With celebrity fame comes lots of red carpet events, but our favorite celebs aren't content
to show up to every event looking exactly the same as the last.
In fact, there have been a few times when celebs have shown up looking completely different
than we've ever seen them.
Some of them were virtually unrecognizable!
Bella Thorne
After parting ways with Disney, Bella Thorne added some undeniable edge to her image, but
she still always looked like herself, at least until the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
Thorne ditched her flowing ginger locks for a long black haircut with short, choppy bangs
and looked more like a character from Twilight than the face of Famous In Love.
The somewhat controversial look, paired with iridescent blue lips, was a striking difference,
but not a permanent one.
"Anytime you're creating debate, I think is the best way to start any revolution."
Uma Thurman
When Kill Bill star Uma Thurman hit the 2015 premiere party for her miniseries The Slap,
critics slammed her choice to tone down her makeup and let her natural beauty shine through.
Of course, a star who is typically seen fully glammed out looks really different without
mascara and eyeliner.
But Thurman shrugged off haters.
She told the Today show:
"I guess nobody liked my makeup, you know?
I mean, like, I've been doing this years and years and years.
And people say things nice and they say things mean."
Tara Reid
Girl-next-door Tara Reid has pretty much had bleach-blonde hair since her breakout role
in American Pie in 1999 and she doesn't try out new looks very often.
But she hit the red carpet for the Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets premiere
in 2017 looking like a new gal.
Who knew bangs could make such a difference?
At least we know if she ever has to go into witness protection, all it would take is a
quick haircut for her to blend in with the masses.
Snooki
During Jersey Shore, Snooki, whose real name is Nicole Polizzi, dubbed herself a "meatball"
because of her chubby, short stature and affinity for Italian food.
The reality star is only four-foot-nine, so the 40 pounds she gained during her first
pregnancy showed.
After giving birth to a beautiful little boy, she hit the gym and debuted her new mom-bod
at the SELF Rocks the Summer event in 2013.
She was always curvy during her time on Jersey Shore, so she looked like an entirely different
person after shedding the pounds with the help of a healthy diet and daily workouts.
"So I basically try to go to the gym all the time and train with my trainer and do cardio
as much as possible."
Lily Collins
Actress Lily Collins isn't really one for dramatic changes in appearance, but 2017 was
a different story.
The actress lost an enormous amount of weight that year to play a 20-year-old girl struggling
with anorexia in the Netflix film To The Bone. Collins, who struggled with an eating disorder
herself in the past, admitted the process was "scary" because of her past battles.
She told Refinery29:
"I knew that, this time, I would be held accountable for it.
I would be [losing weight] under the supervision of a nutritionist and surrounded by all these
amazing women on set.
So, I knew that I would be in a safe environment to explore this."
Though the star showed up to the 2017 Met Gala looking healthier than she did in her
critically acclaimed flick, she was completely unrecognizable thanks to a cropped wig.
The actress typically has tousled chocolate waves and opts for natural-looking makeup.
A jet-black bob and vampy, deep red lipstick is a real departure, but an undeniably strong
statement.
Millie Bobby Brown
As the undeniable star of Stranger Things, Millie Bobby Brown shaved her head for the
role of Eleven and sported a curly cropped cut throughout the entire first season's press
cycle.
But suddenly, everything changed, and Eleven became a teenager.
A 13-year-old Brown showed up at the premiere of Stranger Things 2 looking like a glamorous
young woman in an edgy leather mini dress and kitten heels.
Every trace of her cropped hair was gone and replaced with a slick, straightened shoulder-length
style.
It was a great look, but not Brown's favorite.
"Shaved head will always be my favorite hairstyle."
Whatever happened to 13-year-olds having to go through an awkward phase of unflattering
powder blue eyeshadow, braces, and acne?
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt has been America's sweetheart since the '90s.
She exudes sexiness and adorableness, but her look at the 2018 Fox All-Star Party left
longtime fans puzzled.
The event was Hewitt's first red carpet appearance in four years, and she looked frazzled alongside
her co-stars.
Hewitt, who opted for a rather ill-fitting black pantsuit, later said she looked like
a "hot mess", because it turns out it was hot and she was a mess.
She talked about the incident the next day on her Instagram story:
"A black suit…
not a good idea.
That's 'A'.
Not enough hairspray and teasing in my hair, also a bad idea."
Even the most seasoned Hollywood actresses aren't impervious to New York City's humidity.
Lady Gaga
If there's someone known for switching up their red carpet outfits, it's Lady Gaga.
These days, she's pretty much ditched the meat dresses and bubble minis for a toned-down,
natural look because she topped all of her wild looks in 2011 at the Grammys.
Gaga was unrecognizable in her red carpet look because she was literally encased in
a giant egg that was being toted around by beefy guys in skintight spandex and construction
boots.
If that sounds insane, that's because it was, but you can't knock her for her commitment
to her art.
Later that night, the singer hatched from the egg during an epic performance and everything
was right with the world once again.
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