SI Photoshops Danica Patrick’s Tramp Stamp
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Sports Illustrated apparently had Danica Patrick’s tramp stamp photoshopped out of her recent photo spread in the Swimsuit issue. While you may debate whether her ink should be considered a “tramp stamp”, since the tattoo is a relatively classy depiction of an American Flag being morphed into a checkered flag, the fact still remains that it is missing from the photos posted online. I first noticed this while viewing the photo shoot video. Compare the two images below (left from Photo, right from Video)
Here are some additional photos of Danica, with and without the Tattoo.
In “researching” for this article, I came across this gem on Wikipedia. Yah learn something every day.
In the United States, they have been pejoratively referred to as “tramp stamps” or “California license plates” in Australia, the Netherlands and Germany as “arse antlers” and in the UK as “slag tags”.
Beyond Danica’s “Arse Antlers”, I can’t help but notice that she looks way hotter in this series of photos than I have ever seen her look before. Looks like there may be some additional photoshop manipulation going on, the type that is way cheaper then surgery. A little air brush here and there, and Danica certainly looks more like a model than a race car driver. Our friends over at Busted Coverage recently noted that something similar happened with Brooklyn Decker’s Calendar. It is interesting that while Sports Illustrated was preparing for the Swimsuit Issue release, they were breaking the story on Alex Rodriguez and steroids. Seems like Rodriguez isn’t the only thing that isn’t 100% real, eh SI?
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um, who cares ?
Danica Patrick has beautiful legs.
I wonder if her skin is really that perfect?
thanks from tony
everyone gets photoshopped, some better than others.
If you were wearing a swimsuit and going into the SI issue … you too would want to be ’shopped…
….oh snap.
I don’t think the issue is ‘classyness’ here… The tattoo in question is just really ugly. It’s just a dark square block on these pictures. A real tramp stamp would have stayed i think.
My friends and i in Australia also call them “Cum Catchers”
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As far as I’m concerned, those tattoos are called “The ink above the stink.”
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It’s a little de classe to have them that big, but I’ve seen definitely worse “tramp stamps”
maybe its not really her. i’m suprised she didn’t get a godaddy tattoo
That’s like slapping God in the face.
she definately does look better without the tattoo
Just always kinda got turned off by tats on woman. Looks better without it. She’s definately hot either way.
Who cares about the tatoo… But yes, she does look much hotter than usual, I mean she’s a babe but they must really done quite the photoshop work to make her look as hot as she does…
I don’t understand why any woman would want a tattoo. They look nasty and I think ” TRAMP STAMP ” is the right phrase – where ever it is . Why shave your legs , pluck your eye brows , freak out over a pimple then put an ugly mark on your body. Most women would kill to look like her and she ruined it.
TATTOO’S ARE A PERSONAL TRADEMARK & OR IDENITY MARK MADE BY THE PERSON THEMSELF. NO TWO TATTOO’S ARE IDENTICAL. I MYSELF AT THE AGE OF 48 YEARS YOUNG HAVE 24 AT LAST COUNT. I HAVE NO REGRETS & PLAN TO CONTINUE. AS FOR S.I. SHAME ON THEM FOR AIRBRUSHING OUT A VERY PERSONAL & BEAUTIFUL CHOICE (AMERICAN/CHECKERED FLAG ) ON A VERY,VERY PROUD ,TALENTED & BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN . ROCK ON DANICA. HOPE TO SEE YOU IN NASCAR SOON. lockdoc1960
Leave the tat and lose the suit!
This dosnt really look like a tramp stamp-arnt they right above the crack? not really sure you could see it in low pants if here shirt covered it-thats the idea isnt it?
opinions are like a**holes… everyone’s got one. I think her tat looks just fine.
I would call it a “Dent on a Ferrari” SI just fixed it that’s all!
Damn SI… we know she has it… to shop it out is just wrong. So what was behind your altering the picture? You got something againts tattoos? Or is it that you have something against the checkered flag? No? Well, then it must be that you are un-American. Get your heads out of your collective fourth point of contact and start being proud of being American… Danica is.
it’s funny, i got my first lower back tattoo in 1986, and a second one just above it in 1992. back then, though, they were just called “tattoos”
xoxo
The mark of the whore has been photo shoped.
