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23 Reasons Hilary Duff Was the Ultimate Early-'00s It Girl
Hilary Duff is released her new single, "Chasing the Sun," this week and it got us thinking of how much we loved her back in the day. Before she was a sweet mother to her son, Luca, she was a — sometimes literally — animated teenager on Lizzie McGuire with the coolest friends and a sassy personality. Hilary was one of the early-'00s It girls, not only starring in her own TV show and movie but also romancing Chad Michael Murray in A Cinderella Story and both Aaron Carter and Joel Madden in real life. We're coming clean about our total girl crush.
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1 She Had the Best Friends Ever on Lizzie McGuire
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2 She Had an Animated Version of Herself
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3 Lizzie Totally Understood How We Felt About Life
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4 She Made a Music Video With Lil Romeo
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5 She Rocked the Red Carpet in Amazing Clothes
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6 She Got to Go on TRL
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7 She Dated Aaron Carter
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8 She Feuded With Lindsay Lohan
9 She Also Dated Good Charlotte's Joel Madden
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10 "So Yesterday" Was the Perfect Breakup Anthem
11 She Was in One of the Best Disney Channel Original Movies
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12 She Sang the Laguna Beach Theme
13 "Why Not" Was the Original YOLO Song
14 She Played a Princess in A Cinderella Story
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15 She Got to Make Out With Chad Michael Murray
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16 She Hung Out With Your Crush Jesse McCartney
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17 She Got This Close to Ryan Gosling
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18 And Lastly, She Was on Gossip Girl
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