Barbara Streisand is a U.S. singer, actor, and film director who was born in 1942.

In grade school, her classmates called her name such as "Big Beak", "Cross eyes", and "Mieskeit" (Yiddish for ugly). Although she was an excellent student, the young Barbara was small and thin, awkward and had a rather large nose. When she graduated from high school and tried to get work as an actress, most casting directors thought that she had talent but were very unimpressed with her looks. Undaunted, she transformed herself with clothes, makeup, and a new hairstyle, taking full advantage of her striking blue eyes and long, slender neck. When the Broadway show "Funny Girl" made her a celebrity overnight, the homely Streisand suddenly found herself one of the world's most beautiful and glamorous entertainers. Women flicked to the beauty salon to ask for the "Streisand" look.

However, this is why she was always made fun of as a young girl.