I'm A Celebrity: All of Shona McGarty's tattoos, piercings and the special meanings behind them
Shona has a big tattoo hidden on her torsoI’m A Celebrity star Shona McGarty is a massive fan of body art and viewers are likely to catch a glimpse of most of her tattoos and piercings while she is in the jungle.
The actress, who is best known for playing Whitney Dean in EastEnders, has so far been covered up, but that is likely to change when the sun comes out – and when she needs a waterfall shower.
Fans might have already spotted a couple of Shona’s tattoos and are already wondering what they are of and what they mean. We’ve done some digging, so here’s what we found out!
I’m A Celebrity’s Shona McGarty: Her tattoos and piercings
Before heading into the jungle, Shona talked through some of her tattoos and piercings in a special video. The clip was filmed for I’m A Celebrity’s visually impaired fans and sees Shona describing what she looks like.
In the clip, Shona says: “I have lots of different piercings. I have a nose piercing, cartilage piercings on my ears and I have two piercings on my earlobes.”
Shona goes on to specify that she has a helix piercing, which is through the outer cartilage at the top of her ear. She also says she has an inner conch piercing, which is in the cartilage closes to her earhole.
She continues: “I have tattoos on my fingers and a little music note on my wrist.”
The tattoos on Shona’s fingers are of delicate little leaves on stems. The music note symbolises her love for music. As well as acting, Shona is a singer. Earlier this year, she released her first single titled Unapologetically Me.
Fans may have already clocked the larger tattoo Shona has on her forearm, too. This is in dedication to her beloved younger sister, Camilla. The etching is of a heart with a waveform trace coming from it. This then leads to the word ‘Sisters’.
Shona McGarty’s hidden tattoo
In 2013, Shona had a very special tattoo inked on to the side of her torso. It is of a feather and has the words “watch as my dreams come true” underneath it.
At the time, Shona told fans on Twitter – now known as X: “My tattoo… ‘Watch as my dreams come true’ is relevant because I know my granny was so proud of me. She will watch my dreams come true…xx.”
Shona usually covers up the tattoo in tribute to her grandmother but, depending on what swimwear she wears, I’m A Celebrity viewers might catch a glimpse of it in the camp’s waterfall shower.
But this isn’t her only nod to her granny. Shona is also wearing her engagement ring, which is flower shaped with a ruby in the middle.
She says in her I’m A Celebrity audio description video: “The jewellery I wear very occasionally is my Granny’s engagement ring. I wear it on every job and every occasion. I never take it off, even for a shower.”
Eyes peeled from now on, everyone!
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