‘It was a very bad perm’: Carol Vorderman shares graduation photo of herself aged 20 with hair inspired by Deirdre Barlow, Bon Jovi and Cher’
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Carol Vorderman showed her playful side when she joined the #MeAt20 photo challenge on social media on Friday.
The 59-year-old took great delight in sharing the throwback graduation snap of herself as she mocked her ‘very bad perm.’
She captioned the image with the words: ‘Graduating age 20. 1981. Engineering. Cambridge Uni.
‘It was a very bad perm’: Carol Vorderman, 59, shared a graduation photo of herself aged 20 with hair inspired by Deirdre Barlow, Jon Bon Jovi and Cher’ on social media on Friday
Funny: She had included a very hilarious caption to go with it as she compared herself with other hair legends
‘VERY bad perm. Inspired by Deirdre Barlow, John Bon Jovi with a hint of Cher #MeAt20.’
One fan messaged her saying: ‘Once this lockdown is over I am going straight to Argos to purchase Babyliss hair crimpers for us both.’
She replied: ‘I already have some’ alongside some cry-face emojis.
Do I win something? Actress Busy Philipps shared a sultry snap of herself and proved that she hasn’t aged hardly at all since this picture was taken
Another compared her to Maisie Williams when she herself had brown curly hair and she wrote: ‘yep.. more than a hint … poor Maisie then xx ha.’
Busy Philipps, 40, also shared a throwback to herself at half the age she is now, on Twitter, writing: ‘Do I win something?’ She appears to have barely aged a day.
Another celebrity to also get in on the act was Piers Morgan who also shared a snap of himself aged 20.
The young Piers, now 55, is standing over a bay wearing a T-shirt and a pair of short shorts with red lip prints.
Cricketer Andrew Flintoff took the opportunity to poke fun at his friend’s questionable fashion choice, joking: ‘Wow, that is where a set of lips should be nowhere near.’
Hilarious: Piers Morgan also posted a hilarious photo of himself aged 20 wearing a pair of shorts with red lip prints
Banter: Freddie Flintoff poked fun at his friend and his questionable fashion choices, joking ‘that is where a set of lips should be nowhere near’
Piers retweeted the comment from the Top Gear presenter, as well as others comparing him to Mark Zuckerberg and Neil from the Inbetweeners.
The presenter, a keen cricket fan, has been friends with former all-rounder Freddie Flintoff for a number of years and previously interviewed the star on his Life Stories series.
The Good Morning Britain presenter also posted the image on Instagram, where many, including Lizzie Cundy, mocked his outrageous shorts.
Old pals: Piers is good friends with the former cricketer and current Top Gear presenter, having interviewed him on his Life Stories series
In the Instagram post, the young Piers is standing alongside his friend Robin McGibbon, a journalist and author.
He captioned the image: ‘Me at 20 with my oldest journalist mate @robinmcgibbon – you’d never believe we both went on to write books about boy bands.’
In the 1990s, Piers wrote two books on Take That, while Robin has penned a number of books about pop’s biggest stars.
Way back when: Piers also posted the image on Instagram in which he is standing alongside his friend and fellow journalist Robin McGibbon
The 20 challenge on social media is the latest craze on social media, with a number of stars sharing awkward snaps from their youth.
Among those taking part have been Lin-Manuel Miranda who shared a photo of himself dressed as Jennifer Lopez, while Danny Baker posted an image of himself aged 20 wearing a T.Rex t-shirt.
A number of quarantine challenges have been shared on social media as people look to entertain themselves during the lockdown.
Getting involved: Lin-Manuel Miranda joined in on the Twitter craze by posting a hilarious photo of himself aged 20 dressed as Jennifer Lopez
Here we go: Comedy writer Danny Baker shared a photo from his days in music journalism wearing a leather jacket and T.Rex t-shirt