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Leighton Meester

Leighton Meester’s beginning was beyond humble: Her mother gave birth to her while incarcerated in a Texas prison, where she was serving time for drug smuggling. After 12 weeks in a halfway house, Meester’s mother went back to prison and Meester went to live with her grandmother in Florida, where she stayed until her mother was released. Getting her big break on the CW's hit show Gossip Girl, Meester is worth an estimated $5 million today, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com

Jewel

Born Jewel Kilcher in Utah, this popular folk/rock singer grew up on her family's Alaska farm with no running water. By age 6, Jewel was performing with her family in Eskimo villages and local tourist attractions. After her parents' divorce, she began touring with her father. Once she finished high school, Jewel moved to California, where, after a few day jobs, she quit working and moved into her van while she toured around, focusing on her career. She released her breakthrough album Pieces of You in 1995, and now has a net worth of $30 million, according to CelebrityNetWorth.com

Sean Combs

Born in Harlem, Sean "P.Diddy" Combs left New York City after his father was murdered and moved upstate with his mother, who reportedly worked several jobs to support them. Ambitious from a young age, Combs got his first break as an intern at Uptown Records while he was a business student at Howard University. He quickly worked his way from the mailroom to management, making his big break with the recording artist Notorious B.I.G. According to BloggingStocks.com, Combs was worth $346 million in 2004

Shania Twain

Anyone who's seen Shania Twain's E! True Hollywood Story knows how much she overcame to get where she is today. Born into a struggling family in Ontario, Canada, Twain (then Eileen Edwards) lost her mother and stepfather in a car accident when she was 21, and had to support her three younger siblings. She sang in local resorts to get by, but set her sights on Nashville once her siblings were old enough to take care of themselves. According to People magazine, at the time of her 2008 divorce Twain was worth $450 million
 

Demi Moore

Born Demetria Guynes in Roswell, New Mexico, Demi Moore was raised in a trailer park by her alcoholic mother and stepfather. The two had a violent relationship and frequently moved the family around the country. Moore eventually dropped out of school at 16 to pursue modeling. She moved to Europe for a brief period and married rocker Freddie Moore at 18. Her breakthrough came a year later, when she landed a spot on General Hospital. CelebrityNetWorth.com reports that she’s worth an estimated $75 million today

Tom Cruise

Another child of a struggling single mother, Cruise's family moved often so his mother, a special education teacher, could find work. She reportedly held up to four jobs at a time to support her children. Finally settling in New Jersey, Cruise found a safe haven in the theater department of his high school, which he dropped out of during his senior year to pursue acting. At the time of his divorce from Nicole Kidman in 2003, it was estimated he was responsible for $250 million of their $350 million fortune

Jim Carrey 

Born and raised in Canada, Jim Carrey was a high school dropout whose family fell on hard times when he was a teenager. With his father laid off, Carrey helped pay the bills by working as a janitor and a security guard. However, the family eventually lost their home, and was forced to live in a van. After moving to the U.S. and struggling on the comedy circuit in Los Angeles, Carrey broke it big on the television show In Living Color. According to Forbes, he now earns around $20 million per film. Photo by Cannes - A Christmas Carol photo / Retna Ltd.

J.K. Rowling

Surviving as a single mother, Rowling briefly lived off welfare and lived in U.K. government housing while she wrote the first installment of Harry Potter. She wrote longhand in a local coffee shop, keeping her sleeping baby beside her in a stroller. The impoverished writer had a breakthrough when the Scottish Arts Council granted her a small award, which she used to buy a typewriter to copy her manuscript. Harry Potter was eventually published by Bloomsbury, earning her well over $1 billion, according to Forbes. Photo by CAMERA PRESS/ Retna Ltd.

Oprah Winfrey

Born in Mississippi to young, unwed parents, Oprah Winfrey was raised by her grandmother until she was 6 years old, when her guardian became ill. Winfrey then moved to Milwaukee to live with her mother and half-sister in a boardinghouse. Oprah's mother, who worked as a maid, relied on welfare at times to support the family. Winfrey went on to become a tireless businesswoman, transforming herself from news anchor to talk-show host to head of her own multiplatform media empire. According to Forbes, Winfrey is now worth over $2.7 billion. Photo by © Kaspar Wenstrup/All Over Pres / Retna Ltd.

Sarah Jessica Parker

The Sex and the City star was the youngest of four children born into a struggling family in an Ohio coal-mining town. Her parents divorced when she was 2; soon after, her mother remarried and had four more children. With so many mouths to feed, her housewife mother and truck driver stepfather struggled to get by. Parker’s path to stardom began early, however, when she landed her first Broadway role at 11, and moved to Hollywood in 1981 to appear on the TV show Square Pegs. The actress is reportedly worth more than $130 million today. Photo by © RD/ Erik Kabik/ Retna Digital.

Kesusahan hidup bakar semangat Zizan kerja keras dalam seni

Pengalaman berbuka puasa di tepi semak ketika dalam perjalanan pulang beraya ke kampung halaman di Dungun, Terengganu, suatu masa lalu meninggalkan kenangan penuh makna buat pelakon komedi terkenal, Zizan Razak.

Dengan menaiki sebuah motosikal lama, mereka sekeluarga pulang ke kampung yang jaraknya kira-kira dua jam perjalanan dari Kuala Terengganu. Berbekal makanan dibawa ibunya, Zizan sekeluarga menikmati juadah berbuka di tepi jalan ketika menuju ke kampung.

Halle Berry

Pada tahun 1989 pernah tinggal di rumah tumpangangan (homeless shelter )  di New York. Ketika  itu ia baru berusia 21 tahun dan ia baru pindah ke New York untuk mengejar cita-citanya menjadi artis terkenal.

Daniel Craig

Aktor  James Bond, Craig David pun pernah mengalami hidup kesusahan. Sebelum menjadi terkenal seperti sekarang Craig selalu tidur di bangku-bangku taman-taman perumahan ...

 Hillary Swank 

Ketika  berusia 15 tahun kedua orang tuanya harus bercerai dan tinggal bersama ibunya.Hillary tinggal dalam kereta  Oldsmobile Delta 88, satu-satunya kereta  yang dimiliki ibundanya.

 Joan Rivers

Bintang fesyen terkenal  dan pelawak ini pernah tidur dalam kereta ketika susah ....

Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan mengaku pernah menjadi penumpang  homeless  shelter  selama setahun. Sebelum menjadi artis ia sering merayau  dengan sahabatnya mengelilingi kota Oregon dan Washington. Selama ia menjadi  hantu  gelandangan,dia pernah tidur di tepi-tepi jalan....

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