[caption id="attachment_3938" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @bradpittofficial[/caption] Somewhere there's a grainy picture of me in a dinner jacket and bow-tie holding a glass of prosecco ready to go to my sixth-form ball (that's what we call "prom" here in England), stood on my own because I didn't have a date and barely concealing a deep sadness behind my eyes. These days, I'm pretty happy with how my life has turned out, but every time I stumble across that picture I feel a hot shame and embarrassment at the memory of how awkward my teenage self was. These 30 celebs have more reason than most to feel pretty good about how their lives turned out, but I bet more than a few of them still look at these old prom photos and find that they have to hide behind their hands for a little while until the embarrassment has passed. Let's dive in and see who put in the best efforts when it came to making themselves look glamourous for prom, and who's aged the best since then. [post_page_title]Jeremy Renner[/post_page_title] Ten out of ten for little teenage Jeremy. He's scrubbed up very well in a natty, shiny white suit and has gone to town with the accessories, adding a fancy floral buttonhole and a matching pink bow-tie and hankie. I won't even start talking about how spectacular his mullet is, because once I start I'll never stop. [caption id="attachment_3955" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @Renner4Real[/caption] Now - Jeremy's ditched the mullet and is bit more rugged and manly now, and he's traded in his fancy white suit for a bow-and-arrow as everybody's least favorite Avenger. He was also maybe in one of the Jason Bourne movies (the one that didn't have Jason Bourne in it, I think?) and owns an app where people pay him money to receive compliments from him. Overall, I can't deny that I prefer awkward teenage Jeremy over his adult self, so Prom Renner wins this one. [post_page_title]RuPaul[/post_page_title] Gotta say, teenage RuPaul seems to have none of the cringe-worthy awkwardness of most prom-bound teenagers and looks pretty formidable and self-assured. Not sure if that's a giant safety pin he's adorned his jacket with, but he's also incorporated leather fingerless gloves and shiny stripy trousers, so his tendency for looking fantastic has settled in early. [caption id="attachment_3956" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @RuPaul[/caption] Now, as wonderful as teenage RuPaul looks, there's a formidable steely glare there that would've made me quake in my prom shoes when I was a teenager. These days RuPaul's a much warmer and more fun presence on Drag Race and has only taken his fashion choices to even greater heights, so adult RuPaul wins this on. [post_page_title]Barack Obama[/post_page_title] I reckon Adult Obama can look back on this one and be pretty happy. He's already got his megawatt smile and has an impressive head of hair that's sadly deserted him over the years. He's also showing some creativity in his prom outfit by accessorising an ordinary white suit with a fetching necklace of leaves, as you do. [caption id="attachment_3957" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @barackobama[/caption] Now, hair aside, Obama honestly looks more or less exactly the same as he did back then and has aged ridiculously well. He seems to have abandoned his fondness for dressing up in foliage but he also became the leader of the free world and inspired a few million people, so we've got to call it a draw on this one. [post_page_title]Will Ferrell[/post_page_title] Teen Will Ferrell's prom pic is so ridiculously awkward it almost looks deliberate. He's stolen his date's tiara and put it on his own head, which only serves to highlight how massive his head is. He's also got a look in his eyes which half looks like nervous embarrassment and half like he's going to murder someone. Really astonishing stuff. [caption id="attachment_3958" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @celeb.prom.pics[/caption] Over the years, Will Ferrell's doubled down on the goofy instincts that led him to steal some poor woman's tiara and built a whole career out of being an absolute idiot. It's also very rare that he stares into a camera in a way that makes you fear for your life, so I reckon adult Will has made improvements over his teenage self. [post_page_title]Angelina Jolie[/post_page_title] I think teen Angelina's done very well here, actually. She's accessorized with some sort of necklace which looks like a piece of treasure from a Tomb Raider game, so she's cleverly anticipated her own career in her outfit choices. She looks a tiny bit like she can't be bothered to be there, but overall I think she can look back on this without too much embarrassment. [caption id="attachment_3960" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Reddit @lovinglogs[/caption] Now, Angelina's ability to predict her own future seems to have fallen by the wayside in recent years, as I can't remember the last time I saw her wearing anything that predicted a future role in such a way as she achieved at prom. For losing her magical powers of foresight, I've got to hand this one to teen Angelina. [post_page_title]Terry Crews[/post_page_title] Either Terry Crews' teenage home actually resembled a studio for a catalog photo shoot, complete with candlesticks that complimented the color scheme of his and his date's outfits, or he put so much effort into his prom that it overcomes how scared he seems to be of the camera and how little he wants to be there. [caption id="attachment_3961" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @terrycrews[/caption] Now, I'll be honest, I can't imagine legendary tough-guy adult Terry finding the time to go to the shops and buy some nice pink candles and a silver candlestick to act as set-dressing for his prom photoshoot. He may have become more comfortable in front of the camera, but for the sheer sweetness of the photo, I'm going to let teenage Terry win this one. [post_page_title]Ellen DeGeneres[/post_page_title] Now look, I know that before the rise of digital photography you couldn't have endless attempts at the same photo, but surely Ellen could've got a prom photo where she's not actively grimacing at the camera? Also, why she decided to take the picture in front of what looks like an enormous cartoon duck is another mystifying choice. [caption id="attachment_3963" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @edbyellen[/caption] Now, I must confess to largely being aware of Ellen DeGeneres thanks to her wonderful performances as Dory in Finding Nemo and its sequel, Finding Dory. As such, I've no idea if she's still in the habit of being photographed in front of cartoon ducks with guys who can't be bothered to take their hands out of their pockets, but her performance is so full of joy that I can't imagine her being caught scowling like this again. I'm handing this one to adult Ellen. [post_page_title]Lady Gaga[/post_page_title] Is she the one in the middle? In light blue? I THINK she is. It's hard to tell because Lady Gaga has significantly dialed up the wow factor of her outfits since then. But she's done pretty well in her prom photo, I think. She's got the biggest corsage (the girl on her left hasn't even got one!) and the biggest earrings. A solid effort. [caption id="attachment_3964" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @ladygaga[/caption] Now, at some point since this photo was taken, Lady Gaga must have thought, "It's not enough for me to be able to stand in a row with my friends and look nice alongside them, I must make sure that nobody looks at anybody other than me EVER again!" hence her tendency to wear dresses made of meat and so on. It certainly worked when it came to winning her lots of attention, so good on her. Adult Gaga wins this one. [post_page_title]Sandra Bullock[/post_page_title] Oh now, this is just a lovely photo. If I had a photo of me at my prom that was as