Megan Fox
Even a beauty like Megan has a minor flaw in her appearance: a congenital anomaly called brachydactylia makes her thumbs a little shorter and her nails a little wider than they should be. The girl isn’t too concerned about this defect, and she even spoke about it on a talk show.
Elizabeth Taylor
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During the filming of Lassie Comes Home, the director asked the young actress to remove her makeup because he thought it was too much. However, that was no makeup but a rare genetic mutation: Elizabeth’s eyelashes grew in two lines, making her eyes incredibly charming. Her unusual violet eye color added to the effect.
Alan Rickman
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Everyone who heard this amazing actor’s velvety voice remembered it forever. It turns out that Rickman had a congenital lower jaw defect and, as a result, speech problems. This influenced his manner of speaking and gave his fans the famous voice — a perfect example of turning a flaw into a strength.
Kate Bosworth
The actress Kate Bosworth has a particularly distinctive feature: one of her eyes is blue, and the other one is brown. This is called heterochromia, an anomaly when eye irises are colored differently. Among other celebrities with eyes of different color are Mila Kunis and Christopher Walken.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
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A long time ago the actor hit his head in the swimming pool and got a big bump on the forehead. It stayed with Van Damme for life but didn’t make pursuing a career in Hollywood any harder.
Vanessa Paradis
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When Vanessa was young, she was advised to get rid of the famous gap between her teeth (incidentally, that’s what Madonna actually did). But the girl had her own way and preferred not to change anything. Even though dentists wouldn’t approve of her choice, this peculiarity certainly gives her a unique charm.
Seal
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As a child, the singer Seal had a dangerous disease: lupus erythematosus. He was lucky enough to recover, but the scars stayed on his face for life. However, this defect didn’t affect his ability to charm top models: Seal used to date Tyra Banks and was married to Heidi Klum.
Halle Berry
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The actress has six toes on her right foot. This is usually corrected in infancy, but Halle never had an operation. The defect doesn’t bother her at all, and she enjoys wearing open toe shoes. Interestingly, various toe anomalies are quite common. For example, Ashton Kutcher has two partially conjoined toes.
Matthew Perry
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We have loved and watched Friends for years but never noticed that actor Matthew Perry lacks the upper phalanx of the right-hand middle finger. He lost it when he caught his hand in a door as a child. His character, Chandler, also had digit problems: in the story, Monica dropped a knife on his foot that cut off a part of his little toe.
