10 Celebrities' Cheerleader Beginnings

Jessica Simpson seems like the prototypical blonde, bubbly cheerleader type, and indeed she was, in addition to being homecoming queen, at Richardson North Junior High in Richardson, Texas. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15996/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Visit RadarOnline.com for more sweet shots</a> of Jessica <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/14759">and check out sexy bikini photos</a> of fellow singer Jennifer Lopez.

Countless reinventions have allowed Madonna to remain a superstar, and who would have thought she started way back as a cheerleader at Rochester Adams High School in Rochester Hills, Michigan?  <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/16087/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Click here for more pics</a> of the Material Mom on RadarOnline.com, and <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/13808/2009/07/madonnas-over-top-arms">here for a look</a> at the results of her intense fitness regime.

It wasn’t all pretend for Lindsay Lohan in "Mean Girls," she had adequate practice as a cheerleader growing up on Long Island, New York. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15989/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Click here to see more pics</a> of peppy Lohan at RadarOnline.com, then take a trip cross-country to <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/10450/2009/06/tamra-barney-takes-beach">see smokin’ pics</a> of Orange County Real Housewife Tamra Barney. 

Eva Longoria Parker was a sassy single cheerleader at Roy Miller High School in Corpus Christi, Texas before transforming into a Desperate Housewife. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15953/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Get more pics of the primetime star here</a>, and <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/7481/2009/06/eva-longoria-parker-bikini-beautiful">check out these bikini photos</a> of her steamy summer holiday with husband Tony Parker. 

While her vocals dazzle in arenas worldwide, Christina Aguilera used to put her pipes to use with pom-poms at North Allegheny Intermediate High School in Wexford, Pennsylvania as cheerleader. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15949/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Head to RadarOnline.com for more sizzling shots</a> of the singer, and go here to <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/12112/2009/07/hottest-married-women-bikinis">peek at the best married stars in bikinis</a>. 

Cameron Diaz has long been charming on the big screen, and started by cheering on her team at  Long Beach Polytechnic High in California. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15943/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">See more stunning shots</a> of the actress here at RadarOnline.com, and <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/6770/2009/05/cameron-diaz-bikin%20i-vacay">click here to see</a> Cameron on vacation in her tiny bikini.

From a Burbank High cheerleader in California to an Upper East Side Gossip Girl, Blake Lively's got spirit unlike most gals. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15938/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders">Click here to see more sexy shots</a> of 21-year-old Blake on RadarOnline.com. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/14160/2009/07/bikini-bodies-under-30-and-over-30">And click here to check out</a> a bikini showdown between actresses under and over age 30!

Before playing a love interest to Superman, Teri Hatcher was a super crowd pleaser as cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/16010/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Check out hot pics</a> of the Housewife here, and don’t miss her <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/6996/2009/05/teri-hatcher-and-her-daughter-have-day-beach">amazing bikini shots</a> as she and daughter Emerson bond on the beach.

Before Sandra Bullock was Miss Congeniality, she was serving Washington-Lee High School in Virginia as part of the cheer squad. <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/15983/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders#image-load">Click here for more amazing snaps</a> of Sandra at RadarOnline.com, and <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/9165/2009/06/hottest-movie-star-bodies">check out our photos</a> of Hottest Movie Star Bikini Bodies.

Fergie may go Boom Boom Pow now, but in her early days it was sis-boom-ba for Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights, California<a href="http://www.radaronline.com/photos/image/16002/2009/08/actresses-were-once-cheerleaders">. Click here for more hard-bodied shots</a> of Fergie at RadarOnline.com, and don’t miss <a href="http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/01/fergie-and-josh-wedding-invitation-program.php">exclusive coverage</a> of her recent marriage to Josh Duhamel.