From Geek to Chic

Some of your favorite Hollywood stars weren't always coiffed and fabulous. In fact, celebs such as Vin Diesel suffered through the awkward phase just like the rest of us. Check out photos of the stars long before they became household names – and before they got up-close-and-personal with their stylists.

MINI-ME

It's hard to imagine that the stunning Kate Hudson we know today was once this cute, gap-toothed kid (at the 1987 L.A. premiere of Overboard, left). Nowadays she "has a timeless look, an accessible beauty that runs deep," director Cameron Crowe told PEOPLE in 1999.