How Your Favorite Supermodels Got Their Start

Charlize Theron

When Charlize turned 18, she packed her bags in South Africa and moved to Hollywood to make it big. She was living paycheck to paycheck and got into a fight with a bank teller who said her check could not be cashed. Well, that fight worked in her favor, because a talent agent also in the bank liked her spunk and helped her land her first big role in Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest. 

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