These Celebrities Were All Cheerleaders Before Making It Big

Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields is famously one of the world's most beautiful women. Whether she was posing for the camera or acting in Emmeline in the 1980s The Blue Lagoon, she did it all with a smile. That career-defining grin was one she learned from her spirited cheer squad at her private high school in New Jersey.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.