The Stunning Transformation Of Taylor Momsen

Taylor Momsen moved to New York City to embark on the next chapter of her acting career. She joined the "Gossip Girl" cast in 2007 to play Dan Humphrey's sister, Jenny, the rebellious fashionista who aspires to climb the social ladder at her prestigious prep school. Momsen was just 12 years old when she filmed the series pilot. As the youngest cast member, she struggled to bond with her much older co-stars. "I was kind of going through the awkward, shy thing," Momsen confessed on "Podcrushed." She continued, saying, "I was by myself a lot ... I didn't have my own clique ... I was the new girl, I was 'Grinch Girl,' I was whatever. I was always kind of in this weird, isolated world."

Nevertheless, the series became a runaway success. But Momsen's "Gossip Girl" fame didn't come without a cost. As a young teen, she was targeted by the paparazzi. "They would photograph me on set ... as my character and put it in the tabloids as Taylor Momsen and say, 'Taylor Momsen's wearing this and Taylor Momsen's blah, blah, blah,'" the star revealed. "And that started to really bug me because my identity was getting, kind of, taken over." 

To reclaim her individuality, Momsen embraced an edgier aesthetic. She cut her hair into a short, platinum bob and started wearing gobs of black eyeliner. Inspired by the change in Momsen, her "Gossip Girl" stylist gave Jenny Humphrey a similarly gothy makeover on the show.