Personally…….I donot like tattoos and on a woman……no way!! They look dirty and do absolutely nothing on Danica. I would look better on Danica that a freakin’ tattoo!! Sorry, I couldn’t resist……
Anybody who gets a tattoo is a fuckin idiot or mentally ill or both
what difference does it make if she has a tattoo or not…she is still pretty…i have tattoo’s why some people say they r ugly on women…no there not…tattoo’s can make u or break you..get over the fact women gets them….as far as beening called a trampstamp i have one…and trust me i’m no tramp…
I agree with Lgee, who cares!!!
Tattoos suck but then again so do the women that get them. Ba hahahah
i think girls that get tats are hawt and love to be a little nuaghty’r then the rest of them… thats my style. But hers is not that hawt looking… BUT its still un ethical to erase a personal mark. I mean, its apart of YOU. your PERSONALITY. to have no tat in pic is to have… no soul. and well, souless hawt broads… bless thier souless whore holes…
Don`t let these people scare you i think it is very becoming. can`t wait to see you in nascar. You are the pretties thing to come to racing keep it up..
Danica is such a beautiful young woman, she doesn’t really need retouching, evidently someone in editorial at SI decided a tattoo was low class and ordered it out. This kind of thing has been going on in photography and publishing long before there were computers.
With her driving in the IRL she should had got one that read “Born In The USA”.
Forget the TAT- she needs a RACK ……..why waste a good load on something so FLAT?
I`m a great fan would like signed photo if i could .
thank you
Really this whole tramp stamp business is ridiculous. a lot of tattoo’s are personal, and that’s why people get them. I have one on my lower back and I’m not a tramp, an idiot, or mentally ill. I am married, have my masters degree is PR though. I think that Danica is a beautiful girl, and it’s her decision if she wants them in the photo’s or not. The report on here says that she is happy with all of the photo’s and the editing work done on them. She looked prettier before they photoshoped the pictures, because it’s the real her, and not something fake.
um…dose that tattoo have something special to flipout about??
watch what you are saying, and who you are calling idiots. I have 4, and they represent something you love, or something you care about.
She definitely looks better without the tat. Much classier, too.
Half of you people are just being haters. It’s 2009 people. Everyone and their mom has a tattoo. Quit your bitchin and go back to church and continue thinking you’re fuckin better than everyone else. I mean damn, i went to catholic school for like 10+ years and i don’t have a tattoo (yet), and i am way more open minded. It seems that to you people, i could have worked my ass off going to school and becoming something great, but if i have a tattoo or a piercing or anything of the sort, i am automatically just an atrocity, a sinner, a deformed creature that should not exist and will rot in hell. Pssshhh please, lets see who will go to “hell”.
This is “Sports Illustrated” keyword being “sports” RIGHT and she does drive indy cars RIGHT and last but not least racing is a sport RIGHT? So what is wrong with a tat with an american flag AND a checkered flag? She’s american and proud of what she does!!!!!!Shouldn’t have been touched.Danica…..get MORE tasteful tats the racin’ world still loves you!!!!Jay Gilchrist- Auburn,Maine
Maybe this is the beginning of a trend — a trend to NOT have tattoos anymore. Too bad, getting rid of them in real life with laser treatments or surgery isn’t quite as easy as airbrushing or digitally retouching them away. The men and women who’ve had tattoos applied in the last 10 to 20 years may live to become very unfashionable.
Spoken like a true pussy afraid of some pain. I also had a lower back tattoo before there was any so called “tramp stamps”. I think it is very ignorant to assume that a woman is a whore due to placement of ink. Tattoos on women can be very feminine and beautiful, while I will admit that a lot of women come away from the experience looking trashy, I have to say a lot also come away from being inked with beautiful art that inhances thier bodies.
Cuz I’m sure they’re getting tattoos to be fashionable. Yea, that’s what its all about. O_o That’s why I’m getting one, to be up with fashion. Hahahaha. No.
When I was growing up a “Tramp Stamp” was a hickie, you know a “Love Bite”.
Yea, cuz that’s why people get tattoos, to be up with fashion. That’s why I’m getting one! Hahaha. No.
I don’t like tats either but it does not make the girl a whore. Shame on you.
honestly – why would she want to sell out like that ! If you were proud enough to get the tat you should be proud enough to show it ! ! !
Wow… I find it interesting that the people who don’t care about or that like tattoos are civil and polite and those opposed are almost all judgmental, rude, name callers. Hmm, which group would you want to hangout with? Think I will be sticking with the non-judgmental and polite folks that accept people as they are ;)
As for SI PSing the tat, she didn’t care… so, what’s the big deal?!
