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From the catwalk to the big screen - Pretty faces, sexy bodies and, perhaps, some actual acting talent? These beautiful women found themselves turning heads as models before Hollywood beckoned.
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley - This English rose was born on April 18, 1987 and started modelling for Victoria's Secret in 2006. She has just one movie role to her name: as Megan Fox's replacement in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
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Gisele Bündchen - The Brazilian bombshell is not only the world's highest paid supermodel, she has also played sexy vixens in comedy movies such as Taxi (opposite Jimmy Fallon) and The Devil Wears Prada.
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Elizabeth Hurley - Once famous for being Hugh Grant's sexy girlfriend, Liz went on sto star in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me and TV series Gossip Girl.
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Cindy Crawford - One of the most super of supermodels in the 90s heyday, Cindy made her big screen debut opposite Billy Baldwin in the sexy thriller Fair Game - and had a nude scene too!
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Christina Storm - South African babe Christina Storm is a familiar fashion model but is now best known for her role as Bienkie in Egoli, as well as movie roles in Ek Lief Jou, Jakhalsdans and vampire horror Eternity.
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Charlize Theron - Needing no introduction, Charlize shot to fame in SA after winning the Rooi Rose Supermodel of the Year in 1991. She moved to LA, threw a tantrum in a bank and the rest is Hollywood history...
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Candice Boucher - She's stripped for Playboy, and shown off her perfect bikini body for Sports Illustrated. But it was her daring see-through dress at Cannes to present her new Bollywood movie Azaan that made the world take notice of this SA stunner.
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Brooklyn Decker - Born on April 12, 1987 in Kettering, Ohio Brooklyn's Sports Illustrated cover of 2006 made her a hot commodity. Soon a marriage to tennis star Andy Roddick followed as well as roles in Just Go with It and the upcoming What to Expect When You're Expec
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Elle Macpherson and Uma Thurman - Elle was known as The Body at the height of her career in the 90s and has starred in Friends and Batman & Robin. Uma's lanky frame helped her launch a modelling career before movie stardom arrived.
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Lily Cole - Lily is a Cambridge University graduate. She began modelling at 14 but is now best known for her acting roles in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (opposite Heath Ledger in his last role) and will next be seen in Snow White and the Huntsman.
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Aishwarya Rai - The former Miss Universe is now a Bollywood queen. Her unmistakable beauty has also crossed over to the US where she's starred in The Pink Panther 2, The Last Legion and The Mistress of Spices.
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