2. Freckles
What do Sade, Jesse Williams, Tamia and Maya Rudolph have in common? They all have freckles. Thought you had to be a redhead to have freckles? Think again. Freckles – and red hair for that matter – are caused by the MC1R gene, which determines pigment of your hair and skin.
3. Gap teeth
Michael Strahan, Bobby Brown, Uzo Aduba and Niecy Nash all rock their gap as they should! While this isn’t a genetic mutation, it is certainly a beautiful imperfection. Orange Is The New Black’s Uzo Aduba even wrote about learning to love the gap in her teeth for Cosmopolitan last year. She wrote:
“I once allowed myself to be persuaded to get a fake piece I could put over my gap for auditions — the kind 6-year-olds wear on Toddlers & Tiaras when they’ve lost a tooth before competing for the title of Grand Supreme (cue dramatic eye roll).For years, I kept the piece close at hand — just in case. I even wore it to my audition for Blue Bloods. But when I was called to set to shoot the scene, I forgot to bring it. After asking a staffer if I could run back to the dressing room to get it, she radioed the rest of the team, then said, “They say you look great just as you are.” That was a light bulb moment: I’m great … just as I am. I got the job — it was my first TV role — and that same day, I found out I also booked Orange Is the New Black.”