Most Iconic Ugly Duckling Transformations in Movies

5. Miss Congeniality (2000)

Miss Congeniality is still one of the most baffling casting choices in the history of cinema. Whoever thought they could make Sandra Bullock look unattractive without some heavy makeup and prosthetics was a crazy person. Either way, according to the plot, Gracie needed to turn from an “ugly” cop to Miss United States material in order to investigate a bomb threat at the beauty pageant. Undoubtedly, the tomboyish Gracie underwent a complete transformation into a “supermodel” and successfully completed the task.

6. Batman Returns (1992)

With how attractive Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman was in Batman Returns, people often forget how Selina Kyle starts in that movie. We meet this frazzled, nerdy office assistant to Christopher Walken’s d-bag character, who’s also constantly getting bullied by her mother. It’s only after Selina gets pushed out of the window by her evil boss and is brought back to life by a hoard of magical alley cats that she finds her new supervillain identity.

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