Apparently, I have "one of those faces." Or so everyone likes to tell me. People I meet always tell me I look like someone. Strangely, more than a few people have told me I look like their best friend from elementary school (does that mean I have a baby face?) but most often, there are the celebrity comparisons. They have changed over the years, with my hair color and weight fluctuations. While they started as not so bad, there were a few years in there when I wanted to scream, and lately I've been really happy when someone says, "You know, you look a lot like...."
From about age 8 to 14, I had long, straight dirty blonde hair. I parted it down the middle and wore baggy t-shirts. I was always told I looked like Veda, from "My Girl," played by Anna Chlumsky.
As I got older, and a little fatter, a certain intern was sleeping with a president. So, especially considering I wore too much make-up at the time, it took me a few years to live down "a blonde Monica Lewinsky."
When I moved to New York at 18, I lost the hair and kept the weight. "The Osbournes" was incredibly popular on MTV and a comparison to Kelly was inevitable... and painful.
Eventually, I let my hair grow out, lost some weight and stopped wearing so much make-up. At that point, I had (and believe me, I counted) four people (including my chiropractor) told me I looked like Scarlett Johansson. I still treasure this comparison, and though don't see it, I'll take it!
Now that "Mad Men" is so popular, and I've taken to wearing red lipstick again I hear "Joan from Mad Men" (played by Christina Hendricks) at least twice a week. I'm obviously very okay with this comparison. But it's amazing what a hair style, the right make-up and a few pounds will do. I don't think I actually look(ed) like any of these people... well, except maybe Veda. Even I saw that one.
Who do you look like? Or who have you looked like over the years? The good, the bad and the ugly. Bring it.
