Growing Up to Be Sexy?

Barb Talbot made this comment over on her blog:

"There is something unsettling about seeing pretty girls like Sam, Rudy, and Winnie grow up to be sexy."

She's referring, of course, to the little girls who starred in series like Who's the Boss?, The Cosby Show, and The Wonder Years turning into babes as they enter their teens and twenties.

So, I decided to do some comparisons, including of two additional beauties--my own old crush, Barbara Cooper (Valerie Bertinelli) of One Day at a Time and Ruthie Camden (Mackenzie Rosman) of 7th Heaven.

So, here's tomboy Sam who turned into Phoebe of Charmed (Alyssa Milano):


Rudy (Keshia Knight-Pulliam) who is now a featured actress in films like Beauty Shop:


Winnie Cooper of The Wonder Years who, after a brief stint on The West Wing, has apparently turned into the world's sexiest mathematician:



Barbara Cooper (no relation) of One Day at a Time, who grew into a sexy 20-year-old on the show, then "queen of the TV movies", and is now the very sexy spokesperson for a diet program:


And, finally, one that shocked me when I accidentally tuned into the program after not watching for years. Who'd have guessed that little Ruthie Camden would turn out like this?


How about you? Any teen or sub-teen crushes that have turned into the women of your dreams?