lovely as this, I'd never feel embarrassed about my teenage self at all, I'd just think, "Wow, look how happy and in love I was at my prom!" I think there's a slightly dubious weird pigtail thing at the back there which maybe she'd do differently these days, but it barely matters with a photo this lovely. [caption id="attachment_3965" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @celeb.prom.pics[/caption] Now, I don't think she's bundled her hair up into a weird pigtail for a while, and she's also won an Oscar, so I doubt she looks back on this photo and thinks, "Wow, my life peaked there." But I stand by it - this photo is adorable, and if it was a photo of me I'd struggle to ever get over it. I'm giving this one to teenage Sandra. [post_page_title]Jimmy Fallon[/post_page_title] I don't know if Jimmy Fallon and his date was deliberately going for an Addams Family/Tim Burton vibe here, or if it happened by accident, but certainly somewhere between the pale face, the crooked bow-tie, his date's crazy hair, and the decidedly odd positioning, there's a real "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky" vibe to this one. [caption id="attachment_3978" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @jimmyfallon[/caption] Well, I've got to be very honest and say that Jimmy Fallon has certainly aged into his features quite well and looks decidedly less awkward than he does in this photo. But, quite honestly, I kind of like the Addams Family and Tim Burton, and I think the awkward kookiness of this photo is funnier than a lot of Fallon's skits these days, so I think teenage Jimmy wins this one. [post_page_title]Jennifer Aniston[/post_page_title] I think Jen's managed to emerge from prom with a lot of class intact, actually. The big 80s hair is very much a product of its time, but for someone who created one of the defining haircuts of the 90s we should expect nothing less. I think this is a solid entry. [caption id="attachment_3981" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Reddit @I_dont_like_pie[/caption] Besides that hair, it's difficult to identify that many ways in which Jennifer Aniston has changed significantly from her teenage self - she already looks pretty confident and collected and can look back on this one with pride. Still, the fact that in this photo she's yet to have had 90% of the population trying to copy her hairstyle means adult Jen probably wins out overall. [post_page_title]Jessica Alba[/post_page_title] I've got to be honest, teenage Jessica's choice of outfit is a bit weird. She looks lovely and happy and smiley and seems to be having a great time, but her dress has little balls of wool dotted all over the front of it that reminds me of a blanket my mum once knitted that was supposed to represent a field and had little balls of wool as the sheep, and I think that's a weird thing to wear to prom. [caption id="attachment_3983" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @jessicaalba[/caption] Again, all the confidence and class of adult Jessica seems to already be in place in her prom photo, but she's stopped wearing things that are likely to make people say, "Why are there little balls of wool all down your tummy, are they supposed to be sheep or something?" so let's chalk this up as a win for Adult Jessica. [post_page_title]Matthew McConaughey[/post_page_title] I refuse to believe that Matthew McConaughey is old enough to go to prom in this photo. This seems to be a photo of an eight-year-old boy standing on his friend's shoulders and hiding inside a tux and barely believing his luck that nobody seems to have called him out on it yet. [caption id="attachment_3986" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @leahkpickett[/caption] Whether or not Teenage Matthew really was an eight-year-old boy getting away with pretending to be older than he was, or if he just aged into his face a solid decade later than you'd imagine, I don't think any of us can deny that Adult Matthew looks less ridiculously out-of-place when trying to pass himself off as a grown-up these days, so teenage/little boy Matthew loses this one. [post_page_title]Bruce Willis[/post_page_title] I was under the impression that Bruce Willis was in his 60s, but I guess I was wrong because here we have a photo of him going to prom which seems to have been taken in the late 1800s, which would make him about 150 years old. This would explain why he's seemed so tired in a lot of his recent movies. [caption id="attachment_3987" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit - Instagram @celeb.prom.pics[/caption] Look, I'm not going to deny that teenage Bruce, with his fancy suit and a full head of hair, scrubs up a bit better than adult Bruce. But that's only to be expected for a guy over who's over 150 years old, so let's give him a break and pretend that adult Bruce wins it. [post_page_title]Brad Pitt[/post_page_title] Now look, Brad's tried very hard and brushed his hair neatly and is doing his best to flash a nice smile even though his eyes look like the tired eyes of a man who's been in prison for a decade, but his tie's wonky and his jacket's a different color to his trousers. A middling effort from teenage Brad. [caption id="attachment_3988" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @bradpittofficial[/caption] Now, I've seen Adult Brad wear a proper dinner jacket in multiple Ocean's movies, so the fact that he couldn't scrub one together for prom is a bit disappointing. For having consistently put in more effort since this photo was taken, adult Brad wins this one easily. [post_page_title]Robin Wright[/post_page_title] I'm not going to deny that teenage Robin doesn't look incredible here, but she does seem to have hired a professional studio for her prom shoot and even worn a crown for it to make it so obvious how great she looks. So I've got to deduct some points for her extreme overconfidence here. [caption id="attachment_3989" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @robingwright[/caption] I think adult Robin has aged very well since this photo and still looks just as great, but what makes her performances in films like Forrest Gump and The Princess Bride so brilliant is her down-to-earth warmth and humanity, so I'm going to let adult Robin take the crown from her teenage self here. [post_page_title]Taylor Swift[/post_page_title] Look, no offense to Taylor Swift's date, but I would say the main thing that adult Taylor might look back on and cringe at is how embarrassed she seems to look at having to stand next to this guy with the backward cap doing gangster hand gestures. Taylor herself looks great, but she seems aware that the company she's keeping here maybe isn't the best. [caption id="attachment_3990" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @taylorswift[/caption] Adult Taylor has obviously gone from strength to strength and keeps better company now in partner Joe Alwyn, but the real question is: what happened to her date? Did he stop wearing such dated headgear? Did he start doing less embarrassing things with his hands? I bet he did, and I hope he's happy and successful and I wish him the best. Adult Taylor wins this. [post_page_title]Reese Witherspoon[/post_page_title] This is really weird. Teenage Reese looks a LOT like my sister in this one, so I'm finding it hard to look at this picture and find anything other than a sort of familial, brotherly fondness for her. Like Bruce Willis, it's a little odd that it seems this picture was taken a good thirty years earlier than you'd expect, but I think she looks great. [caption id="attachment_3991" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @reesewitherspoon[/caption] Now, I think this one's too close to call. I think teenage Reese looks classy and confident, and I think adult Reese also looks great and has had an impressive career, so it's hard to say which one is the real winner. I suppose it has to be adult Reese, because when this photo was taken the