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Celebrity Sunburns: Kim Kardashian, Simon Cowell, and More

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From Kim Kardashian to Simon Cowell, see photos of stars fried, fake-baked, and charred to a crisp.

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That famous shimmery skin isn't immune to a UV assault. While vacationing in Mexico, Kim Kardashian fell asleep while sunbathing in her oversize shades and woke up to a set of raccoon eyes. “PLEASE HELP ME! I am so sunburned!” tweeted the reality star. “This tan line is not ok!!!” She later posted a plea for sunburn remedies on her blog. 

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Fake-baking may have helped Sarah Palin govern the great state of Alaska, but it couldn't help 90210's AnnaLynne McCord impress the paparazzi. While out at Bar Deluxe in Los Angeles, the star flashed a smile and wore a white bodycon dress that only emphasized her leathery skin and tanning-goggle lines.

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Stacy’s mom has got it going on—as long as "it" isn't SPF 30. The former swimsuit model and wife of rocker Rod Stewart arrived at the L.A. premiere of Runaway Bride looking as if she’d spent an entire summer on the beach doing one long Sports Illustrated swimsuit-issue shoot.

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While he was on board a friend's luxury yacht, Sly's First Blood-colored skin stole the show. His equally fit wife, former model Jennifer Flavin, smartly shaded herself in a sexy coverup.

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Is the famously stoic Simon blushing? The music mogul appears to have been excessively scalded while on holiday in St. Tropez. Cowell was staying on his yacht with his former girlfriend, pop singer Sinitta, where they spent most of their time jet-skiing in the Mediterranean. We think the burn just makes him even scarier.

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The porcelain-skinned rocker’s daughter doesn't typically go Hollywood orange, but she got a bit of accidental sun while hiking in L.A.'s Runyon Canyon with her brother, Jack. Osbourne later posted a photo of her sports-bra burn lines with the caption “my sunburn from ruyon! Not cool…"

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The late, great John Candy ran his pants up a sailboat's mast to defeat the evil regatta champ in 1985's screwball comedy. But he should have covered up—his vicious sunburn became the movie's running joke, and the punchline for at least one sex scene involving Noxzema ointment.

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Winstone has apparently reverted to his super-tanned Sexy Beast days. After baking in the Spanish sun, the actor looked particularly out of his element while attending the Rushes Soho Short Film Festival Awards Party in overcast London.

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We all want to look good at our wedding, but Bartha's character Doug—a groom-to-be who was left stranded on a casino rooftop following his bachelor party—ended up fried head-to-toe by the punishing Nevada sun. Because nothing cures a really bad hangover like a little morning sunstroke.

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In the Farrelly brothers’ remake of the 1972 comedy, Ackerman plays the wife of Ben Stiller’s character, Eddie, as they honeymoon following a rush-to-the-altar wedding. Alas, she turns out as something other than the woman of Eddie’s dreams, but luckily for him, her decision to douse herself in mineral oil leaves her bedridden for the rest of the trip.

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