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By Michelle McGahan
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Vanna White is in her body modification era.
The Wheel of Fortune icon, 68, got her first piece of ink courtesy of daughter Gigi Santo Pietro, a tattoo artist, sharing the entire process via Instagram on Monday, March 10.
"I'm about to get my first tattoo," White excitedly told the camera in the Instagram Reel, posing alongside Gigi, 27. (The game show mainstay — who is also mom to son Nikko, 30 — shares both of her children with ex-husband George Santo Pietro.)
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While introducing her "beautiful daughter" on camera, White made sure to note that "she's not making me do this," adding that it was her own choice to get the ink. Gigi, however, couldn't resist a quip in response.
"I'm making her," she mouthed to the camera.
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White revealed that she wanted to get a pink heart on her wrist, which Gigi informed her was actually an "upside-down" tattoo since it would be facing her.
"What I want to get is a little heart right here," the ABC legend said, rubbing her inner wrist. "So I can look at it every day, because she did it."
Still, White revealed her nerves about the body modification.
"I'm shaking," she told Gigi.
As her daughter geared up to ink her wrist, White said, "I'm not sure I should watch. I don't think I can watch."
"I'd prefer if you didn't," Gigi joked.
"I might pass out," White quipped.
"I'm so excited! This is so fun," her daughter gushed right before she began the tattoo.
"Me too. I've been wanting to do this for a long time. I really have," White replied, looking at Gigi right in the eyes. "I'm so happy."
As for the actual tattoo process itself, White was shocked to discover she didn't feel anything.
"That's it?" she asked. When her daughter asked what she would "compare the pain to," White was blunt: "Nothing!"
After the ink was finished — a small heart outlined in pink — White couldn't stop admiring her new body art.
"It looks perfect," she gushed. "It's just what I wanted. It really is."
In the comments of the post, White's Wheel of Fortune costar — host Ryan Seacrest — revealed that her first-time body mod was making him want his own.
"Love it," Seacrest gushed. "Now this is making me want one..."
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