2000

Events

January

• Lesley Hovvells died from a fatal heart attack caused by multiple infected piercings.

April

• Shane Munce set the Guinness World Record for The Longest Suspension from the Least Amount of Hooks.

June

• The Church of Body Modification is founded in Pheonix, Arizona.

August

• Scottish surgeon Robert Smith applies for permission to perform a voluntary amputation on a patient diagnosed with Apotemnophilia.

October

1: The Customized Body was published.

November

• 11th:BMEshop launched by Ryan and Corrie Worden.
• 15th:IAM.BMEZINE was added to the BME community.

December

19th: The Cell was released on DVD.

Unknown Dates

• Brent Moffatt started body piercing.
• IWasCured, a suspension group, was founded
• Ascension, a suspension group, was founded by Steve Truitt.
• Chris Pontius joined "the Jackass crew"
• Lukas Zpira organized the event, ART-KOR.OO
• Prick magazine was founded.