Legally Blonde movies didn't exist yet, and we've got to hand it to her for making those. [post_page_title]George Clooney[/post_page_title] Don't wanna be too mean to teenage George, but I've got to say that he comes across as a bit of a sleazeball here. Those heavy-lidded eyes look a bit leery, like a lizard, and those shiny reflective lapels would make me think he was up to no good. A good head of hair, though. [caption id="attachment_3992" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @celeb.prom.pics[/caption] Now, adult George strikes me as an absolute gentleman. No longer prone to being photographed with an expression that makes you think he's imagining what you look like naked, and less given to wearing metallic suits. Adult George wins by a mile for being less creepy than his teenage self. [post_page_title]Rihanna[/post_page_title] A mostly impressive showing from teenage Rihanna and her date here. She seems to be having a good time; he seems a bit bored but basically fine, and they've both dressed up nicely. The only thing dating this photo to any extent is that both their haircuts are so ridiculously defined that you can imagine somebody drew them onto their heads with felt tip pen. [caption id="attachment_3993" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @badgalriri[/caption] Now, Rihanna's hair these days looks less like it was frozen onto her head, so I'm giving this to adult Rihanna. [post_page_title]Michelle Obama[/post_page_title] This is spectacular. It's like an album cover. It's so well co-ordinated. Her outfit matches the chair AND the decorations on the table! That's some Terry Crews-level set dressing right there. I imagine this would be an album of classic love duets, and I'd buy it. [caption id="attachment_3994" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @michelleobama[/caption] I love this photo so much that I really want to just hand this one to teenage Michelle without any contest whatsoever, except the one thing that makes me think adult Michelle might have the edge is the idea of her doing a follow-up album of more love duets but with Barack as her partner in place of her prom date. That'd be an absolute chart-topper. Let's call it a draw. [post_page_title]Beyoncé[/post_page_title] A mostly stunning prom entry from teenage Beyoncé here. Although I have to deduct some points for those weird holes in her dress around her waist, which look a bit like someone's attacked her with a giant hole-punch. An odd decision. [caption id="attachment_3995" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @beyonce[/caption] Now, I wouldn't care if Beyoncé's prom photo was the most incredible, stunning, brilliant photo ever taken, adult Beyoncé is a legend and for all her great work easily triumphs over her teenage self, no questions asked. [post_page_title]Scarlett Johansson[/post_page_title] Look, I love Scarlett Johansson as much as the next guy, but she seems to have gone to prom wearing a shirt. This is madness. She seems pretty confident about it though. Her look seems to be saying, "Yeah I'm just wearing a shirt. Wanna fight about it?" so extra points for sass. [caption id="attachment_3996" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Twitter @PageSix[/caption] Teenage Scarlett's confidence and sass are still intact, and do you know what? Her filmography's impressive enough that she can go to prom in whatever she wants. All kudos to teenage Scarlett for living her truth and wearing whatever the hell she wanted. She can win this one. [post_page_title]Ashton Kutcher[/post_page_title] I take no issue with teenage Ashton's wardrobe choices. He looks good. The scraped-back hair is a bold choice, but hey, your teenage years are all about bold choices. I've no idea what dance moves he's demonstrating here, but the slightly strained smiles of the women behind him suggest they are perhaps acceptable at best. [caption id="attachment_3997" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @aplusk[/caption] Now, adult Ashton seems a little more relaxed and comfortable in his skin than teenage Ashton, and less prone to launching into an impromptu dance routine with so much enthusiasm that it makes the people around him slightly uncomfortable, so adult Ashton takes this one. [post_page_title]Natalie Portman[/post_page_title] Teenage Natalie's outfit is great, but the slightly flyaway hairdo and nervous, rabbit-in-headlights stare makes her look a tiny bit like a frightened young chicken, which diminishes the overall impact of her prom look. [caption id="attachment_3998" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @natalieportman[/caption] Other than the Star Wars prequels, it's rare these days that we ever see adult Natalie seeming as uncomfortable in her surroundings as she seems in her prom photo, so adult Natalie is the victor here. [post_page_title]Blake Lively[/post_page_title] Teenage Blake herself looks confident and great, so you'd think she'd look back on this photo without too much embarrassment. But why is her date so frightened to actually make physical contact with her shoulders? Does he know something about her we don't? Does she have corrosive skin? Why don't we know this about Blake Lively?   [caption id="attachment_4000" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @blakelively[/caption] Whatever the explanation for this photo is, adult Blake seems to have the edge over teenage Blake. Either she's now able to hang out with people confident enough to actually make physical contact with her, or she's got the strange medical condition that caused her corrosive skin sorted out, so she's definitely the winner. [post_page_title]Courteney Cox[/post_page_title] Teenage Courteney seems to have brought the biggest bouquet of flowers possible to prom. She's going to regret that later. She's going to be trying to dance and constantly being irritated by this massive great bouquet she has to wave around. Or she'll have to ask someone else to hold it while she dances. Poor planning. [caption id="attachment_4001" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @courteneycoxofficial[/caption] Now, we can't imagine the woman who brought Monica Geller to life to go into an event as poorly-prepared as teenage Courteney seems to be here, swinging around a bouquet the size of her leg and generally making things difficult for herself. For her improved planning skills, adult Courteney wins. [post_page_title]Shane Dawson[/post_page_title] I'm going to be completely honest, I've no idea who Shane Dawson is. He seems to be wearing a suit about ten times too big for him, and his hair is ridiculous. But you know what? He's owning it. Good on him. [caption id="attachment_4002" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Instagram @shanedawson[/caption] As I said, I couldn't begin to tell you who Shane Dawson is, so who am I to judge on how his life has unfolded since his prom photo? But teenage Shane strikes me as a guy who makes bold choices and sticks to them, so I'm letting him have this one. [post_page_title]Amy Poehler[/post_page_title] The fact that teenage Amy seems to have been caught, paparazzi-style, emerging from a car when she didn't know she was being photographed for her prom, suggests that she was already enough of a big deal in high school for desperate journalists to lie in wait trying to get candid snaps of her. So kudos to her for being a big deal at a young age. It's just a shame they seemed to catch her in the middle of chewing on some Haribo or something. [caption id="attachment_3999" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Seth Poppel/Yearbook LibraryNow[/caption] Amy Poehler is another actor who I'm largely only familiar with thanks to her voice work in a Pixar film. Inside Out is one of the most incredible films of all time and I cry my eyes out every time I see it, so I'm going to let adult Amy win this one because that dream role is still in teenage Amy's future when this picture was taken.

