Long before these women were one-name wonders, slogging long hours during fashion week, dating movie stars, or starting charities, they were just little girls from all over the world, with no clue what lay in store for them. While we truly believe there are no ugly children, it’s probably fair to say some are cuter than others. Since DNA plays the all-important role in a model’s life, we decided to go back to the early days of some of the biggest names in the business — including Arizona Muse, Chanel Iman, Natalia Vodinova, Liu Wen, and Joan Smalls — to see if the signs of supermodel-dom were always there. We’ll let you be the judge. Enjoy our slideshow of family snapshots, given to us by the models themselves, looking cuter than we even expected.
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Constance JablonskiPhoto: Courtesy of Constance Jablonski, Imaxtree
Bar RefaeliPhoto: Courtesy of Bar Refaeli, Imaxtree
Fei Fei SunPhoto: Courtesy of Fei Fei Sun, Imaxtree
Josefien RodermansPhoto: Courtesy of Josefine Rodermans, Imaxtree
Magda LaguingePhoto: Courtesy of Magda Laguinge, Imaxtree
Josephine SkriverPhoto: Courtesy of Josephine Skriver, Imaxtree
Lily AldridgePhoto: Courtesy of Lily Aldridge, Imaxtree
Anna SeleznevaPhoto: Courtesy of Anna Selezneva, Imaxtree
Valentina ZelyaevaPhoto: Courtesy of Valentina Zelyaeva, Imaxtree
Tatiana CotliarPhoto: Courtesy of Tatiana Cotliar, Imaxtree
Kati NescherPhoto: Courtesy of Kati Nescher, Imaxtree
Chanel ImanPhoto: Courtesy of Chanel Iman, Imaxtree
Magdalena FrackowiakPhoto: Courtesy of Magdalena Frackowiak, Imaxtree
Daria StrokousPhoto: Courtesy of Daria Strokous, Imaxtree
Kel MarkeyPhoto: Courtesy of Kel Markey, Imaxtree
Jacquelyn JablonskiPhoto: Courtesy of Jacquelyn Jablonski, Imaxtree
Selita EbanksPhoto: Courtesy of Selita Ebanks, Imaxtree
Lily KwongPhoto: Courtesy of Lily Kwong, Imaxtree
Julia StegnerPhoto: Courtesy of Julia Stegner, Imaxtree
Meghan CollisonPhoto: Courtesy of Meghan Collison, Imaxtree
Behati PrinslooPhoto: Courtesy of Behati Prinsloo, Imaxtree
Charlotte FreePhoto: Courtesy of Charlotte Free, Imaxtree
Camille RowePhoto: Courtesy of Camille Rowe, Imaxtree
Anne VyalitsynaPhoto: Courtesy of Anne Vyalitsyna, Imaxtree
Suvi KoponenPhoto: Courtesy of Suvi Koponen, Imaxtree
Liu WenPhoto: Courtesy of Liu Wen, Imaxtree
Marie PiovesanPhoto: Courtesy of Marie Piovesan, Imaxtree
Joan SmallsPhoto: Courtesy of Joan Smalls, Imaxtree
Ali MichaelPhoto: Courtesy of Ali Michael, Imaxtree
Tasha TilbergPhoto: Courtesy of Tasha Tilberg, Imaxtree
Lida FoxPhoto: Courtesy of Lida Fox, Imaxtree
Ginta LapinaPhoto: Courtesy of Ginta Lapina, Imaxtree
Aymeline ValadePhoto: Courtesy of Aymeline Valade, Imaxtree
Milou Van GroesenPhoto: Courtesy of Milou Van Groesen, Imaxtree
Marique SchimmelPhoto: Courtesy of Marique Schimmel, Imaxtree
Natasha PolyPhoto: Courtesy of Natasha Poly, Imaxtree
Angela LindvallPhoto: Courtesy of Angela Lindval, Imaxtree
Saskia de BrauwPhoto: Courtesy of Saskia de Brauw, Imaxtree
Anja RubikPhoto: Courtesy of Anja Rubik, Imaxtree
Arizona MusePhoto: Courtesy of Arizona Muse, Imaxtree
Zuzanna BijochPhoto: Courtesy of Zuzanna Bijoch, Imaxtree
Kendra SpearsPhoto: Courtesy of Kendra Spears, Imaxtree
Iselin SteiroPhoto: Courtesy of Iselin Steiro, Imaxtree
Kasia StrussPhoto: Courtesy of Kasia Struss, Imaxtree
Toni GarrnPhoto: Courtesy of Toni Garrn, Imaxtree
Iris StrubeggerPhoto: Courtesy of Iris Strubegger, Imaxtree
Bette FrankePhoto: Courtesy of Bette Franke, Imaxtree
Alyssa MillerPhoto: Courtesy of Alyssa Miller, Imaxtree
Shu PeiPhoto: Courtesy of Shu Pei, Imaxtree
Cora EmmanuelPhoto: Courtesy of Cora Emmanuel, Imaxtree
Julia FrauchePhoto: Courtesy of Julia Frauche, Imaxtree
Natalia VodianovaPhoto: Courtesy of Natalia Vodianova, Imaxtree
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