That FHM photo is still the hottest!
you are all stupid i think a chick with a tat is extremely sexy and danica rocks it well. You can all hate but your dumb as shit because none of you will ever get someone as hot as her so stop running your mouths like your something. You little dorks just cant get any good lookin girls so stop hating on an absolutely sexy girl. Anyways you just sound fuckin gay acting like you all wouldn get with her and if you say you wouldn i will give you my address and ill kick your ass because if you would get with her your either 1 gay or 2 just sit on ur computer and beat off all day. basically your a bunch of tools so stop running your mouths like you wouldn jump at the chance to get her.
whatevs!
I don’t care one way or another !!!!I do know that she is hot and has a nice backside and thats why she is in SI
You all have the RIGHT to your opinions but I think if the young lady CHOOSES to express her opinion in this way, who the hell are we to dictate how she does it? Just because I don’t really like her choice in art work doesn’t mean she can’t display what she wants. My address is still USA. Sign me a veteran (female and bite me if you don’t like it)
who the hell really cares??
Them taking away her tatto takes away her individuality… if they wanna take pictures of her.. than take pictures… but as soon as they change it, to me it is not her it is not her natural beauty it is another airbrushed false image taking away what true beauty ..and then all these woman chase this image and try to be something that nobody is.. Then they put a false insecurity into woman that should not be there and who has to take the short end of the stick?? Us men…woman are beautiful and distinct creatures… i would say more beautiful without tattoos but whats the point of a tattoo other than self expression.. that is who she is love it or not…
EAT CUNT YEE HAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey dick, i think you are a fuckin idiot and mentally ill
Danica Patrick didn’t quite bare all in her most recent Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. While there was an abundance of skin on display, there was one thing that didn’t show up; a tattoo on the small of Danica Patrick’s back. The tattoo was of all things—an American flag.
THAN, THAN, THAN, THAN!!!!! “…cheaper THAN surgery”.
I got a tatoo on my fortieth birthday. It was not a rash decision and was considered for several years. My husband just about disowned me. My goodness is it really that big a deal? I don’t know if I would do it again if given the opportunity because of all the sterotyped attitude (even my husband of 25 years). However, I would not have it removed.
It is against the Bible to put a mark on your body. A tatoo is the mark of the Beast. Danica also disgraces veterans by putting an American flag on her skin. She also altered the American flag. That is just unpatriotic and unChristian.
hey, i would do her in a new york minute! remember, it,s not the tatto that you’re screwing!!!!
Unpatriotic and unchristian……The mark of the Beast is 3 numbers I’m sure you remember which ones…. and she is trying to be patriotic…she is American…Fool! They should have left the tat but if Danica is happy with it, and why shouldn’t she be, she looks wonderful, then who cares, it is her body and nobodies business but hers.
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I don’t care one way or another !!!!I do know that she is hot and has a nice backside and thats why she is in SI.
What’s all this hatin’ about tattoos? And what kind of uneducated, simple-minded fool wants to suggest that because a woman has a tattoo she is a whore or anything less than a normal, contributing member of society. I personally carry two college degrees, raise my two boys to be respectful, strong men, have lbeen with the same man for 12 years, and PROUDLY flaunt my tramp stamp of fire surrounded by my boys initials and top-of-the-foot lotus flower! Danica’s tat is a personal statement and I think the only thing wrong here is that she is “okay” with SI airbrushing it out. I would have told them to leave the tat or stick the pics up their arses!
It isn’t the tattoo that makes her a tramp, it’s the fact that she has to pose nearly nude for men in order to be taken seriously. She is a strong woman and a great role model for girls everywhere, why can’t she leave it at that and not objectify herself?
Who cares. Seriously. When a mediocre driver in a once-great but now dead sport get’s her tramp stamp removed, and THAT’S a big deal, you have to know that there is something seriously wrong with American open-wheel racing.
It’s a non-story, for a non-driver, in a non-series. Who cares. Everying about this “story” is a complete joke.
I wish they could earse Danica from all of Open-wheel racing.
the tattoo is not down low enuff to b a trampsatmp it has tobe above the butt not the middle of the back.
realtrampstams are hot
si should have left it
I have always known them as “Ass Maps” — for those who are directionally challenged and need a pointer to find ecstacy!
She dose a better job posing than DRIVING.