[caption id="attachment_4158" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Moosemaster21[/caption] The change, the great change of the age. Sorry, the great change of AGEING. We've all been through the family photo albums as kids, looking at our older siblings, parents, cousins or whatever. We have all likely pointed and laughed at the embarrassing images and polaroids of them, and if you say you haven't, you are almost certainly lying. Right now, in the digital age where each of us has a near-innumerable amount of photos saved on our devices and across a plethora of social media profiles, this very modern age is perhaps the absolute monarch of embarrassment. Hands pointing at screens as hearty full-on meltdown-laugher reigns over each swipe and scroll. However, many people pride themselves on their transformations or simply laugh it off. I have in front of me, hundreds of examples of such glow-ups, where the people of this here internet is showing off how it really all changes for them. "It's not just a phase mom" - "Oh, it was... ok." [post_page_title] #1 'These Are My Rebellious Siblings And I As Punk Teenagers, And This Is Us Now!'  [/post_page_title] Of all the images I have in front of my eyes, I felt I had to start with this one... [caption id="attachment_4160" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Amanda Panda[/caption] It was absolute unsolicited pandamonium! It is now well, still pandamonium, just with a highly probably earlier bedtime. [post_page_title] #2 'I'm The Mom To A Neat 4-Year-Old, I'm Married, And I'm The Manager Of A Local Convenience Store. All Things I Told Myself At Fifteen That I'd Never Do. 15 And 25 Years Old'  [/post_page_title] Well, now, that's a transformation and half, isn't it? You go from hating the world, hating everyone you have to even look at and be aware of, no one understands you and nothing matters. I was a teenager in that era... it was, exactly like that. [caption id="attachment_4161" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: LemonMints[/caption] Indeed, from hating it all and all the people within said "all" to managing people, marrying a singular "people", basically feeding people and then above all ADDING to the people by birthing your own singular "people". Glowing up at its absolute epitome. [post_page_title] #3 'I Became A Fireman, If I Talked To Myself 8 Years Ago And Said You Would Cut Your Hair And Become Part Of The Fire Department I Would've Never Believed Myself' [/post_page_title] "I'll never cut my hair" - "I'll never stop wearing these clothes" - "I'll never get a real job, leave me alone." Do grandiose statements right a bell? Likely. Do they match this next example of glowing the up? Yes. [caption id="attachment_4162" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: RealTerse[/caption] From being defiant in the face of what is perceived to be a serious issue within the context of adolescent struggles, to be defiant against what destroys lives. Glowing up isn't half bad! Power to the flame destroyers! [post_page_title] #3 'After The Whole Emo Stuff I Went To A Videogame School, Learned To Code, And Now Am Working At An Awesome Startup. Definitely A Phase. But I Really Had Good Times. And Also Did Very Stupid Shit, Especially With Drugs' [/post_page_title] This one I felt really deserves to sit under the moniker of "best glow ups" as it shows perhaps one of the premier examples of what it means to make it in this world - and not just for the obvious reasons. [caption id="attachment_4163" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Psykopatik[/caption] This glowing glow-up is more than happy to admit the past, rejoice that they are over it, and stand there with no regrets in life. If you ask me, maybe we should make a new list, just this example over and over with perhaps a few color variations and added graphics! [post_page_title] #4 'I'm Still Listening To Brand New, Work As An Administrative Coordinator For A Fortune 500 Company And Up Until Now Never Noticed It Wasn't Really A Phase' [/post_page_title] I feel a little resonation with this one. Transformations aren't always as overt as you'd expect, especially through the context of this list of shock and awe! [caption id="attachment_4165" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: krisDemon[/caption] KrisDemon may well be all glowed-up, working, earning and making her way in life but shes never truly what has made her who she is. If you truly love something you never truly grow (glow) out of it. Remember that humans of all ages! Just be you. [post_page_title] #5 'Before - Year 2005, My 18 Year Old Emo Self. After - Year 2015, I Am A Loving Father And Husband. What A Difference 10 Years Can Make' [/post_page_title] Life can take us on some twists and turns, this particular example is one of maturity but also comfortability. That and traces of a former self via a checkered shirt, I saw that I bet there is a stripey t-shirt under there! [caption id="attachment_4166" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Dex2787[/caption] There is absolutely no real correlation between these images. I guess this is glowing-up! For the record, I really was clutching at straws with that checkered shirt and I humbly apologize. [post_page_title] #6 'Became An Infantryman For The US Army. Going To College, Studying International Security And Conflict Resolution'  [/post_page_title] *Exclaims in surprise and sits backward in my chair as a result of this next example!* [caption id="attachment_4168" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: JToth11X[/caption] If you were to encapsulate, epitomize and excellently envision the complete and utter point of this list, you would use this image. I mean, come on now, if the falsehood of "IT'S NOT JUST A PHASE MOM" was to have an image attached to its explanation then this would be it. That's it, the list is over, I'm done. [post_page_title] #7 'Me When I Was 15/16 And Now: 21 Year Old And Working In Some Carpenter Job' [/post_page_title] This entry may seem like just another hair-cut transformation, but its the excellence and brilliance of the subtleties that these images and their accompanying explanatory statement that really make it. See if you can ascertain what they are before I give you a little nudge in the right direction. [caption id="attachment_4169" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Axote[/caption] Would the hair get in the way with this new profession? Yes, so there's that. In Flames are a death metal band from Sweden - a heavily wooded area. Axote is now working for a carpentry firm and has chosen to include a photo showing clothing with such words written on it. Carpentry uses dead-wood. I laughed, a lot, I wonder if A) you did and B) if old Axote realized all this. [post_page_title] #8 'All That Hair And Makeup Practice Back Then Really Helped Me Become The Hairstylist And Makeup Artist That I Am Today' [/post_page_title] We all have to start somewhere and each decision indeed makes us who we are later in life. Case in point... [caption id="attachment_4170" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Russcarp[/caption] From the pursuit of perfection, spending a long time in the mirror in a quest to look his best to doing the same for others to help them in their own quest for self-comfort. Glowing-up, helping others and being happy. Solid. [post_page_title] #9 'I Became The Police. I Also Now Send Couple Christmas Cards. 