'I'm sorry I'm not beautiful enough' These Hollywood stars were told they were TOO UGLY to make it

It appears that beauty really is in the eyes of the beholder. Can you believe supermodel Gisele Bundchen was told she would never make it on the cover? Success is the best revenge for these stars, proving that you really need a thick skin to make it in Hollywood. Sticks and stones may break their bones, but words will never hurt them. Find out which stars where told they were too ugly to make it.

The 'Titanic' actress sure proved her drama teacher wrong who said she "might do ok" if she was happy to settle for fat girl roles. Kate did more than ok when she took home an Oscar in 2009 for Best Actress in 2008’s ‘The Reader’ She said: "When I was younger, when I was 14, I was told by a drama teacher that I might do OK if I was happy to settle for the fat girl parts" but quipped "And look at me now!"

Reese Witherspoon is still loved the world over for her performance as bombshell sororiety girl-turned-lawyer in the 2001 comedy 'Legally Blonde'. However, prior to finding fame in Hollywood, Reese was constantly told she was "not pretty enough" to make it but was "stubborn enough" not to listen. She said: "All I heard was, 'No, not right--not tall enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough.' But I didn’t really care about their opinions. I’m stubborn."

The red headed beauty is one of Hollywood’s sought after actresses, landing roles in films like ‘Ava’ and ‘The 355’. But the Academy Award -winning star admitted that she once struggled to get roles as directors thought she wasn't pretty enough for the big-screen. She said: "Only in the past five years have people been telling me I'm attractive. "Before then, I wasn't getting parts because people kept telling me I wasn't pretty enough."

It’s hard to image that the ‘Stranger Things’ star was told she wasn’t pretty enough for Hollywood. Her ex fiancé Johnny Depp certainly didn’t think so who tattooed ‘Winona Forever’ at the time when they were dating. She said: "I was mid-sentence when the casting director said, 'Listen, kid. You should not be an actress. You are not pretty enough. You should go back.'"

Michael Bay once told Kate Beckisnale that she wasn't the right look for her role in ‘Pearl Harbour’ as she "wasn't blonde and [her] boobs weren't bigger than [her] head." Beckinsale claims she was then put on an intense workout regime and diet. She said: "I didn’t make sense to him as an attractive woman. “So there was a lot of panic and concern over, ‘How on earth are we gonna make her attractive?'"

Apparently being the famous sibling of Jake Gyllenhaal doesn’t matter as the raven haired actress she was considered "not sexy enough" to make it in Hollywood when she first started out. She said: "When I was starting out, I used to hear 'no' a lot and still do. And, 'You're not sexy enough. You're not pretty enough.'"

Producer Dino De Laurentiis was working on casting his 'King Kong' movie when his son Federico - who was working with him on the picture - brought in the then-26-year-old budding star in to be seen for the female lead. Dino "che brutta" which means in Italian, “Why do you bring me this ugly thing? Streep replied back in Italian "I’m sorry I’m not beautiful enough to be in King Kong." Since then, Meryl has gone on to hold the record for the most Oscar nominations with 21 nods to her name and a total of three wins.

Brzillian-born gisele is now one of the highest paid models in the world. But the former Victoria’s Secret angel who’s graced multiple covers of fashion bible Vogue revealed she was once told shed never make it on a magazine cover. She said: "I remember some people telling me my nose was too big or my eyes were too small, that I could never be on a magazine cover."

The Columbian pop sensation revealed her unique vocal style was once criticised by her music teacher who said she sounded “like a goat”. She said: "It sounds comic now, but back then it was very traumatizing." Shakira - who started recording in English in the 2001 - has gone on to sell an estimated 80 million records worldwide with hits such as 'Whenever, Wherever', 'Objection (Tango)' and 'Hips Don't Lie.'

In 2007, Sarah Jessica Parker was voted the Ugliest Woman Alive by readers of Maxim, then referred to as a “dog” by Fox News anchor Oliver Tull in 2012. Despite this, SJP remains a television icon for her portrayal as shoe-obssesed glamorous columnist Carrie Bradshaw in ‘Sex and the City' and its spin off series. A performance that will do down in history for all the fashionistas out there.