A 105-year-old great-great-grandma from Brazil has added to her collection of tattoos in her bid for the world record for the oldest woman to get inked.

Epifania Maria de Jesus Mendes – affectionately known as ‘Vovo Pifa’ (‘Granny Pifa’) and who lives in Sobradinho, in Brazil’s Federal District – turned 105 on 7th April.

To celebrate the milestone, she got a golden key inked on her arm, along with the phrase ‘So o amor constroi’ (‘Only love builds’), two days later.

And she is now seeking another belated birthday present – to get her name in the Guinness World Records for the oldest woman to get a tattoo.

With her latest inking, Granny Pifa now boasts four tats, which include a hummingbird drinking nectar on one thigh and a red rose on the other.

The first tattoo she got was of a floral arrangement. The second was the hummingbird, in 2015, and the third was the rose, when she was 101.

All four designs were inked by her trusted tattooist, Flavio Araujo. And Granny Pifa says she has no plans to stop.

Granny Pifa was born in Correntina, in the state of Bahia, in north-eastern Brazil, in 1917. She went on to have an astonishing 18 children.

Adding up her kids, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren and her great-great-grandchildren, she boasts a family of over 100 people.

Her grandson, a musician named Engels, accompanied her for her latest tat. He said: “The tattoo idea first came on her 90th birthday.

“I thought it was a joke, but she took it seriously. Not only did she get that one, but she got others at the age of 98 and 101.”

Engels, who is from the south-eastern Brazilian state of Espirito Santo, said the family tried to talk her out of getting more tattoos, but to no avail.

He recalled: “Because of her health, we tried to convince her, but it was impossible. She swore at me and said she had 18 children and it wouldn’t be a problem.”

It is not clear if the family has already got in touch with Guinness.