We were all awkward teenagers once.

It's refreshing, and encouraging, to know that even the biggest celebrities were all once regular teenagers just trying to get through the complexities of young adult life. The Bay Area has always been home to some great talent; catch a glimpse of a few before they got famous, in this little jaunt into NorCal history.

Christy Turlington

  

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High school photos are often embarassing, but not when you're a future supermodel. Christy Turlington was just a girl from Walnut Creek before she made it onto magazine covers and designer catwalks. She attended Monte Vista High School in Danville before making her way to New York to continue her modeling career.