Celebrity early modelling shots
Before this lot were actors and singers, they had actually already tried their fair hands at modelling.
Jade Albert/Splash NewsAfter modelling for Saks and Seventeen magazine, Jennifer Connelly was confident in front of the camera lens by 1984 and expertly modelled this bright blue beret with little crayon detailing.
Jade Albert/Splash NewsHow cute is Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester here?! Aged just ten years old in 1995, the soon-to-be-actress was modelling for American brand Target.
Jade Albert/Splash NewsBefore finding fame as troubled teen Marissa Cooper on The O.C. , Mischa Barton was a child model and bagged a number of fashion campaigns. This cute pic is from a Target campaign in 1996.
Getty ImagesBefore bagging the gig as a Victoria's Secret angel and trying her hand at acting, Devonshire-born model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was just like you and I... Err, yeah. Not quite. She was actually already a high fashion model in her teens, often seen walking the catwalk at London Fashion Week.
Splash NewsIt's hard to believe that Angelina Jolie was only 15 years old here but, alas, she was. Despite the racy shots though, the Oscar-winning actress didn't stick with modelling and quickly made the career change to acting.
Rex FeaturesAnd from an early modelling shot of Angie to one of her fiancé Brad Pitt in 1991, who, before hitting the big time, starred as a hunky jeans-wearing man for Levi's.
Rex FeaturesBefore her breakout role as "the face that launched a thousand ships", Helen of Troy, in the swords and sandals epic Troy in 2004, a then 16-year-old Diane Kruger was named Face Of The Year in 1992!
Rex FeaturesEveryone knows the story of how Kate Moss kicked off her illustrious modelling career. The Croyden-born 14-year-old was in JFK airport when she was "discovered" by Storm's Sarah Doukas - and the rest, as they say, is history.
Rex FeaturesAnother South London beauty, Naomi Campbell also kicked off her modelling career at a young age when she was discovered - whilst window shopping no less - at the tender age of fifteen.
Lindsay Lohan/InstagramRecognise these two? Yep. It's Kirsten Dunst and an even younger Lindsay Lohan!
Abercrombie & FitchWaaaay before she was a global pop star, Taylor Swift was an all-American model for all-American brand Abercrombie & Fitch.
Abercrombie & Fitch via TwitterBut Taylor wasn't the only now-megastar to model for Abercrombie & Fitch back in the day. Oscar-winner Jennifer Lawrence also put her face to the brand and has since joked: "I did stuff for Abercrombie & Fitch, but you'd never know because none of my pictures ever got released."
Rex FeaturesMiranda Kerr started modelling at the tender age of 13. She won the annual Dolly Magazine/Impulse Model competition in 1997 and was flown to Sydney a week before her 14th birthday to shoot for the magazine. Upon Kerr's win, local media expressed "concerned outrage" at her young age.
Instagram/Alexa ChungEngaging in a bit of a #ThrowbackThursday, Alexa Chung shared this snap of herself as a teen model on her Instagram account. The fashionista accompanied the shot with the caption: "Being a teenager was awkward enough without people shoving wedding style corsets on me and asking me to look like I knew what was up... #tbt #awk #dork"
Heidi Klum/TwitterWe can hardly believe that this brunette beauty is an early modelling shot of German model, Heidi Klum.
Jenna Firth/TwitterBaby Spice Emma Bunton put her angelic looks and cheeky grin to good use from an early age, modelling for, of all things, a white and pink geometric knitting pattern.
Bigpicturesphoto.comNicole Scherzinger struck a pose way back in 2001, as she modelling for a photo shoot as part of the US version of Pop Stars Unsurprisingly, the singer won the competition, not with the Pussycat Dolls, but with girl group, Eden’s Crush.
Rex FeaturesBrooke Shields started her modelling career early – at 11 months to be precise! She modelled for Ivory Soap and was the youngest model to appear on the cover of Vogue, aged just 14.
Rex FeaturesAnother child model, Sadie Frost advertised Jelly Tots at the age of three and appeared on Morecombe & Wise at five. Her modelling career continued through her teens while she studied acting at the Italia Conti Academy.
Getty/Michael Och ArchivesThis early publicity shot proves that Tom Cruise had that whole Hollywood thing going on, even way back in 1981.
Rex FeaturesDemi Moore’s early modelling career got off to a controversial start, when she appeared in adult magazine Oui, in a series of full-frontal photos. “I was 16; I told them I was 18," she said. Here she is striking a more clothed pose.
PA PhotosHalle Berry’s early modelling career didn’t involve expensive photo shoots, but beauty contests. The Oscar-winner-to-be finished runner up in the Miss America pageant and sixth in 1986’s Miss World competition. Her costume here is supposed to represent “America’s advancement in Space”. Hmmm.
Rex FeaturesSophie Dahl was famously discovered by Isabella Blow while she was crying in the street after a fight with her mother. Her career went astronomical very quickly and here she is strutting her stuff at the Richard Tyler show, aged just 19.
