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Born in San Diego, California, Cameron Diaz left school at age 16 to become a model and for the next five years traveled the globe. She worked in Japan, Australia, Mexico, Morocco, and Paris.
(Pictured: Cameron Diaz appears on the cover of Seventeen magazine's July 1990 issue.)
( Photo / Seventeen magazine)