OK, I knew that the first Mystery Celebrity last month was going to be fairly easy, but I thought sure the second one would be a challenge.  It probably would have been had it not been for one little thing: 

VH1's "Before They Were Stars" used the exact same friggin' photo on a recent episode.  

And, judging by the number of correct entries I received, there are tremendous number of VH1 fans out there.  For the few of you that were watching CNN instead, the Mystery Celebrities were...

In case you care, the most popular wrong answers were Ashley Judd for #1 and Madonna for #2 (which does look quite a bit like Madonna's high school photos).  One person even thought they were the same person, which, now that I think about it, isn't a bad idea...but I digress.  Anyway, the first person to guess them correctly was...

Way to go Teresa.  The next 9 in order were KellyAnn Hagendoorn (who lost to Teresa by a mere 17 minutes), Sarah Kirkish, Kathleen C., Tiffany, Allison, Sonya Fydenkevez, Kara, Camille McClellan, and Sarah Armstrong.  Looks like I may have to reserve a permanent spot for KellyAnn, Allison, and Sonya soon. J

On to this month's contest.  As usual, I give you either a picture of a celebrity from early in their life or career with some completely different look or I disguise a current picture.  You then have to tell me who the celebrity in question is.  Simple enough?  Of course. 

I must admit that I was intrigued by the "two pictures of the same celebrity" concept I mentioned above.  So, let's try that this time with and old picture and a newer one.  Hey, it couldn't be any easier than the last few months could it?  So tell me,

Who's the celebrity pictured in the two photos below?

Your only hint this time is that it ISN'T Madonna.  In fact, that guess wouldn't even be in the ballpark...though you wouldn't need to change sports.

Email your guess to JerkyFlea@HairBoutique.com with the subject "JerkyFlea Contest". (NOTE: PLEASE BE SURE TO USE THAT SUBJECT LINE SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET LOST IN MY EMAIL!  THANKS!)

As usual, THE FIRST PERSON to send me the correct answer gets a hearty virtual handshake and pat on the back...and their name featured in the next column.  The next nine just get their name in the column.  Sure, it's a subtle difference, but those yellow letters don't come cheap.  Good Luck! 

Last month I tossed out the tease in my tidbit on Linda Hamilton that since she and James Cameron (who wanted her to cut her hair for "Terminator 2") split, it is vaguely ironic that his new love, SUZY AMIS, has just recently finally regrown her red hair very long after cutting it short from extremely long a few years back.  Ok, I admit that it's a stretch to tie those two things together, but hey, it give me a lead in to talk about Suzy's hair adventure.

An ex-model, Suzy had appeared in supporting roles in several small films in the late '80s and early '90s.  Despite the varying roles, Suzy managed to retain her most recognizable feature, her waist-length red hair.  In 1992, she was given her big break: a starring role in the film "The Ballad of Little Jo", the story of a woman who moves out west, disguises herself as a man, and lives the remainder of her life as a rancher named "Little Jo".  The only downside?  Suzy had to cut her hair.  Short.  On camera.  HERSELF.

Much to Suzy's credit, she went through with it and "The Ballad of Little Jo", though largely ignored by the movie-going public, garnered very good reviews for Suzy.  She then managed to parlay that positive buzz into a variety of higher profile roles in flicks such as "The Usual Suspects", "Blown Away" and "Titanic".  During the succeeding years, she continued to let her hair grow back out to the point where it's now essentially back to where it was when she started. 

Sure, you may say that she didn't really gain all that much from the sacrifice, since she's still primarily a supporting actress.  Then again, I would argue that her supporting roles got MUCH better.  Plus, she's dating James Cameron.  

Uh...did I mention her supporting roles got much better?

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