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In 'The Princess Diaries' "Mia Thermopolis" was an average teenager living a normal life in San Francisco. The movie makes us believe that "Mia", played by Anne Hathaway, is an unattractive girl until she gets a radical makeover. In truth, she was always beautiful.
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"Toula Portokalos" from 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' is described as a spinster, ugly woman, who is unable to find a good Greek husband. When she manages to convince her parents to let her study a career she starts to get more dressed up until she meets "Ian Miller" a handsome professor.
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In 'She's All That', after discovering that his girlfriend cheated on him "Zach Siler" sets out to find a "graceless" girl to make her the prom queen. "Laney" is said girl who was always beautiful and didn't need any changes to be worthy of the popular guy in school.
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In 'Never Been Kissed', "Josie Geller" is a journalist who is sent back to her old high school for an undercover assignment. "Josie" who had a hard time at her high school resumes her personality from back then and eventually regains her confidence. Clearly, the characterization of "Josie" is very caricatured to make us believe that she was really ugly when it is only a disguise.
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"Katie Simpson" in 'She's Out of Control' was the stereotypical nerdy girl with giant glasses, tousled, unkempt hair and not at all trendy outfits. When her father goes on a trip his girlfriend helps "Katie" change her style and turn her into a real beauty. Everything gets out of control for her father as now all the boys are dying for "Katie".
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Along with her friends, "Cher" and "Dionne", "Tai" was considered a girl with little grace in 'Clueless'. As a classic teen movie, "Cher", the popular girl at school, takes on the project of helping "Tai" become beautiful. In the end "Tai" becomes even more popular than "Cher" by teaching her a great lesson about priorities.
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In 'Miss Congeniality' Sandra Bullock played the role of "Gracie Hart" a policewoman considered ungraceful by her peers until she is chosen to infiltrate a beauty pageant... clearly after a major makeover process Gracie becomes quite the beauty.
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In 'The Breakfast Club' "Allison" is the classic weird and dark girl who contrasts with the character of "Claire" the popular girl. After having to go through a punishment along with other classmates, "Allison" and "Claire" become friends and Claire helps her get a makeover.
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"Fern", a humorless and weird girl discovers that the popular girls at her school accidentally murdered her friend after playing a prank on her. To buy her silence they give her a makeover and offer her a place in their exclusive group. "Fern" will end up being even more popular than the rest of the girls.
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This one's a classic! In 'Now, Voyager' diva Bette Davis plays "Charlotte" a young single woman who has lived through tragedy after tragedy. People consider her an unattractive woman who looks twice her age. After spending time in a sanatorium and on a cruise "Charlotte" decides to change and transforms herself.
Hollywood has given us some of the greatest transformations in cinema and in many cases the movies follow a pretty clear theme, that of the 'Ugly Duckling'. The classic girl who is supposedly unattractive ends up getting a makeover proving that she is not only beautiful on the outside but also on the inside.
Let's see the best transformations from ugly ducklings to beautiful swans in these classic movies.