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Ugly Ducklings

Take heart, Susan Boyle. The frizzy hair and bushy brow may just be a phase. From Tina Fey to George Clooney to Julia Roberts, VIEW OUR GALLERY of beautiful people who weren’t always.

Published Apr. 22 2009 2:30PM EDT

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galleries/2009/04/22/ugly-ducklings/ugly-ducklings---kate-hudson_siib52 — Goldie Hawn’s spawn, Kate Hudson, would eventually be blessed with sun-kissed Californian good looks, but things didn’t start off so hot for the starlet. Before the 30-year-old’s groupie antics in Almost Famous and rom-com hijinks in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Hudson was a very awkward red-carpet...