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Childhood Pal: Kim Kardashian Obsessed With Weight, Wanted Nose Job In Early Teens, As Radar Looks At Star's Progress In 14 Clicks

Kim Kardashian Nose Job

Sept. 22 2016, Updated 5:08 p.m. ET

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Even in her early teens, Kim Kardashian was wildly image-conscious, wanting to get a nose job and always dieting, her childhood friend Nikki Lund says.

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Even in her early teens, Kim Kardashian was wildly image-conscious, wanting to get a nose job and always dieting, her childhood friend Nikki Lund says. In this 1992 shot, the superstar-in-training yuks it up with stepdad Bruce Jenner, sister Kourtney and now-Tila Tequila ex Courtenay Semel.

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Lund, a fashion designer told Heat magazine, that Kim (top-right in this family shot) "was always saying her nose wasn't perfect" -- something which surprised her of the young beauty. "I thought she was nuts," Lund said. "Every girl has something they don't like."

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Here's Kim at 13 with another star-to-be in Nicole Richie. Lund said that at one point, a teen Kim confided to her, "I went to a plastic surgeon to see if I could get it corrected and he said he wouldn't do it, because I didn't need it."

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Lund, grade school pals with Kim since the age of 8, remembered the socialite (at the bottom of this family shot) as "the sweetest girl" growing up.

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Kim "started to become more aware of ourselves at the age of 13," like many girls of that age, which manifested in a series of fad diets they tried, according to Lund. This 2006 shot shows Kim before her rocket ride to fame, alongside Paris Hilton, whose popularity was at a peak at that time.

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Lund recalled all of the diets she and Kim (left) gave a try: "We began wearing make-up and started dieting: It was mostly the Atkins and the South Beach Diet; we did the Cabbage Soup Diet and we'd be there boiling great big vats of cabbage; We were like, "Yes, we're going to be thin."'

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While Kim struggled with her nose, Lund said that one physical feature the Bound 2 beauty (seen here in 2006) has always been comfortable with was her world-famous derriere, as she was a big fan of Jennifer Lopez.

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Lund said that living in Los Angeles around the show business community likely gave Kim (seen here in 2006) the image-driven mentality that she eventually mastered.

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She remembered, "There was a lot of pressure ... and it does trickle down to the kids -- here we grew up, it was different to everyone else."

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While Kim and Paris Hilton, seen together in 2006, had a famous falling-out, they seem to be on better terms last month, when Kim wished her one-time BFF a happy birthday.

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Kim's always denied ever having had a nose job, which has extra context now considering her past complex abut it. Here's the star in 2006.

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Kim, at a Hollywood party in 2007, was on the fast track to success with her Ray J sex tape, and later that year, the debut of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Have her looks changed with her fame?

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Some would say Kim's looks have drastically morphed, as she's a vision of cosmetic perfection in this shot from last month's Brit Awards.

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And while Kim nearly broke the Internet with her switch to blonde earlier this month, it's clear she's always been a work in progress -- and a beauty at every stage.

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