Meghan Markle.Photo: The Ellen Show
Meghan Markleis opening up about some of her first beauty inspirations.
The Duchess of Sussex, 40, recounted howAndie MacDowellinspired her childhood haircut — and how it turned into “a real bummer” — during her ThursdayappearanceonThe Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“I was 10 or 11 maybe. The reason my hair looked like that back then was because I was obsessed with Andie MacDowell inFour Weddings and a Funeral,and all I wanted was that perfect curly little haircut,” she told hostEllen DeGeneres. “So I asked my mom, and we went to the hairdresser andgot it, and on that first day I was like, ‘This is amazing! I look like Andie MacDowell.’
“And then it was as though everyone forgot to tell me, ‘You have ethnic hair, you are not going to look like Andie MacDowell inFour Weddings and a Funeral,’ and that’s what it ended up evolving into. And I went to school, and they said I looked like Krusty the Clown fromThe Simpsons. It was a real bummer,” Markle explained.
MacDowell, 63, who starred alongsideHugh Grantin the 1994 romantic comedy, has long been adored for her voluminous curly locks. Most recently, she’sembraced going gray, which her daughtersMargaret Qualley, 27, andRainey Qualley, 31, haveassured her is a “badass” look.
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Marklehad her own line of hair accessoriesas a kid, previously recounting another childhood memory of her first business venture. When she was “8 or 9,” she sold homemade scrunchies for around $5.
“I remember the feeling of knowing that I had done something, I had invested in myself and done this labor and been compensated for it,” she said at theThe New York TimesDealBook Online Summit earlier this month. “There’s a sense of pride that comes from that.”
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TheSuitsalum’s surprise appearance onThe Ellen DeGeneres Showmarked her first daytime talk show appearance since she marriedPrince Harryand joined the royal family. Last March, the couplesat downwithOprah Winfreyfor a candid chat about their decision to step back from their roles as working royals and their new life in California.
source: people.com
