I saw a post about this website today on BellaSugar, and I had to check it out. Two former editors of the now defunct ELLEgirl magazine (RIP — I loved that mag because they were the first teen mag to feature international street fashion in every issue!) started Before You Were Hot, a blog that showcases those awkward, ugly pictures of our adolescent years that we wish would disappear.

I know that I have more than one picture hanging around somewhere of my goofy big glasses/braces/poofy hair bow days — how about you? Luckily, the site was created all in good humor so it’s a place to collectively laugh at your past misfortunes, not to be laughed at. For pictures to laugh at, visit Awkward Family Photos instead. My roommate and I laugh so hard we cry at those peeps.

Photo: Before You Were Hot