Before they were blonde: Heidi Klum

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In researching Brigitte Bardot for my cat eye post, I came across photos of her as a brunette and the power of blonde struck me.
Hence, I will post -- every now and again -- on ‘Before they were blonde.’ I begin with Klum, who was born with a cocoa-hued mane and modeled as a brunette in her native Germany for a while.

But it was ‘hitting the bottle’ (of peroxide) that vaulted her career into supermodel orbit.
Here’s her quote about what a difference some bleach makes:

‘Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb!’

This week in the paper, I wrote about a new trend here in L.A. in which blondes get dark roots painted on to look like they haven’t bothered to go to the salon. It’s a rather uproarious trend.
Read it here.

Photo credits: Vogue; Bravo.com