2007 And 2015' [/post_page_title] Straightening my hair in the dim light, I styled my hair and - [caption id="attachment_4171" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: an0r4k[/caption] - the law won. Oh, and Christmas cards became a thing, apparently, because it's seemingly synonymous with being in a position of power. I don't make the rules. [post_page_title] #10 '1985, While I Was In Art School And 2017, Successful Artist, Teacher, Mother. Still Me!' [/post_page_title] Does any remember the Bowling For Soup song, '1985'? Well... [caption id="attachment_4172" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Ms Phlit[/caption] I think this may well be the newest and most up to date version where Debbie stayed herself, rocked it and did only that for the rest of her life, getting everything she ever wanted. Glowing-up isn't always about changing to fit whatever mold lay before you! [post_page_title] #11 'Me And 2017 Me' [/post_page_title] Eight years is a long time. A long-time where life-defining events bombard your existence until it has shaped you into something else entirely. At least, that is a common variable in this life we lead, but what, I heard you ask, are these eventful few years capable of changing? How will they be the catalyst for glowing-up and what exactly will change? [caption id="attachment_4174" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Nick Dunham[/caption] Hair, it's all about hair. The color, the style, where it is on your head? Hair. Hair. [post_page_title] #12 'I'm Now Married And A Stay-At-Home Mom To A 17-Month-Old' [/post_page_title] There isn't a great deal I can say about this. From staying at home living that myspace, proto-selfie life to, endless trying to take the perfect pic before the age of front-facing cameras to - [caption id="attachment_4175" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: c48a4d893e[/caption] - staying at home and caring for others. Who'd have thought it? [post_page_title] #13 'Then Vs Now.. Still Wearing Black' [/post_page_title] From paw-dorable... [caption id="attachment_4176" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit Yvonne van der Pol[/caption] ...to glowed-up pawfection. [post_page_title] #14 'We Cleaned Up Good! 2009 Vs 2016' [/post_page_title] You're not alone, but the great glow-up is not something you have to face on your own. Or, perhaps, all we do is move from one phase to another? Enter the next example. [caption id="attachment_4177" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Camilla Mundt-Hansen[/caption] From the rebellious phase where doing anything but what your parents prefer to the next phase, glowing-up to whatever standard is perceived as the most normal - featuring a glow-stick headband! [post_page_title] #15 'From 15 To 25. Still Listen To Metal And Go To Concerts But I'm A Kindergarten Teacher Now.' [/post_page_title] This one, once again I feel I am resonating towards. Glowing-up is part of life. Indeed, this list is solid proof of such but that doesn't mean you can't use this societal construct for your own means! [caption id="attachment_4179" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Teagan Haigh[/caption] Getting on with it, making headway in life but still doing all the things that made you absolutely you back in the day? Teagan has nailed the glow-up! [post_page_title] #16 'From 16-Year-Old Who Never Smiled To 29-Year-Old Who Can't Stop Smiling' [/post_page_title] From the posing mystic out for attention to the pose of a happy person content with their place in life. You can't argue with that. [caption id="attachment_4180" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Alexis[/caption] No, seriously you can't, we all go on a journey to find ourselves no matter how cliché it is. [post_page_title] #17 '15-Year-Old Little Punk To A 22-Year-Old Married Woman Who Likes To Knit And Bake' [/post_page_title] The things we like to do often change. In many cases, what this often means is that we never really enjoyed those things, rather they were a passing fancy. But what do I know, eh? I just have all these hilarious case studies in front of me... [caption id="attachment_4183" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Katia[/caption] In all seriousness and contextual prose, however, what a change this is. From one phase to another. Now I obviously don't mean the marriage because that would be mean but this glowing out of bathing? Yeeesh. Not Cool. Baking is cool and jumpers keep you warm, so there is that. [post_page_title] #18 'From Crazy Colors And Straightener Abuse, To Embracing My Natural Color And Curls' [/post_page_title] I like this one. "WE MUST FIND AND EXPRESS OURSELVES, IT'S ALL THAT MATTERS" is often the maxim of the teen in the Western world, don't deny it now, I saw the glint of admittance in your eyes! [caption id="attachment_4184" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Christine Martinsen[/caption] In truth, it's a healthy thing, but in our teens, where our emotions are somewhere else entirely, the whole process is in complete and utter overdrive. However, sometimes, the best glow up is just to embrace natural progression and accept what you have. Hence this entry's place in this list of "WAIT... WHAT?!?!" [post_page_title] #19 'I Got Married In 2014. I Suppose That's When Things Changed' [/post_page_title] On my quest and mandate to find the "best" examples of glowing-up on this list, I really have seen everything. From the most overt and the unambiguously natural, it's been quite an adventure, and it isn't over yet! [caption id="attachment_4185" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Shannon Whitaker[/caption] Firstly, I admire the time it likely took to compile such a transformation and secondly, what a transformation this is! Of this list, this is perhaps the best at capturing how we progress of humans of this society. [post_page_title] #20 '16 Vs 26' [/post_page_title] Couldn't this be any