We all have awkward teenage photos or yearbook pictures which we hid away from the world. But to think Natalie Portman or Angelina Jolie has them too is a stretch. But so is the case. Hollywood stars are just like us when it comes to painfully awkward teenage phases. Without designer ensembles, blowouts and style squads, these female stars looked pretty run of the mill.
Did you think Taylor Swift was always the leggy blonde with impeccable hair? You couldn't be more wrong. As a teenager, Taylor was not just a chubby kid with curly hair but braces too. Her Bad Blood avatar may be uber glam and she might have the best legs in showbiz, but Taylor too has had her share of bad photos.
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Natalie Portman is iconic in Hollywood but as a kid, Natalie was just a skinny teenager with dark hair. She was not a fan of makeup unlike other teens and she looked like any and every girl next door. But she obviously grew into her style of understated chic in her later years. Better late than never.
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Lady Gaga might be all about the drama now, but there was a time when she was just a girl named Stephanie and looked pretty average. In fact, she wasn't into outrageous clothes and makeup as a teen. She looked like a normal American girl with dark hair and not at all the Fame Monster which she calls herself now.
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It's hard to imagine Angelina Jolie as a regular teenager considering her bombshell status in Hollywood. But as a kid Angelina was just the girl next door. In her old pictures, Angelina has been seen wearing regular teen clothes and did not have any makeup on. In fact, if we didn't know better we couldn't even have recognized her.
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The biggest surprise in this category would be future Royal Meghan Markle. Meghan has had quite a glow-up as she grew up and is now a total diva on her own rights. As a kid Meghan had unfortunate teeth and looked how any of us would look with crooked teeth, unruly hair and an even worse wardrobe. Meghan's yearbook photo too is very surprising.
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It’s no secret that Dakota Johnson was no looker as a teenager and it must have been doubly hard as she is the daughter of the most famous superstar Melanie Griffith. Dakota had a huge forehead which she still does by the way. Which is why she almost always has to cover it up with bangs. Her sense of style as a teen was also questionable. Plus she was a blonde which was not a good look for her complexion.
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Amanda Bynes is possibly the only one who took a turn for the worse as she grew up. Amanda used to be a cute, skinny teenager who was in fact very popular in Hollywood in her late teens. But as she grew up and got deep into the web of addiction she lost not just her looks but also her career, her wealth and of course her reputation.
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Kylie has had the most intense transformation in showbiz and she's just 20. Kylie admitted to using lip fillers as she felt insecure about her looks. That, of course, led to several other, of course, enhancements and now, nobody can practically recognize her. She also proves that not every change is good.
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Blake might be the hottest blonde in the showbiz circuit but even the Gossip Girl has had a serious makeover. As a teenager, Blake looked like a pretty basic blonde with somewhat crooked teeth. But post-Gossip Girl Blake underwent a terrific transformation to play the iconic Serena Van der Woodsen.
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You probably remember Mila's annoying voice and bad hair from The 70's show. Mila found fame pretty early but did not find a style squad back then. Mila's beauty transformation happened quite a few years later when she was well into her teens.
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Miley had seriously messed up teeth and took her time to get over the Hannah Montana image. But once she went past the bling and the bedazzlement and fixed her teeth Miley owned showbiz.
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It’s no surprise that Bella Hadid has had some work done on her face and had lost tons of weight. But the supermodel used to look very different just a few years back. Her nose was too long and her cheekbones were practically non-existent. But Bella, of course, had to have some serious work done to succeed at modeling.
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Though Bella's older sister Gigi never really underwent cosmetic transformations, she did have weight issues. Initially, she was considered too big for modeling. But Gigi made the most of her resources and is now one the A-lister models.
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Jennifer Aniston has some pictures which could seriously embarrass her. Not only did she have a weird nose but also a questionable sense of style. But of course Jennifer got her nose fixed. As for her style, Hollywood fixed that.
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Victoria's Secret supermodel Taylor Hill was unbelievably awkward in her teenage years. With braces, glasses and bad hair she was quite a chubby teenager. But one look at her now will probably tell you that what happened next is no Secret.