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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Adele
Ryan Gosling
Barack Obama
Angelina Jolie
Leonardo DiCaprio
You can tell the ones who were child actors (Gosling, DiCaprio, etc) cause their kid photos are headshots.
Chloe Grace Moretz
Neil Patrick Harris
Benedict Cumberbatch
George Clooney
Freddie Mercury
Marilyn Monroe
Jennifer Aniston
At her child photo she looks like she's saying "Calm down, I got this!" :D
Jackie Chan
Elijah Wood
Brooke Shields
John Travolta
Keira Knightley
I sometimes have troubles trying to picture her in a 21st century setting.
Amy Winehouse
Russell Crowe
Anne Hathaway
Hugh Grant
David Bowie
James Dean
Julia Roberts
Elizabeth Taylor
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.
Meryl Streep
Bjork
I love the fact that she always had that creepy-cute look, even as a child
Whoopi Goldberg
Wow! The little girl who played Delores as a child in Sister Act, REALLY resembled Whoopi as a child!
Brad Pitt
Blake Lively
Harrison Ford
Orlando Bloom
Elvis Presley
Robbie Williams
Lady Gaga
If you look at her without makeup, she looks very similar to her child self.
Maisie Williams
Sandra Bullock
Richard Hammond
Justin Timberlake
Chris Pratt
Whoah!! Is it just the lighting or did his eyes change color?
Zooey Deschanel
Channing Tatum
Amanda Seyfried
Scarlett Johansson
Amy Schumer
Rihanna
Natalie Portman
Jeremy Clarkson
Jack Nicholson
Kate Winslet
Ashton Kutcher
Eminem
Ben Stiller
Lindsay Lohan
Gigi Hadid
Janis Joplin
Jimmy Fallon
Madonna
Katy Perry
Jessica Alba
Lily Collins
Demi Moore
Lucille Ball
Judy Garland
Mick Jagger
John Lennon
Jennifer Lopez
David Beckham
Jim Carrey
Taylor Swift
Selena Gomez
no matter how hard they try to portray her as a grown-up woman, she'll always have that 12-years-old face
David Schwimmer
Beyonce
Elton John
Gwyneth Paltrow
Avril Lavigne
Paris Hilton
Kristen Stewart
Enrique Iglesias
Billie Joe Armstrong
Tom Cruise
Celine Dion
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ellie Goulding
Katie Holmes
Sam Smith
Eva Mendes
Cameron Diaz
Alice Cooper
Miley Cyrus
James May
Chace Crawford
Catherine Deneuve
Emma Roberts
Russell Brand
Will.I.Am
Christina Aguilera
Cheryl Cole
Kate Hudson
Victoria Beckham
Ariana Grande
Miranda Kerr
Lea Michele
Britney Spears
Big difference between her child smile and her smile now ...now she just seems fake
Emily Ratajkowski
Rachel Bilson
Harry Styles
John Wayne
Nicole Richie
Nick Jonas
Heather Morris
Lena Dunham
Alexa Chung
Justin Bieber
Barely recognizable? In most of these pics you can tell right away who it is.
Here is the proof that you can't tell how much beautiful a kid can become.
Most of these people got plastic surgery. This is not what they actually look like. They got surgery to look like a plastic doll to impress everyone with how Barbie someone can make themselves look.
Load More Replies...Barely recognizable? In most of these pics you can tell right away who it is.
Here is the proof that you can't tell how much beautiful a kid can become.
Most of these people got plastic surgery. This is not what they actually look like. They got surgery to look like a plastic doll to impress everyone with how Barbie someone can make themselves look.
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