different? [caption id="attachment_4186" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Jade Michelle[/caption] From a spikey fluffy misunderstood teen taking selfies once again in an era before from-facing cameras to something else entirely decade later. In short, shyness to a confident glow-up. [post_page_title] #21 'Played In A Hardcore Band, Then Became A Marine Now I Work In Private Armed Security' [/post_page_title] From vehemently against the main, to fighting for the man and then onward to fighting for the man with the most money. [caption id="attachment_4187" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Shawn Braly[/caption] How our ideals change! Glow-ups are subjective, remember that. Each to their own! [post_page_title] #22 '15 - 19' [/post_page_title] Style comes and goes, with the same formulaic fads gaining popularity before falling to the next. We all know the game, for we play it throughout our own lives, or rather the quest to find out comfort within the greater game of life anyway. [caption id="attachment_4188" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Harry Kidd[/caption] This glow-up, from creased messy layers and wisps of vision inhibiting locks to smart and regimented, is more than proof that the system works. What a transformation though! From scrapper to dapper in matter four years, I'd love to see what the mid-point was in this process. [post_page_title] #23 'About A 6 Year Difference. Went From Listening To Aa, BOTDF And Fir, To Keaton Henson, Cigarettes After Sex And RHCPs. Glad I'm Out Of That Phase' [/post_page_title] Have you ever listened to BOTDF (Blood On The Dance Floor)? I think that be honest you should, for it will allow this entry to make SO MUCH more sense. [caption id="attachment_4190" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Ariel[/caption] From RAWRS of emotional anguish, utterly superfluous bows to defunct completely and marketed music that few would admit to once liking or rather falling for to looking her best. Ariel wins her spot on this list of glow-ups. [post_page_title] #24 '2010 To Now' [/post_page_title] Another well-deserved spot on this goes too... [caption id="attachment_4191" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Desiree Hébert[/caption] Desiree Hébert has gone from living in the moment of the all-important scene-kid photo to moving on and making the decisions that will enrich the rest of her life and looking truly happy doing it. Glowing-up? She's completed it mate. [post_page_title] #24 '14 To 21. Too Many Phases To Count' [/post_page_title] Too many? Or the correct amount? [caption id="attachment_4192" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Maia Goddard[/caption] I guess this is growing up? *Dammit - Blink-182 starts playing* Is she finished, who knows?!?! For now, though, Maia is all glowed-up. [post_page_title] #25 'Before & After 10 Years, More Or Less' [/post_page_title] Some of these chronologies are as excellent as the effort that went into them. Hat's off to the chronological change-fest that is the long journey to this swish glow-up! [caption id="attachment_4193" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Paddi Avalon[/caption] What a difference a da-DECADE makes! Mr. Avalon has gone from scraggly bad-boy to a glowed-up and handsome young man. It really is remarkable how we change, if you only could see little selections of photos, you'd love them! My apologies - laugh, you'd LAUGH. [post_page_title] #26 '1989-2017. Waiting For My Next Metamorphosis.' [/post_page_title] And now for another chronology capturing 28 years of glow-up. This man's transformation could have been cut off at any point into eight separate entries, but by the gods would it be far less striking! [caption id="attachment_4195" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Joe Torres[/caption] From years as a baby-faced pretty boy to years of long hair and a grungey aesthetic, one thing that ties this collage of glow together is the ubiquitousness of  Joe Torres' ability to absolutely own any look he chose. Be the nice guy born from Mr. Serious-Business to the suave handsome older gentlemen look, this man glows no matter! Excuse me, I now have a goal to achieve. [post_page_title] #27 'Our Rebellious Teenage Stage Vs Being Married 7 Years Later With Two Kids!' [/post_page_title] Phases are coexistent it seems! This couple has progressed and transformed together through it all towards glowing it up in adulthood with a side order of parental responsibility. [caption id="attachment_4197" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Amber Chaves[/caption] I have but one question though beyond the token and faux "THAT ISN'T THE SAME PEOPLE, NO WAY" exclaim. Will the pattern repeat for the kids? Will they have their own scraggly emo phase? Only time will tell! [post_page_title] #28 'No Regrets, But I Wouldn't Do Half Of The Stuff I Used To' [/post_page_title] Once again, we have a stark contrast, owned and not regretted in the slightest, setting itself up for a latter glow. [caption id="attachment_4198" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Rachel Leonard[/caption] What was once missing was found and the hair follicle abuse was halted in favor of a full head of healthy hair. If there is one theme involved in nearly all the examples on the list of stark transformations, it's the hair! Oh, the hair! I have come to the conclusion that all that matters in the world is hair. [post_page_title] #29 The 90's Versus Now!  [/post_page_title] I do wonder if the people entering into the vast collection I am pulling from really believe what they are digging up from their care-free rebellious pasts? Humans live long lives after all and memory only goes so far. [caption id="attachment_4204" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: Rachel-erika Low[/caption] I should think the above example was a catalyst for another exclaiming of something akin to "I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT WAS ME." From the care-free pseudo hippie '90s to the now and world exploration, well dressed and smiling. It certainly could be a lot worse and could certainly be further away from being a glow-up! [post_page_title] #30 'Nuff Said'. [/post_page_title] As much as I have said this a few times now, the idea of becoming who you feel need to be or rather who you have always meant to be is a journey all humans to varying degrees and to various longevities will endeavor towards. Regardless of how many times I say it or phrase it, its the truth. Enter the last entry. [caption id="attachment_4201" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Credit: John Neu[/caption] Finding who you are supposed is the ultimate glow-up!

