These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

Mandy Moore

Before she played the pom wielding Lana Thomas in 2001's The Princess Diaries, Mandy Moore was wearing her own cheer uniform. However, her experience was a bit unusual, as she cheered for the Pop Warner football team. After this encounter with the cheer world, she went on to star in A Walk to Remember, and later on, This is Us.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.