Cariboo beauty sets her sights on international magazine cover
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WILLIAMS LAKE — Kimberley Paige is the girl next door — with an edge.
She’s approachable, passionate, humble, and self-described as goofy. She’s a Cariboo girl through-and-through, with a heart for hiking, camping and exploring backcountry trails. And, she loves tattoos.
Kimberley Paige’s first tattoo, at 20, was a set of leopard spots on her shoulder. While admitting that particular tattoo is slightly cliché, she felt the leopard represented an animal that was fierce and powerful, yet gentle and beautiful at the same time. Having just removed herself from what she describes as one of the hardest times in her life, she felt those particular characteristics personified her transition into what she was becoming and what she wanted to be.
An extremely shy and quiet kid, Kimberley Paige used art as a creative outlet to express her feelings. “I found, as I became older, tattoos were just a way of showcasing that in a different type of outlet that I could take with me wherever I go,” she explains.
“It’s hard to say how many tattoos I have right now — they kind of all coincide with each other,” she responds. “I kind of just keep adding to that single one.” She chose to put a butterfly tattoo on her neck, such a focal point, because of a quote she heard that resonated with her: “Perhaps the butterfly is living proof that you can go through a great deal of darkness, and become something beautiful.” The butterfly reminds her of everything that she’s been through, and everything that she’s become because of the obstacles she has faced.
The 29-year-old mom of two doesn’t feel like she’s addicted to tattoos, per se, but she does plan on spending more time in the chair.
