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| Which funnygirl cheerleader (left) was voted "Most Likely to Brighten Your Day" before becoming one of Hollywood's most loved leading ladies? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Which funnygirl cheerleader (left) was voted "Most Likely to Brighten Your Day" before becoming one of Hollywood's most loved leading ladies? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Who's got spirit? Sandra Bullock does! In the late '70s and early '80s, the actress was a cheerleader at her Arlington, Va. high school before earning a degree in drama at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. After graduation, Bullock moved to New York where she worked as a bartender, took acting classes and scored her first major film role, "Love Potion No. 9," ten years after putting down her pom poms. (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; Steve Granitz/Wireimage) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Which pop star struck the perfect pose in this photo from her high school cheerleading days? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| At her Hacienda Heights, Calif., high school in the early '90s, she went by Stacy Ferguson. But we know her now as Fergie! The pregnant Black Eyed Pea had plenty to cheer about in high school: As a straight-A student and spelling bee champ, Fergie had already spent four years on "Kids Incorporated" before high-kicking on the sidelines. (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; John Kopaloff/FilmMagic) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Which all-American teenager worked off the calories in a stick of Carefree gum (and then some) as a member of her high school cheerleading squad? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Think Alicia Silverstone was just your average teenager? As if! In the early '90s, Silverstone was both a cheerleader at her San Mateo, Calif., high school and a budding actress, becoming an emancipated minor at age 15 so that she could appear in the sexual thriller, "The Crush." (She went on to win two MTV Movie Awards in 1994 for her performance.) (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; Amanda Edwards/Getty) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Which cheerleader (left) laughed her way through high school before carving out a career in comedy? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| What's so funny, Amy Poehler? The "Parks and Recreation" star (who's also writing a memoir) sported hair with height as a cheerleader for her Burlington, Mass., high school in the late '80s. But that wasn't her only after-school activity: "I worked at an ice cream parlor called Chadwicks," She says. "We wore old-timey outfits and had to bang a drum, play a kazoo, and sing 'Happy Birthday' to people while giving them free birthday sundaes." (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; Paul A. Herbert/Getty) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| With a combed-over poof and sun-kissed tan, there's something about this cheerleader. Who is she? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Before she had audiences cheering for her on the big screen, Cameron Diaz was the one doing the cheering at her Long Beach, Calif., high school. Also roaming the halls with "boy-crazy" Diaz in the late '80s? Snoop Dogg! "I'm pretty sure I bought weed from him," Diaz confessed. "I was green even in high school!" (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| Which flexible cheerleader would one day trade in her pom poms for an Oscar? (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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| In the early '80s, Halle Berry was already a star as a student at an all-white school in Cleveland, Ohio. As captain of her cheerleading squad, class president and editor of the school newspaper, Berry performed well in any role. "[Doing] all those things helped to make me feel a sense of empowerment," the star of "The Call" said. (Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook Library; Paul Morigi/Getty Images for BET) The Full Story from iVillage.com |
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