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When we look at famous people, we sometimes forget that they aren't superhumans and that they actually stumbled through the awkwardness of childhood just like us at one point. Photos of our youth tell vivid stories of where we came from and provided a window into the styles and customs of a bygone era. Through these glimpses of young celebrities, we get an impression of how they lived and grew up before reaching the red carpet.

Funnily enough, they too did participate in awkward family photos and had the ugly duckling yearbook images taken at the gawky stages of puberty. Some of these now popular celebrities seem to have found the anti-aging elixir, while others changed almost beyond recognition. And we've gathered more than a hundred of these before and after celebrity photos, so proofs are aplenty.

Youth comes with its own unique beauty often depicted in awkward photos, but it's impossible to deny that just like a bottle of wine, some things (and people) genuinely do get better with age.

Try to spot your favorite famous celebrities, before they were famous below.

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    James Floyd
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can tell the ones who were child actors (Gosling, DiCaprio, etc) cause their kid photos are headshots.

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    Marilyn Monroe

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    Anna Wolf
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest I don't this grown-up photo of her, you can see the sadness in her eyes

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    Jennifer Aniston

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    Elijah Wood

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    Keira Knightley

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    Hugh Grant

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    Fatemeh
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Recognizable as hell! :D he has always been so...hugh grant!

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    David Bowie

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    Elizabeth Taylor

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    Aunt Messy
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm assuming the early photo was from National Velvet. She didn't change a lot. Put makeup on her as a child, and they're virtually the same.

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    Bjork

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    Edyta Złotucha
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love the fact that she always had that creepy-cute look, even as a child

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    Whoopi Goldberg

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    Robyn Denton
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow! The little girl who played Delores as a child in Sister Act, REALLY resembled Whoopi as a child!

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    Blake Lively

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    Elvis Presley

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    Robbie Williams

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    Lady Gaga

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    Sandra Bullock

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    Justin Timberlake

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    Zooey Deschanel

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    Amanda Seyfried

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    Eminem

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    jbingham
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like that kid in school that would eat bugs on a dare... and probably just for fun.

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    Jimmy Fallon

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    jbingham
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And he hasn't aged (mentally) a single year between those pictures. <3 Jimmy

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    Lily Collins

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    Jim Carrey

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    Selena Gomez

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    Rafael Tiba
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    no matter how hard they try to portray her as a grown-up woman, she'll always have that 12-years-old face

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    Kristen Stewart

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    jbingham
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little lighter hair and she could be a lookalike for one of the brothers in Hanson.

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    Sarah Jessica Parker

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    Sam Smith

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    Daria B
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left: He looks like he just farted; Right: He looks like YOU just farted.

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    Britney Spears

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    Chaimae Mesbahi
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Big difference between her child smile and her smile now ...now she just seems fake

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