As a member of the Baldwin family, Hailey Bieber has been in the spotlight for most of her life — which means there’s plenty of content from her childhood and tween years floating around the internet, including a throwback clip from a Saturday Night Live appearance in 2009.
Bieber shared the clip, which was posted to the official SNL account, on her Instagram Stories, saying of her younger self, “It’s the braces 4 me!” In the video, Bieber helps her uncle Alec Baldwin introduce the Jonas Brothers; she’s about 13 years old at the time and looks every bit the young teenager with a mouthful of braces and a layered shag-style haircut with long bangs past her brows. The cute cut is like if the ’90s “The Rachel” and the emo shag of the late 2000s and early 2010s had a baby; given that Bieber was born in 1996, she missed out on the Rachel craze, but that doesn’t mean she can’t embrace the power of layers.
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The Rhode founder never shies away from a throwback moment. She often references her younger self — even her Instagram profile photo is a pic of child Hailey. In 2020, the model and entrepreneur shared a cheeky snapshot of her uneven (maybe self-cut?) bangs, complete with a disgruntled expression as though she went a little too far with the scissors.
Mrs. Bieber’s beauty journey has been a lot of fun to watch. She started modeling in her teens and quickly became one of the most popular models for major brands like Versace. But that’s nothing compared to her influence on the fashion and beauty world; Bieber doesn’t follow trends, she sets them. (Hey, her braces and ’00s cut were right on trend for 2009!) Recently, Bieber took the bob haircut to the next level with her chic chop, and do we even have to mention the viral glazed donut nails? SNL, it’s time to let the Biebers do double duty hosting in the next season … just an idea.
Src: allure.com
