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The votes are in! Tulisa has been named the Sexiest Woman in the World 2012 by readers of FHM magazine in the 18th year of the annual contest, snatching the title from Cheryl Cole’s and Rihanna’s grasp. Cheryl had to settle for second, and Rihanna took third for the second year in a row.

First off, just who the heck is Tulisa? In case you haven’t been paying attention because you were waiting on Jessica Simpson’s baby to arrive, the 23-year-old British hottie, born Tulisa Contostavlos, is a judge on the “X Factor UK”. More importantly, yes, the former N Dubz singer does have a sex tape controversy of an act with a previous boyfriend. (She now dates 21-year-old actor Jack O’Connell.)
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When celebrities get into trouble while they’re in the spotlight, the world finds out about it fast. Whether it’s for a DUI or drug arrest, we’re all too familiar with the mug shots of Hugh Grant, Lindsay Lohan, and Mel Gibson.

But what about celebs that cleaned up their acts before they got famous? There are some stars who got in big trouble during their school days—and you might be surprised who they are. Instead of becoming lifelong troublemakers, these stars cleaned up their acts and made more flattering names for themselves. Here are seven celebrities who used to be troublemakers.

Robert Pattinson: The Twilight star was expelled from school at the age of 12. And sorry, Twi-hards, it wasn’t for anything dangerously badass. It was for sheer laziness.
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Which means several seasons from now, they'll be creepily kiss each other on the red carpet.

Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole replacement, Nicole Scherzinger, have been bickering on the judges’ panel. I'm sure it’s just staged passive-aggressive awkwardness with the attempt to keep ratings high, but it's entertaining nonetheless.

20 year-old Ivana Steelman got onstage and belted out "Big Spender" in a cheesy, trying-too-hard to be sexy way. Simon called her out on it, saying, "You remind me of Nicole. I think this is exactly what I would have seen with Nicole if she'd have been 20, auditioning for this show for the first time."
After months of hype, The X-Factor finally had it's debut on Wednesday night. It started off on a touching note, with 13 year-old Rachel Crow as the first to audition. Simon Cowell asked her what she'd do with the $5 million prize.

"My family has like no money," she told the judges. "We live in a two-bedroom house, and I have six people in my family." She then added: "I'm a girl. I need my own bathroom."

I feel the poor girl, but I do find it funny that of all the things she could do and buy with several million dollars, her first thought is: "bathroom."

After blowing everyone away with Mercy, it was pretty unanimous. Paula Abdul responded:
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Cheryl Cole recently decided to give her ex-husband, Ashley Cole, a second chance. But in the middle of their reconciliation, a few women came forward and said they were banging the dude. Fool me once…

But it doesn’t look like Cheryl Cole is wasting anytime mourning over her breakup. The ex X-Factor judge has been yacht-partying with her manager, Will.i.am, on the French Rivera. I wish my breakups were that easy.

The Black Eyed Peas rapper Tweeted a picture of himself and Cole, writing, Its me and the "Tweety Nird" in Cannes, France... Me and Cheryl Cole...
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When us mortal non-celebrity women wear make-up it’s usually some Revlon mascara and chapstick, but when celebrities step onto the red carpet they are all glammed up with a make-up artist on hand to consistently reapply their lip stain.

So when a celebrity woman goes out in public without any make-up on its like, “omigod what happened to her and who died and have her eyes always looked like that and I thought she was the spokesperson for proactiv?”

Famed designer Alexander Wang tells Hollyscoop that going make-up less is great
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Talk about a short-lived reconciliation. Cheryl Cole and her ex-husband Ashley Cole are officially back off again.

Cheryl was hoping that her and Ashley would talk and slowly start to work on their marriage, but immediately canceled all talks after she found out he reportedly slept with flight attendant Kerry Meades just one month ago in Los Angeles.

Just a few days before he flew to Los Angeles to help Cheryl celebrate her birthday, he reportedly hooked up with Meades and now that Cheryl knows all the details, she’s absolutely livid.

A source said: “Once again Ashley appears to have outdone himself. Just as Cheryl’s getting back on track … he does this. She is humiliated.

“Ashley had organized a family gathering, a barbecue, for when he got back from pre-season training in the Far East. This has now been scrapped.
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Matthew Morrison is gleeking out over Cheryl Cole. The hunky star of Glee thinks Cheryl should appear on his hit show if she really wants to make it big in the US.

Matthew, who plays teacher Will Schuester in the show, believes Cheryl could resurrect her career in the US following her sudden firing from 'The X Factor' if she landed a role on the show...
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Cheryl Cole was kicked off of X-Factor, but she’s got her own ex-factor to deal with—ex-husband Ashley Cole. Let’s just hope he doesn’t win her back only to break up with her a few weeks later, replacing her with a Pussycat Doll.

Cheryl apparently spent the night at her old home—and her ex’s current home--over the weekend...
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Cheryl Cole wants everyone to stop feeling sorry for her because she’s the "happiest" she has been in a "long, long time.”

The UK hottie was dropped from the US version of ‘The X Factor’ and replaced by Nicole Scherzinger last month, but she’s not letting the setback get her down. I’m sure keeping her entire salary for the season helped too...

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