There is nothing worse than feeling humiliated in front of a crowd of people. It's honestly the worst feeling in the world. Feeling the blood move up your body and fill your cheeks; the sweat; the clammy hands - it's terrible. However, it's something we all endure and thanks to Reddit, we can bask in other people's humiliation while trying to forget about our own.

Here are 10 of the most embarrassing stories that you will ever hear.

1. Kids say the funniest/worst things

"I distinctly remember my mom tying my shoes one time when I was 3 or 4 years old and I asked her to "tickle my pickle". I really hope she doesn't remember that..." - modulev

2. So close, yet so far

"When I was in the sixth grade, my friends used to call me a dildo all the time. I used to hate it. Crucially, I didn’t know what a dildo was, but I had a sneaking suspicion that it was a penis. I didn’t realize my error until one FATEFUL day, when my friends once again decided to call me a dildo during P.E. In my anger, I shouted “At least I have one!” I’m 30 years old, and to this very day, anytime I see one of those people, they inevitably bring up the fact that in the sixth grade, I shouted that I had a dildo." - trainwreck42

3. It's a cool name to go by though

"I got my first iphone about 7 or 8 years ago. Anywho, i was listening to a lot of hip hop at the time and the phrase i chose say to Siri was ‘i love it when you call me big papa’. Siri asked me if i wanted her to call me Big Papa. Why the fuck not, I thought. So this event totally left my memory until i was looking for an email I had sent from my phone. I found it and was horrified to learn that it had been signed off from ‘Big Papa’. Everything i had sent from my phone in those two years, including job related emails and even applications, had been signed off from Big Papa. "- Luther_van_boss

4. A bag of coal will be coming your way

"I was watching a movie with my parents when I was 7 and heard the characters talk about porn. I asked my parents what it meant and they didn't tell me so I looked it up on our family computer. This was around Christmas time and I got so scared I wouldn't get anything for Christmas because I looked it up, so I wrote a letter to Santa apologizing. He wrote me back and said it was ok. The next year I realized Santa was my parents. It still keeps me up at night." - Strungeart

5. And no one corrected you?

"Until about a year ago I thought facade was pronounced faykayd" - The_Dork_Lord

6. Too much info, man

"When i was young, i didn't know the difference between getting laid and getting laid off. So, when my dad lost his job one year, the next day at school i went around explaining to all my classmates: 'Yeah, things aren't going well at my house, my dad got laid yesterday.'" - BobJohnson2003

7. This could cause some arguments

 "Whenever I think sexual thoughts I sneeze. It has gotten to the point where if I ever sneeze my girlfriend just gives me a stare and says no." - Moonkeyman120

8. As long as you don't eat it

"I like to pick my nose" - Lex_Wrecks

9. How?

"Swallowed a fork, ended up in hospital, and had to have stomach cut open because they couldn't risk pulling it back out." -Tikana11

10. Toy Story 3...

"I get really choked up at the sappy emotional parts of kids' TV shows/movies." - metagloria

While I'm sure you feel like your experiences of being humiliated are worse than anyone else's, it's always nice to laugh at other people, isn't it?

