So, Jameel and I have always had this theory that every once in a while you could see a child starlet on a TV show or movie and just by her general cuteness and demeanor, predict that she was going to grow up to be crazy fucking hot. We called this phenomenon TMAing, named after child star turned hottie Tatyana M Ali.
Jameel was reading a thread on the very concept today and told me about it.
So let’s play a game. What we’re looking for is a list of suggestions of celebrities this applies to. Examples besides TMA herself include Alyssa Milano, Scarlett Johannson, Jessica Alba, Danica McKellar, Lindsay Lohan, the Olsen Twins and Lacey Charbet. This is open to male stars too, though we were having trouble coming up with examples (Leonardo DiCaprio, however is a good one), so the ladies can help us out there, hopefully. Anyway, who do you got?
(Important note: Lots of people were so-so or ugly kids and grew up to be cute. And lots of people started their celebrity career as a teen heartthrob. Those don’t count. What we’re looking for are celebs that started their careers as children in child roles (not romantic teen lead roles) and you could have looked at them at the time and said “oh, they’re gonna be hot one day.” In other words, for instance, the cast of 90210 doesn’t count, since the entire point of the show was that they were hot then as well.)
Oh, and by all means, please feel free to link to this and ask others to come over here and add to the list as well.
The lists:
Women who’ve TMAed:
- Tatyana M. Ali
- Alyssa Milano
- Scarlett Johannson
- Jessica Alba
- Danica McKellar
- Lindsay Lohan
- The Olsen Twins
- Lacey Charbet
- Christina Ricci
- Soleil Moon Frye
- Britney Spears
- Christina Agliera
- Miley Cyrus
- Alexa Vega
- Jennifer Love Hewitt
- Fergie
- Amanda Bynes
- Eliza Dushku
- Anna Paquin
- Natalie Portman
- Kirstin Dunst
Men who’ve TMAed:
- Leonardo DiCaprio
- River Phoenix
- Justin Timberlake
- Christian Bale
- Rick Schroeder
Potential TMAs of the future:
- Jayden Smith
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