The fate of these girls could have turned out completely differently, if at one time they had not dared to take part in beauty contests. It was after them that advertising contracts, proposals from directors and producers fell on future celebrities of the first magnitude - and all this might not have happened!
See who's on the list.
1. Michelle Pfeiffer participated in the Miss California beauty pageant in 1978
2. Aishwarya Rai won the Miss World competition in 1994 - it was after this that she was noticed by the producers, and her career in Bollywood took off.
3. Oksana Fedorova won the Miss Universe competition in 2004 - this was the first time in history when a Russian beauty was awarded such a title
4. Sharon Stone at the Miss Pennsylvania pageant in 1975
5. Sophia Loren at the Miss Italy 1950 at the age of 14 - she even managed to get into the finalists!
6. “Desperate Housewife” Eva Longoria won the Miss Corpus City pageant in 1998
7. Halle Berry at the Miss America 1986
8. Even Oprah Winfrey started her career with a beauty pageant - which, however, was held only for blacks. It was 1971
9. Priyanka Chopra started with the Miss India beauty pageant and then conquered Bollywood and Hollywood
10. Future "Xena - Warrior Princess" Lucy Lawless won the Mrs. New Zealand beauty pageant in 1989
11. Before becoming Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot won the Miss Israel pageant - she was then only 18 years old
Who could you even imagine that this celebrity had ever participated in such events?
