Don’t let those dazzling smiles and svelte waistlines fool you, because nobody is perfect, even celebrities can have body oddities.
In the day and age, celebrities are held a standard of perfection. However, despite their beauty, talent, glamour and charisma, famous people are still just as imperfect as the rest of us. Whether it is webbed toes, clubbed thumbs or third nipples, you may be surprised at how many of our favorite
celebs have physical deformities.
In fact, as you’ll see, some are even happy to share their body quirks with the world. These stars are able to find the confidence they need to achieve their dreams. And if they can do it, so can you!
Here are 9 famous people who are pround of their uncommon physical features.
#1 Karolina Kurkova: No belly button
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During a Victoria’s Secret fashion show in Miami in 2018, Karolina Kurkova caused a stir when she walked the runway, exposing a belly button-less midriff. Her rep told the NY Daily News, “She had an operation when she was an infant”. It's likely that her childhood surgery was for an umbilica hernia, which can distort the appearance of the belly button.
#2 Stephen Colbert: Floppy ear
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Stephen Colbert is never shy about showing off his body oddity – a lame ear. He rolls his ear down into itself and then gives a little sideways grin to make it pop back out. He explained that his body quirk was due to a problem inside his right ear when being young. It required ab operation to “scoop it all out with a melon labber” that caused him to lose hearing in that ear.
#3 Vince Vaughn: Missing thumb tip
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At age 17, Vince Vaughn suffered an unfortunate accident that caused him to lose the tip of one thumb. Because of this, he gave up playing water polo. He invested more of his time in another passion – theater. This body quirk was a lucky turn of events for fans of great comedy, like Vaughn's box office hit Wedding Crashers.
#4 Gemma Arterton: Extra fingers
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Gemma Arterton was born with two extra fingers, one on each hand. She shared, “My granddad had it, and my dad — I’m so proud of it”. these fingers didn’t have a bone in them so they were taken off. She revealed that the area where the fingers used to be attached is more sensitive because of the nerve endings that remain even though the extra skin and tissue were removed.
#5 Jane Seymour: Different colored eyes
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Emmy Award-winning actress Seymour has one green eye and one brown eye. For her, it wasn’t easy growing up with the body oddity when being a child. However, she is famous for her unique beautiful eyes and said she has learned to embrace the uniqueness.
#6 Lily Allen: A third nipple
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Perhaps unsurprisingly to fans, Allen likes to show off her third nipple to anyone who’s interested, pulling her shirt up without hesitation.
#7 Ashton Kutcher: Webbed toes
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On a British television show, Kutcher shared about his webbed feet, “I have connected toes…They’re slightly webbed. When everything else is this good-looking, something has got to be messed up!”. It is called syndactyly, usually occurs in between the second and third toes.
#8 Joaquin Phoenix: Cleft lip
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Joaquin Phoenix’s unique lips aren’t as mysterious as some might think. A cleft lip occurs when the two sides of a baby's upper lip do not fuse properly during the fifth or sixth week of pregnancy.
#9 Paris Hilton: A dropping eyelid
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Despite her uncommon trait: a dropping eyelid, the heiress of a millionaire fortune ranks one of the most attractive celebrities. Some can’t see her imperfection, because she applies makeup well.