Frenchman Sylvain Helaine is a 35-year-old teacher, artist, comic and worldwide mannequin.
What makes him exceptional is that his physique is 100% coated in tattoos and he’s thought of to be essentially the most tattooed man in France.
His physique, face and tongue are coated in tattoos: even the whites of his eyes have surgically been turned black.
He’s maybe higher often called ‘Freakyhoody’ throughout his varied social media platforms, the place he showcases his artwork – which incorporates semi-naked footage of him and his tattoos.
Of added curiosity although, is that Helaine can also be a kindergarten instructor, however has not too long ago misplaced his job, after being stopped from educating children aged two to 5.
He has been a instructor for 12 years, however mother and father at his college in Palaiseau, a suburb of Paris, complained that he was scaring the youngsters, claiming they’d nightmares.
Trainer by day…
In an interview with Parent24, Sylvain admits that his identification as an artist and a instructor must be stored aside. “And it’s,” he provides, “instructor by day, and comic, mannequin, performer some other day!”
Though he can now not educate kids below the age of 5, he says he’s nonetheless allowed to show kids aged six to eleven.
Sylvain, who’s single and has no kids, shared that he began getting tattooed about eight years in the past, whereas residing in London.
When requested what he has discovered from shedding his job over the tattoos, he tells us that one ought to stay life to the fullest, “however attempt to speak to the particular person earlier than judging them.”
He says that his values embrace tolerance, respect and being open minded, and he urges individuals to “by no means choose a e book by its cowl.”
A egocentric choice
He has beforehand admitted that his choice to go for full cowl was ‘egocentric’, however he’s sticking to his profession alternative.
“I am a main college instructor… I like my job,” he instructed CNN, including that he hoped to indicate his pupils that they need to settle for people who find themselves totally different from the norm.
He defined that “Possibly when they’re adults they are going to be much less racist and fewer homophobic and extra open-minded.”
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Compiled for Parent24 by Athenkosi Mndende
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