bellow photos of Celebrities When They Were Young
It is always nice to find a hidden stash of various old pictures from your childhood. Oftentimes though, with a couple of teeth missing, a pound or two of baby weight and a quirky hairdo, we can barely recognize ourselves in those vintage photos. Us being regular people, the old images sporting all the things listed above are no surprise, but if you’ve ever wondered whether the Hollywood stars were immune to looking silly in their childhood snaps, we had compiled a list of celebrities photos from when they were young to clear up the mystery.
We are so attached to particular images of some famous celebrities that seeing their childhood pictures leaves us surprised to find out they were once young, too. And though some of the famous people looked as pristine in their young days as they do now, the others were undoubtedly ugly ducklings and not the most popular kids in their high schools.
Scroll down to see our collection of young celebrities below.
1. Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber’s hair was just as fly as ever when he was in eighth grade in 2008. It’s incredible to think this heartthrob’s career hadn’t even fully launched a mere 11 years ago.
Source: Yearbook Library
2. KJ Apa
We’re used to seeing KJ Apa, who stars as Archie Andrews on Riverdale, as a redhead. But this school photo shows him with his natural brown hair, which might throw you for a loop.
3. Bruno Mars
The future “Just the Way You Are” and “24K Magic” singer may be pretty fly these days but back in high school, he was adorably goofy with a killer afro.
4. Nicki Minaj
It turns out that Nicki Minaj was cute even back in high school, as seen when she posed for this yearbook photo. She was rocking the 90s ultra-straight hair and big earrings look.
5. Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez has always been adorable, which you can clearly see in her yearbook photo. Those bangs are quite something, as is her stylish blouse-and-cardigan combo.
6. Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence might be a well-known celebrity now, having starred in The Hunger Games franchise as well as acclaimed movies like Silver Linings Playbook, Winter’s Bone, and X-Men, but back in 2005, she was a cute student with great taste in earrings.NEXT PAGE
7. Katy Perry
This photo is from the days before she sang “I Kissed a Girl.” At that time, she was known as Katy Hudson. Her bright eyes are still recognizable, even though she wears her hair differently these days.
8. Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus was pretty cute back in the day, with her big front teeth and a love of hair bows, apparently. What’s interesting is how she’s totally recognizable even years before she hit her break on Hannah Montana.
9. Taylor Lautner
Lautner eventually earned a reputation as a hunk after he found ample opportunities to take his shirt off in the Twilight Saga. But we’re sure he still had plenty of crushes back in the day. That hairstyle is best left in the past, though.PAGE
10. Barack Obama
The former president was rocking the classic big collar when he took this photo at Punahou School in Honolulu in 1979. Some styles don’t age quite as well!NEXT PAGE
11. Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez was all glamour in this 1987 photo from Preston High School in the Bronx. Already, she was set on becoming a star, inspired by Rita Moreno of West Side Story fame.
12. Tom Cruise
Cruise might have been looking dapper in this 1080 high school photo but it was only a year later that he was appearing on the big screen in Endless Love and Taps.
13. Beyoncé
Beyoncé was only a freshman at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston when this photo was taken in 1996. But she was already a part of Destiny’s Child, which would propel her to fame.
14. Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian looked pretty different with the cute bobbed hair she wore in 1995. In fact, she’s not really even recognizable as the long-haired model the world knows her as today.
15. Taylor Swift
This photo was taken just a couple of years before Swift made it big, but the superstar says she doesn’t miss high school. She finds life much happier now!
16. Madonna
Before she was the “It Girl” of the 1980s, Madonna was a cheerleader at high school in 1975. But she had already developed that heavily-lined eyeliner look that she later became known for.
17. Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio is proof that you can settle on a hairstyle at age 15 and never change it. He was already a child TV star at the time before hitting it big in the 90s with Titanic, Romeo + Juliet, and What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
18. Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey was the queen of big hair in this photo from 1987, but she wasn’t a fan of school. In fact, she missed so many classes that she earned the nickname “Mirage” — but still graduated.
19. Angelina Jolie
Jolie says she didn’t pay attention to her looks in high school, and as a result, didn’t know that she made other people nervous. The black combat boots and bat chains may have been a clue.
20. Johnny Depp
While this photo was taken in 1987, Depp says the memory of that time is a blur. “I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar.” Three years later he would star in Edward Scissorhands.NEXT PAGE
21. George Clooney
Clooney might have been voted The Sexiest Man Alive in 1997 and 2006, but his freshman year of high school in 1976 was rough. He had Bell’s Palsy, which paralyzed one side of his face for about nine months.
22. Dwayne Johnson
By the time he was 16, the Rock was 6 foot 4 inches tall and weighed 225. He also had an impressive growth of facial hair. All this led to a rumor that he was an undercover cop at his high school.
23. Ellen DeGeneres
DeGeneres shared this photo of herself at 15 in honor of her show being on the air for 15 years. She even reunited with her prom date while on the air and quipped, “We’ve both changed.”
24. Hillary Clinton
Back when she was Hillary Rodham, the former First Lady and presidential hopeful was known as a dedicated student and aspiring politician – before she even graduated from high school.
25. Chris Evans
Evans’ headshot from 1998 makes him giggle today, but it did the trick and landed him his first internship — even if that photo looks a little bit “early Captain America” if you know what we mean.
source: shareably