{"id":288052,"date":"2011-03-03T12:50:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/vanessa-hudgens-reveals-inspiration-behind-butterfly-tattoo\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T12:50:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T12:50:35","slug":"vanessa-hudgens-reveals-inspiration-behind-butterfly-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/vanessa-hudgens-reveals-inspiration-behind-butterfly-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Hudgens reveals inspiration behind butterfly tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"107.320612813\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Sarah+Bull\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sarah Bull<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 12:50 PM on 3rd March 2011<\/p>\n<p>She was the butter-wouldn&#8217;t-melt actress who won our hearts when she starred alongside Zac Efron in High School Musical.<\/p>\n<p>But now it seems Vanessa Hudgens is determined to leave her Disney past behind her, and reinvent herself as a &#8216;badass&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old actress started her reinvention with a butterfly tattoo on her neck, and last night revealed the inspiration behind the inking during an interview on the Late Show with David Letterman.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/08fd388439_468x3801.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"380\" alt=\"'Badass': Vanessa Hudgens has started reinventing herself with the addition of her first tattoo\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Badass&#8217;: Vanessa Hudgens has started reinventing herself with the addition of her first tattoo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She said: &#8216;It was very last minute, but I&#8217;ve actually wanted it for years. A butterfly landed on my mum&#8217;s stomach a week before I was born and that&#8217;s how I got my name, because Vanessa means butterfly &#8211; it&#8217;s a Latin derivative.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s my very first tattoo, and I kind of feel like a badass now!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>But Letterman wouldn&#8217;t let Vanessa forget her High School Musical days, showing her a spoof of the final installment in the franchise featuring Bruce Willis in the famous Wildcats costume.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/33dc5430929_468x357.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"357\" alt=\"'It's my first one!' Vanessa told David Letterman she had wanted to have the tattoo done for years\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s my first one!&#8217; Vanessa told David Letterman she had wanted to have the tattoo done for years<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7b5dbad2147_468x339.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"339\" alt=\"Inspiration: Vanessa revealed her name means 'butterfly' and that was why she chose the design\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inspiration: Vanessa revealed her name means &#8216;butterfly&#8217; and that was why she chose the design<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, Vanessa wasn&#8217;t impressed by the video, telling Letterman: &#8216;That could give you nightmares!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if she had a good time shooting the films with now ex-boyfriend Efron, Vanessa replied: &#8216;It was so much fun. It&#8217;s kind of a thing of the past now though.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The actress appeared on the show to promote her new movie Beastly, in which she stars with British actor Alex Pettyfer and Mary-Kate Olson in the revised Beauty and the Beast story set in a New York high school.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p>Pretty in pink: Vanessa teamed her pink dress with black fishnet tights and heels as she arrived for the interview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Talking about the film recently, Vanessa said: &#8216;It&#8217;s really important to stand for what you believe in, and this message is definitely something that&#8217;s very strong and close to my heart. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I think the main thing always is to develop the character, develop a real person with depth and emotions, and to have it come from a personal place.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Arriving for her Letterman interview yesterday, Vanessa looked stunning in a tight pink dress, fishnet tights and beige heels.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/1af2b6fc668_468x392.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"392\" alt=\"What are you doing here? Letterman showed Vanessa a spoof of High School Musical 3 featuring Bruce Willis\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What are you doing here? Letterman showed Vanessa a spoof of High School Musical 3 featuring Bruce Willis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/08fd388439_468x3801-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1362545\/Vanessa-Hudgens-reveals-inspiration-butterfly-tattoo.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Vanessa Hudgens reveals inspiration behind butterfly tattoo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vanessa Hudgens reveals inspiration behind butterfly tattoo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Sarah Bull Last updated at 12:50 PM on 3rd March 2011 She was the butter-wouldn&#8217;t-melt actress who won our hearts when she starred alongside Zac Efron in High School Musical. 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