Icons are Made, Not Born

I saw these pictures at missvintage.com. These women are the most celebrated and admired icons- none of which were born perfect. (No, Audrey Hepburn didn’t come out of her mother’s womb wearing a black shift dress and pearls.. or with that name at that.) And as hard to imagine it is, some of them were mere plain-janes (and sometimes worse) before each of the drastic makeovers they went through. So it’s about time you quit sulking about and blaming your gene pool. If they could do magic like this before the time of fancy hair extensions, miraculous age defying makeup or plastic surgery, then there must be hope for everyone now.

Ann Margret(Ann-Margret Olsson) and Audrey Hepburn (Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston)

Bette Davis(Ruth Elizabeth Davis) and Brigitte Bardot(Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot)

Clara Bow(Clara Gordon Bow) and Doris Day(Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff)

Faye Dunaway(Dorothy Faye Dunaway) and Ginger Rogers(Virginia Katherine McMath)

Glora Swanson(Gloria May Josephine Svenson) and Grace Kelly(Grace Patricia Kelly)

Greta Garbo(Greta Lovisa Gustafson) and Gypsy Rose Lee(Rose Louise Hovick)

Ingrid Bergman and Janet Leigh (Jeanette Helen Morrison)

Jayne Masfield(Vera Jayne Palmer) and Jean Harlow(Harlean Harlow Carpenter)

Joan Crawford(Lucille Fay LeSueur) and Lana Turner(Julia Jean Mildred Frances Turner)

Marlene Dietrich(Maria Magdalena Dietrich) and Marion Davies(Marion Cecelia Douras)

Marilyn Monroe(Norma Jean Mortensen) and Rosalind Russell

Sophia Loren(Sofia Villani Scicolone) and Tempest Storm(Annie Blanche Banks)

Veronica Lake(Constance Frances Marie Ockleman) and Katharine Hepburn(Katharine Houghton Hepburn)