8 Celebrities All '90s Girls Desperately Wanted To Be

Those of us who grew up in the ’90s know that it was a much simpler time, back then.  That was when the popular TV shows dealt with real, adolescent drama as opposed to the kind of shows nowadays where every character is a wizard or a pop star living a double life.  In the ’90s, we were perfectly happy with our Lunchables, our lack of social media, and that novelty called the Internet, which we could only access for a few minutes at a time because someone in the house always had to use the phone.

Back then, our celebrity idols were different too.  They weren’t controversial figures in hot pants or rebellious youths riding naked on a wrecking ball.  They were just cool, fashionable chicks.  Maybe today’s youngsters wouldn’t understand our infatuation, but there was no end to our passion.  Make no mistake, we were dying to be them.

  1. One of the Olsen Twins.

    You practically grew up with them, watching them on Full House, and they only got cooler as they got older.  When they were spunky little kids like you, you begged Mom to buy all their videotapes.  When they turned into the coolest, most fashionable teens of all time, you watched every crappy, short-lived show they had and bought all their destination movies.  In those days, you would have given anything to make the Olsen twins the Olsen triplets and live with them forever.

  2. A Spice Girl.

    Every girl had their favorite and you’d always argue which one was better, cooler, prettier, a better singer, and wore taller shoes.  Whether your Spice Girl was Baby Spice, because you both had blond hair, or Sporty Spice because you both liked soccer, there was no denying that you just wanted to be that girl.  How could you not?  They were hip, they were sassy, they were British, and they were basically the greatest group ever.

  3. Melissa Joan Hart.

    If you grew up watching Nickelodeon, there was no other girl you wanted to be.  Clarissa from Clarissa Explains It All was just unspeakably cool and worldly, and all-around bad ass.  Don’t lie, you probably got in trouble at least once or twice for trying to sneak your best friend in the house via ladder.

  4. Amanda Bynes.

    She didn’t make as many tabloid headlines back then as she does now, but late ’90s Amanda Bynes was still adored by ’90s girls, even before she got The Amanda Show.  She started out spunky and silly on All That and then became a favorite actress and fashion icon for those of us who did everything we could to imitate her capri-pants-with-platform-flip-flops looks.

  5. Britney Spears.

    She was a hot, super cool singer and she got to date Justin Timberlake.  If you didn’t want to be Britney Spears, then I don’t know where you were during the 1990s, because it certainly wasn’t here on Earth.

  6. Gwen Stefani.

    Gwen Stefani was like the nice girl with a punkish edge.  She had crazy, ridiculously awesome fashion, but she wasn’t a total train wreck, so Mom and Dad were still okay with you idolizing her.  Before Avril Lavigne made neck ties cool for girls who were dying for music with a little edge, Gwen Stefani made everything cool.  From pink hair to braces and everything in between, her fashion and attitude was exactly what you wanted to be.

  7. Mandy Moore.

    If you liked Britney Spears but wanted your role model to be a little more wholesome, Mandy Moore was totally your girl.  Britney Spears was the Diet Coke to Christina Aguilera’s full-calorie version, but Mandy More was like…Coke Zero.  All the sweet, bubbly flavor, and no guilt.  She was pretty, she could sing, she was a good actress, and she was sweet.  Maybe she didn’t have as many hits as Britney or Christina, but Mandy had just as many girls idolizing her.

  8. One of the girls from the musical group Play.

    Okay, if you even remember who this group is, then good on you.  You are truly a child of the ’90s and everyone else should take off their floppy bucket hats, get down on the knees of their overalls and worship you. 

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