Vanessa Hudgens reveals reason behind new butterfly tattoo

Vanessa Hudgens reveals reason behind new butterfly tattoo

Vanessa Hudgens reveals reason behind new butterfly tattoo. Vanessa Hudgens, who stars in the box office hit “Beastly,” has revealed the personal reason behind her first tattoo. During an appearance last week on “Late Show with David Letterman” in New York City to promote the film, the former “High School Musical” star said she feels like a “bada**” for going under the needle. “It was very last minute, but I’ve actually wanted it for years,” she said. “It’s my very first tattoo. I kind of feel like a bada** now.” The 22-year-old actress said she headed to a tattoo parlor in New York last month and left with a large butterfly inked on the back of her neck. Hudgens told the late night host the butterfly comes from a story her mother told her. “A butterfly landed on my mom’s stomach a week before I was born and that’s how I got my name, because Vanessa means butterfly – it’s a Latin derivative.” The 2008 Teen Choice Awards-winner went on to say she dated, “the smallest and skinniest kid in sixth grade” and eventually moved on to guys like Zac Efron. But the actress revealed that Effron, whom she dated for years before ending their much-publicized romance in 2010, may have been too “vain” for her. “I like the dorks,” she explained. “I know some guys that are more vain than girls, especially in this business. It’s annoying.”