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Mullets, Braces, & Baby Fat – 15 Awkward Celebrity Throwback Photos

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Jan. 20 2017, Updated 10:03 a.m. ET

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Everyone goes through that awkward phase even glamorous celebrities! From bad hair to buck teeth click through these cringe-worthy celebrity throwback photos.

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Renee Zellweger Year Book photos

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Dark lips and even darker roots! Renee Zellweger's original face seen here coiffed with some very big 80's bangs.

Blake Shelton Never Before Seen School Photos

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Mullet madness! Believe it or not, that's a young Blake Shelton. Who would have known that Gwen Stefani would someday be kissing those chubby cheeks?

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Collects of Kendra WIlkinson from her high school yearbook

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Where did her eyebrows go? Kendra Wilkinson went a little overboard with the eyebrow plucking in her high school days. They're pencil thin and penciled in!

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Jamie Foxx’s Family Rift

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Jamie Foxx's shorts are so short they almost distract you from his Jheri Curl mullet.

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Unseen photos of Julia Roberts during her time attending Campbell High School in Smyrna, Georgia.

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A bowl-cut and books, who needs anything more? No one would have guessed that this toothy jack-o-lantern grin would someday become Julia Robert's signature smile.

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Brad Pitt

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Brad Pitt suffered the same hair trend as Roberts but with better teeth.

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Jessica Simpson Collect Photos

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Singer and fashionista Jessica Simpson came a long way! It's hard to imagine that father and former manager Joe Simpson ever signed off on this baggy men's shirt, mousey brown hair, and no-makeup look.

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Tom Cruise Childhood

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Prom Date Impossible! Tom Cruise looks like a Saturday Night Fever reject dressed in a plaid suit with a left tooth so big it probably required it's own tooth brush.

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There's a reason Taylor Swift wears her hair straight these days...

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Justin Bieber retro package

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Oh no! Justin Bieber had the bowl-cut too! Hard to believe this baby face could cause so much havoc in Hollywood.

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Amber Heard

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From greasy to glam! Amber Heard upped her hair game in a major way since junior high.

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Katie Holmes

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This throwback photo of Katie Holmes proves that some people just never had an awkward phase.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Childhood Photos

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Believe it or not but this is the now-gorgeous Rose Huntington-Whiteley!

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Nicole Scherzinger

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Lose the bows! Nicole Scherzinger practices her pose in front of a Christmas Tree.

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Sandra Bullock High School package

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Theater Geek! Sandra Bullock has always been dedicated to her craft, even if it meant wearing this man-repelling costume.

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