I see these people spew hateful and demeaning things about someone getting a tattoo or a piercing, calling them trash, whore, stupid, etc. Saying how it’s a sin, morally wrong, etc… Yet I’ll wager 98% of every one of those people has ear piercings. What’s the difference you ask? Ear piercing is just socially acceptable, whereas everything else isn’t. Last I checked, even that counted as mutilation in the bible, but see, that isn’t so convenient for all you bible thumpers out there is it? Stop being such a self centered hypocrite and actually go learn something instead of spewing unintelligent shit about that which you actually have no clue.
Read Leviticus 19:28. “You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh… nor print any marks upon you, I am the Lord”. Everything you do should be done for the glory of God. Tatoos art not for God’s glory but for that of the wearer, to draw attention – especially in the location that Danika has chosen to put one. If you weren’t born with it it doesn’t belong on your body. WWJD?
Seriously? A bible discussion? How about stop cramming your opinions that are based on a book that cannot be backed up down people’s throats? Enough problems in the world with people trying to force others to believe the way they do. A discussion of what makes a person a whore and the conclusion is an artistic expression, not actions? Seriously? This is simple, a business asked permission for an artistic compromise between adults to make the most profit for everyone involved. It was obviously a mutual decision. It is a business, just like church, making a profit for the people running it.
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She definitely looks better without the tat. Much classier, too..
She cheapens the sport of race car driving. This is why racing should be left to the guys and keep the women out. Women would be taken more seriously if they stayed out of the likes of SL, Playboy, etc. Her focus should be on her driving and maybe she’s start winning a few. Actually she helps cheapen the image of women and I for one would have thought a lot more of her had she turned them down for these photos. The name “Tramp Stamp” is certainly fitting in this case.
If it looks like a slut, talks like a slut, and walks like a slut, it’s probably a slut.
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I don’t care about the tattoo except it is offensive…you shouldn’t desecrate the American flag even if it’s a tribute…poor taste.
lets be honest, a tattoo in “that” place is for one thing only, for her boyfriend or whomever to look at when they are in a certain position. any women who thinks any man thinks about anything but that when he sees a tramp stamp is fooling herself. so if you want to do it, go ahead, but to me its a public proclamation of what a girl is thinking about, which is all good, but be honest about what it says. not what i would want my girlfriend walking around publicizing, but to each his own.
I have always known them as “Ass Maps” — for those who are directionally challenged and need a pointer to find ecstacy!.
There are lots of real men out here whose eyes didn’t make it to the tatoo before beginning to water. I would kill just to be in the same room with that lovely bare bottom!
face the facts its her body and her choice if she has a problem with what they did she will deal she is very beautiful either way i think someone needs to ask si why they did it before its blown out of portion
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That FHM photo is still the hottest!!
too risque? ha…. too tasteless, too ugly, too generic, too poorly chosen… any one of those is more likely
Until the 21st century, a tatoo was considered to be a symptom of sexual identity confusion by the psychiatric community. They were probably correct.
Who cares about the tattoo. People need to get over it. That girl is not only a real good race car driver but she is beautiful to boot. I mean right down to her feet. Oh my god, she has beautiful feet! Yeah!
Good job on SI’s part. We don’t need for slutification done to anything in this Nation anymore.
Tattoos have nothing to do with class or being a whore or being white trash!!! Tattoos are a personal choice and most are gotten for personal reasons! Just because a lady has a tattoo doesnt make her a whore or slut! If shes not already one a tattoos not gonna change that and if a man thinks she is because of a lower back tattoo well shame on his juvenille thinking !!!! Honestly id say more people have them not now days! I guess those of us who do have tattoos, doctors, lawyers, congressmen and congresswomen, are all white trash and whores. You rock Danica keep on doing what you do !!!
Wow, I am surprised at the number of ignorant bastards that have talked bad about tattoos, most of whom stated incorrect facts. The rest shared their assholes, better known as opinions, just to hear themselves complain. The fact of the matter is, her tattoo sucks and so does she. They should have photoshopped in the face of a girl that actually looks feminine. There are plenty of ladies in the sports world that deserve to be drooled over ahead of this media gimmick. She truly would be one of the leftover’s at the local dive bar around 2:30 am. Guess that explains the shitty tattoo. I’m sure I have just pissed off every hairy-palmed redneck this side of the Mississippi…but who cares. If you want an attractive “race-girl”, go see Ashley Force-Hood of the NHRA…she actually looks like a lady…not a pre-op tranny.
What the hell is the comment three above this one talking about? I think the username Huh? explains it all.
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