Standing out amongst the talent featured in two of TLC’s reality shows, America’s Worst Tattoos and NY Ink is Megan Massacre: tattoo artist, model, fashion contributor, and TV personality. Her artistic savvy, engaging personality, and stunning good looks illuminate her multi-faceted, cross platform appeal. Megan most recently made guest starring TV appearances on E!’s Secret Societies of Hollywood and MTV’s Girl Code during its third season.

Megan’s first thoughts of becoming a tattoo artist began when she was fourteen years old. However, after visiting a local tattoo studio inquiring about a tattoo apprenticeship, she was turned down for being both considered too young and not having enough money to pay for it. At the time, she thought her dreams were crushed.

Fast-forward a few short years, and Megan had a brush with fate. The recent high school graduate was attending community college and paying for it by working an unfulfilling job at a failing furniture store. One of her co-workers had applied for a job as a body piercer at a local tattoo studio and asked Megan for a lift to the interview. While there, her friend told the shop owner how well Megan could draw, and he asked her to draw a few tattoo-related designs. “They loved what I drew and asked if I had ever done a tattoo before,” she recalls. “Of course I said no, but they then asked if I would like to do one right then and there.” Both excited and a little scared, Megan blurted out, “Yes!” and with that, the shop owner walked her through her very first tattoo. Pleased with how she did, he offered her an apprenticeship that day, and thus began her career.