Both insanely famous and famously controversial, actress and supermodel Brooke Shields has had one hell of an interesting life. By far the youngest model of all, she started when she was just 11 months old, in an advertisement for Ivory Soap, then basically never stopped. If you're ever looking for a prime example of child model exploitation, this is it. She appeared in nude photos by the age of 10, played a child prostitute in the movie Pretty Baby at the age of 12, and appeared on the cover of Vogue at 14, still the youngest-ever model to do so.
And yet she remained completely well-adjusted, and turned out to be one of the most scintillating and fascinating actresses and models on the planet. From Blue Lagoon to Friends, Playboy to Gucci, Dean Cain to Andre Agassi, nobody could say that Brooke Shield's life has never been daring. She's done it all, and always come out on top. Even now, 52 years on...