Sometimes we are given names that are either too hard to pronounce or too long to keep in their entirety. And if you are someone with a normal 9-5 job, that is completely fine. But, if you are someone in the entertainment industry who wants your name to be known by everyone, this may not be the best thing. That’s why many people choose to either shorten their full names or completely change them.
1. Miley Cyrus
Miley Cyrus legally changed her name back in 2008 from Destiny Hope Cyrus to Miley Cyrus. The name Miley is a rendition of her childhood nickname “Smiley” in honor of her paternal grandfather.
2. Victoria Beckham
Prior to becoming known as the fashion diva, Victoria Beckham, back in the early days of the iconic group we love, Victoria Adams was the name used for her records. However, when the Spice Girls became rising stars, she changed her name to Posh Spice. Years later, she become the famous Victoria Beckham we know today.
3. Vin Diesel
At the age of 17, Mark Sinclair was a rather big guy. He even used to work as a bouncer at a nightclub called The Tunnel. Around that time he took the name Vin Diesel and started to shave his head regularly.
4. Rachel Weisz
Early in her career, she changed her name to Rachel Vyce, but when people told her that it was too difficult to pronounce, she changed it to Kenya Campbell. She decided to keep it that way for a while, but she soon realized that it sounded unpleasant. The actress then decided to stay with Rachel Weisz and made a lot of iconic movies.
5. Natalie Portman
It was in 1994 when a very young Neta-Lee Hershlag auditioned for Leon and landed her first role in a major production. While filming, the actress changed her name to “Natalie” and took her mother’s maiden last name. Apparently, she wanted to maintain her privacy because some scenes in the movie were polemical.
6. Alicia Keys
Her real name is Alicia Augello-Cook, but she changed it and decided to have her own different stage name with a special meaning behind it. She explained, “It’s like the piano keys, and it can also open a lot of doors,” and she ended up with the name Alicia Keys and broke multiple records in her career.
7. Jamie Foxx
Eric Marlon Bishop, now known as Jamie Foxx, tried out a couple of different names when he first started doing open mic nights. When he’d sign up to the open mic lists, he used the names Tracy Brown and Stacy Green but eventually landed on Jamie Foxx.
8. Iggy Azalea
Her birth name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly, and she ended up with Iggy Azalea because she has a dog named “Iggy,” and it became her nickname. She came up with the surname Azalea, as she explained, “Because that is a street name that my mom and family live on, and it sounds very feminine, and I thought it would balance out Iggy being so masculine.”
9. Lana Del Rey
The singer’s real name is Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, but she’s now known as Lana Del Rey. When she began singing, she went by the name, “Lizzy Grant,” and also performed as “Sparkle Rope Jump Queen” until she landed on Lana Del Rey.
10. Tom Hardy
Before becoming Tom Hardy, his birth name was Edward Thomas Hardy, and he only used his first name before deciding to go by his middle name instead. Even though the Internet was aware of his true identity, it was not widely publicized.
11. Blake Lively
After Blake became an actress she decided to take the surname of her mother, Elaine Lively as her stage name.
12. Aaron Paul
His full name is Aaron Paul Sturtevant, but when he went to auditions, no one could pronounce his surname, “Sturtevant,” so he had to change it so that everyone could say it, and then he shortened it when he entered Hollywood.
13. Lorde
Lorde changed her original name at the age of 12 when she was signed to a development contract with the Universal Music Group after an agent of theirs saw footage of her singing at a middle school talent show. Her real name is Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O’Connor. The royalty hidden in the name Lord encouraged her in changing her original name, but she also added an “e” because she felt that Lord would be too masculine for a girl.
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All ladies admired her attractiveness in the 1990s. Claudia Schiffer, 51, how does she appear now?
Many people enviously admire her waistline.
Claudia Schiffer is one of the most well-known German supermodels of the 1990s, and she continues to grow in beauty as she ages. She had been slim since she was a child, thus she was destined for a modeling career. But she didn’t like the way she looked.
Schiffer met a model scout from the Metropolitan Models agency at a party in Dusseldorf one night. He suggested the young woman, who had the potential to make it big in the modeling industry, to travel to Paris.
Claudia had doubts about her own accomplishment for a long time. She suffered from impostor syndrome after her first picture shoot. She believed she was in the wrong place and that she had ended up in the sector by chance.
Things, on the other hand, went off without a hitch. She became a muse for Karl Lagerfeld after appearing on the cover of French Elle magazine and making her Chanel debut, and he enthusiastically likened her to another style queen, Brigitte Bardot.
Schiffer’s career took a worldwide turn in the 1990s. She became a New York Fashion Week celebrity, acquired an L’Oréal deal, and became the face of the iconic eatery Fashion Café. Claudia was the highest-paid model in the world for many years, with Forbes magazine estimating her yearly earnings at $9 million in 2000.
Claudia’s look has remained mostly unchanged since the 1990s, when she became famed for her perfect figure of 90-60-90, standing 180 cm tall and weighing 60 kg. Claudia has maintained her fitness since then with rigorous exercises, adequate diet, and a healthy lifestyle. Water and excellent nourishment, according to the model, are the secrets to her physique. Sweets and quick meals are strictly prohibited.
Claudia is always stylish. Pants and sports shoes are rarely seen on her. Knee-length dresses and skirts are her go-to outfits. She also tries to include colors that complement her look into her regular wardrobe. Her blonde hair looks great with blue, crimson, and soft pink. The model loves to wear low-heeled shoes. On her feet, she appears more feminine and more ease.
Claudia Schiffer’s makeup now is conservative and neutral, with a hint of eyeliner, in contrast to the colorful 90s. The actress maintains her natural hair color and does not attempt to alter her appearance. She has the demeanor of a true German: orderly and systematic. With such a demeanor, it’s no surprise that the supermodel was named GQ magazine’s “Woman of the Year” for 2020.
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