While we've all considered ourselves unfortunate souls from time to time - plagued with a coterie of stubbed toes, lost possessions, and far too many drunken nights - there are some people who are so unlucky that we just assume they go around smashing mirrors and walking under ladders.

One such individual is a Reddit user who goes by the handle, TheFlyingPigSquadron. Last year, the Scottish woman shared her story on the internet, and what started with an everyday hair washing resulted in her being carted off to the emergency room. Read on to see how she ended up in a wheelchair, with a fractured ankle and a split head - but try not to chuckle too much at her misfortune...

It all began rather innocuously with the Reddit user writing, "So this morning I jumped in the shower and decided to wash my hair."

"I have very long and curly hair that reaches midway down my back. However, once it's wet the curls straighten out and my hair almost reaches my bum." 

Trouble quickly ensued, however, when the woman thought a spider had managed to find its way into her shower.

"So my hair is wet, shampooing done and I just need to rinse," she continued. "I tip my head back and flip my hair over my shoulder á la shampoo adverts everywhere. And feel something brush against the top of my bum. Being the mature and logical gal I am, I came to the one and only possible conclusion."

"Spider".

And it's safe to say that the Reddit user overreacted...

"With a scream a howler monkey would be proud of, boobs flying and looking like some sort of demented mermaid, I attempted to flee the shower stall. And promptly acquired a new skill; the ability to do the splits.

"This in itself was a spectacular feat of physics as there isn't actually enough room in my bathroom for a toddler to do the splits, never-mind a 5'9" half drowned rat. As a result, when my leading foot came into contact with the toilet pedestal, my body was launched back along the floor towards the shower. This left me wedged between the toilet and the shower tray."

Of course, it didn't end there, as she was then "abruptly b*tch-slapped by the shower door."

"One trip to the A&E later and I have a sprained ankle, a fractured ankle, two broken toes, a beautiful rainbow of bruises in some interesting places and a partridge in a pear tree."

Now, as if that whole ordeal wasn't enough, it was about to get a lot worse...

In an update post, the Reddit user revealed how she temporarily ended up in a wheelchair, and back in the A&E:

"So because I'm a special little unicorn my broken toes and fractured ankle are on opposite feet therefore I'm now rockin' a b*tchin new wheelchair (well not new, it's the NHS and it's Scotland).

"Also my flat is upstairs so it might as well be on Everest, so I'm at my parent's bungalow until my sprain is well enough for me to find another way to f*ck it up.

"I've had the wheelchair for about 6 hours now and have bounced it off every door frame in the house and scuffed two of the walls (don't tell my mother). After about 2 hours of me bouncing around like a ping pong ball my mum got the s*its with me and told me to go and annoy my younger brother, who is playing Xbox in the living room.

"So after letting him have a go on the chair and basically p*ssing about, he says three little words that have resulted in this update. 'Do a wheelie'."

"F*cking challenge accepted", she stated.

"I give it a go and end up tipping the chair backwards, arse over tits (which I'm sure would, again, be flying if they hadn't been secured in a locked and upright position) and cracking my head on the fireplace.

"I'm now on my back doing the world's worst impression of an upside down turtle with a cast and now a head wound. My 19-year-old, apparently adult brother is trying to crawl to the bathroom before p*sses himself laughing."

Thankfully, the unfortunate woman didn't end up too damaged. "No I haven't injured myself again," she continued.

"I've just split the skin which was fixed with glue and tape because apparently medical and art supplies are the same thing. I'm also back in the wheelchair as the very wise Dr felt 'crutches would just be asking for it.'

"He's not wrong I full admit I would have attempted to swing from them and/or use them as pirate swords. Though most likely both."

Well, there you have it: the unluckiest woman on the internet. While we're all glad that she didn't hurt herself too badly, I think we can all agree that her escapades were absolutely hilarious.

There's a very specific age range that remembers Myspace. While the social media platform might still be around, it was once king of the hill; a place where all the kids went to find the coolest new indie bands and spend hours picking out the perfect song for their profile and deciding who makes it into their top friends list.

Anyone a little bit older or a little bit younger would have missed out on the phenomenon, but there are some celebrities who were big at the time and tried it out, before Instagram and Twitter took over. Looking back, however, it seems their profiles were as embarrassing as our own...

1. Kendall Jenner

It's never not cringey to have the username 'horsegirlkj'.

2. Kesha

This bio is pure gold.

3. Kim Kardashian

4. Katy Perry

Anyone else love all the "Japanese-y stuff"?

4. Harry Styles

This is way too close to home.

5. Taylor Swift

A highlight from her bio:

"I've never been the kind of girl who needs a boyfriend. I don't go out looking for guys. But then again, I don't write alot of love songs. Basically.. I'm single"

6. Tom Hardy

The actor's Myspace photos are legendary. Here's just a few of them:

If you're worried one day someone will stumble upon some embarrassing photos of you from back in the day, rest assured that at least you're not a celebrity - these guys have millions gazing on their most cringeworthy moments.