About Jessica Wilde
Tattoo artist Jessica Wilde was born in Kelowna, British Columbia CA on 2nd of September 1988. Jessica is also a tattoo model, who also has her own YouTube channel. After landing on the cover of INKED magazine in 2015 Jessica’s career continued to grow every day, with each business idea she takes. She is also the hostess of the ‘Cover girl competition’ that was started by INKED magazine, and writes a column for the same magazine, called ‘Wilde About Sex’.
Although she was growing up in a small town, Jessica chased her dreams from an early age. When she was only 13, Jessica decided to tattoo a butterfly tramp stamp. She was bullied as a child, due to her weight problems, which made her feel insecure, but at the age of 19, Jessica married and had a baby. She divorced two years later, and at that time decided to lose weight and hire a personal trainer. Eating healthily, going to the gym and lifting weights produced its results, and Jessica is now healthier than ever.
Jessica was discovered by INKED magazine mainly through Instagram and her YouTube channels. She was posting comedic and lifestyle videos in which she could express her funny personality, and drawn by her unique spirit and good looks, Jessica landed her first cover in 2015, and since then, has been a part of every major tattoo-related publication Inked Mag, Tattoo Life, Tattoo Energy and Tattoo Society. Her column, ‘Wilde About Sex’ is one of the most popular columns of INKED magazine, in which Jessica gives her opinions, and advises about sex. As the face and hostess of the ‘Cover girl competition’ Jessica travels across the UK and US attending tattoo conventions and other significant events in the tattoo industry.
Her Instagram channel now has over 850,000 followers, whilst her YouTube channel has approximately 65,000 subscribers. On YouTube Jessica shares videos of her tattooing her own face, which is her most viewed video, but also videos about fitness and nutrition, makeup and beauty, cooking and Q&A section.
Jessica does not try to hide her personal life from her fans, and is very open when it comes to her weight problems, divorce and her daughter Izzy. After her divorce, Jessica decided to make a change with her life, and start a career. She is active on social media, – on Facebook she has over 80,000 likes, and even though she mainly posts her modeling pictures on Instagram, Jessica shares moments from her private life too, such as going on a trip to Italy, pictures of Izzy and herself. She has a dog named Sophie. Her YouTube channel called ‘Real talk with Jess’ is a compilation of videos in which she shares her personal life stories, such as her search for her biological father, becoming homeless at the age of 16, how does she feel now that she is 30 years old, and many more.
Jessica has even shared a video of her overcoming her fear of height, and the stress and anxiety caused by the social media. Jessica also shared videos explaining why she underwent breast reduction surgery, and having Botox in her neck.
Because of her sincerity and her approach to tattooing, Jessica has been praised as a positive and new current in tattoo world. Her goal is to make tattoos more accepted, and is working on breaking the stigma many people have about them.
This popular tattoo artist has managed to overcome her insecurities and bring her physical look to perfection. At the age of 21, being only 5ft 4ins (162cm) Jessica was overweight at 180lbs (81kgs). Today Jessica is a healthy and fit, and she weighs 120 lb. (56 kg). When she was commenting on her weight loss, Jessica said it was not an easy journey, but that she was tired of feeling trapped in her own body. Loss of weight was followed by the loss of friends, however, Jessica has no remorse, and encourages people to be kind to themselves and to leave the mindset of ‘I will be happy when’ as this was keeping her trapped in her life. She has also stated on numerous occasions that she feels more beautiful with tattoos, and that they represent a form of expressing herself. Jessica has blue eyes and dark brown hair. Her ethnicity is white Canadian.
