6 People Who Had No Clue Their Faces Were World-Famous

[SoCalDem]

No Clue Their Faces Were World-Famous



Becoming accidentally famous must be an unpleasantly surreal experience. Rebecca Black is the most cited example of the phenomenon these days (as though she was just dancing down the street one day and accidentally passed through a terrible music video) but she's far from the most mind blowing example.

For instance, imagine driving through the streets of, say, Beijing, and suddenly seeing your face on a billboard for instant noodles. Imagine you then find out your face is the Chinese equivalent of the Gerber's Baby, and has been for decades, and you never had a clue. This apparently happens all the time.


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[PoliticAverse]

1. Yup, can happen to anyone...

[petronius]

2. 'Old bin Laden' made me laugh my ass off - I'd have freaked to see that if it was me

'Taster's Choice guy' should have taken the $100k...

[provis99]

3. damn, the dude does look like bin Laden...

I also remember the Afghan Girl picture quite well, when I saw the cover in 1985 I just knew it would be an iconic picture. Those fierce green eyes really stood out. She's obviously had the typical Afghan hard life however; she looks really run down now.