15 celebrities who got their start as models

• These celebrities appeared in commercials and runways before moving on in their career.
• Taylor Swift and Penn Badgley both modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch.
• Ashton Kutcher has walked the runway.

Before making it big on the silver screen, many celebrities got their start behind the camera as models, posing on the cover of magazines or for brands like Abercrombie & Fitch.

While many boasted relatively successful modeling careers, going on to appear in clothing catalogs, commercials or strutting their stuff on a runway, these stars then made the switch to Hollywood and are now household names for making it big onscreen or in the music industry.

Here are 15 celebrities who gave modeling a shot before turning to acting or singing.

Taylor Swift briefly dabbled in modeling for Abercrombie & Fitch before her country career took off.

Back in 2003, a then-unknown Swift appeared to foreshadow her future music career by posing for an ad while holding her guitar.

Pre-"Gossip Girl," Penn Badgley perfected his brooding on-camera persona.

In 2005, Badgley served major Dan Humphrey vibes while posing for Abercrombie & Fitch. 

Jennifer Lawrence was also a member of the A&F squad.

In a 2015 interview on the Graham Norton show, Lawrence described her short-lived modeling career, telling the hosts, "You'll never see the pictures I did for Abercrombie & Fitch. They wanted natural pictures so they made us play football on the beach."

She explained, "The other models played football in a pretty way but not me! My face was bright red and I was sweaty with flaring nostrils."