberation”.
She told Guinness World Records her modifications act as a sign of courage, strength, and freedom after surviving domestic abuse, adding: “The only way to escape from violence and abuse is by loving yourself. We came to this world to be happy.”
She lost her crown as the world’s most tattooed woman in 2024 to army veteran Esperance Fuerzina, who has covered 99.98% of her body in ink after spending the past decade going to extremes.
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