Originally from Tahiti, Audrey Josserand-Taerea has made the tattoos that dot her body shine. The 29-year-old young woman will represent France at the Tatoo model world competition in Miami in a year.
“I have always been passionate about tattoos. It's in my culture. All my family around me are tattooed…” With a smile, Audrey Josserand-Taerea quickly went back to the roots, on the other side of the world, in Tahiti where she grew up. Before crossing the planet to join the National Navy, then now the Ministry of Justice, for 18 months and his installation in Tarbes.
From her first tattoo, at the age of 16, Audrey dotted her body with designs once she reached the age of majority. “But as is the case in Tahiti, each of these tattoos, each pattern has a meaning, each one is unique, corresponds to something that I experienced,” explains the mother of two children, Teheiarii, 5 years old. , and Hiaani, 19 months. Polynesian and Marquesan tattoos but also realism with Zen, spiritual motifs “which bring me something and are close to my heart.” Also like the one drawn on his thigh, in homage to his missing brother. “It's also a sharing of culture. I give of my identity and I also receive. I also made sure that everything was connected so that it was aesthetically pretty and harmonious.” A long-term picture when it takes three days to perfect an arm, ten for a leg.
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And as she found it “beautiful to highlight this artistic research and to restore the image of tattooing, which is not reserved for prisoners”, Audrey registered for the Tatoo model France 2025 competition. Among a hundred candidates, the Tarbaise first validated her ticket among the 20 survivors of the preselection, qualified for the grand oral. “We were asked to tell our story, show off our tattoos, before parading in evening wear and swimsuits, then posing in front of a photographer.” At the end of which, Audrey, styled for the occasion by the Addict-Paris-coiffure salon, found herself tied for first, back to back with a candidate who was “my opposite. When I went there natural when she was made up, with long nails, dreads… Following the public votes and the jury's verdict, I was elected.”
Party all the way to Tahiti
A victory that quickly went around the world. “In Polynesia, as soon as they found out, they got excited,” Audrey smiles. “I wanted to thank them all, as well as the people of Tarbais who supported me and contributed to this victory. I am going to highlight these two territories on all the events, the conventions, the festivals, where I will be invited Even if my family and my loved ones were confident and proud, I did not realize until the big day. Since then, the phone has not stopped ringing. . In Tahiti, It’s a party!” With this success, the 29-year-old from Tarbaise will represent France at the Tatoo Model World competition in Miami in a year. On her way, she does not refrain from participating in other competitions and tries to find partners to accompany her and shine throughout the year…
