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10 Amazing movie makeovers we wish we’d been a part of

Zainab Slemang Van Rijmenant

June 10, 2016

There’s nothing us GLAMOURzons love more than indulging in a chick flick, and even more so if there’s a makeover montage involved. Who wouldn’t want a fairy godmother to magically “bibbity-bobbity-boo” them a beautiful new look?

From Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman to Drew Barrymore in Never Been Kissed, here’s a list of our top on-screen transformations. *Dreamily cues up Sixpence None the Richer while we take turns walking down the stairs to a young Freddie Prinze Jr.*

1 Jennifer Lopez as Marisa Ventura in Maid in Manhattan

2 Julia Roberts as Vivian Ward in Pretty Woman

3 Anne Hathaway as Mia Thermopolis in The Princess Diaries

4 Brittany Murphy as Tai in Clueless

5 Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson in Grease

6 Mira Sorvino as Romy White and Lisa Kudrow as Michelle Weinberger in Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion

7 Rachel Leigh Cook as Laney Boggs in She’s All That

8 Sandra Bullock as Gracie Hart in Miss Congeniality

9 Anne Hathaway as Andrea Sachs in The Devil Wears Prada

10 Judy Greer as Fern in Jawbreaker

Love makeovers? Why not give your beauty routine a simple makeover with these easy tricks.

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