10 Times Hilary Duff Changed The Course Of History

To celebrate Hilary's career-defining comeback, let’s take a look back at 10 things she did to single-handedly change the course of pop-culture history.

1. To start, she was the first in the early-2000 wave of Disney teen-actress-singer-hybrids, with her hit show, Lizzie McGuire.

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If it wasn't for her, there wouldn't be a Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, etc.

2. She also single-handedly launched Kellan Lutz's career, in the With Love video.

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...sigh.

3. Then she made it cool to be pop-punk-rocker-chick...

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...and wasn't annoying about it.

4. Her breakout film, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, re-ignited RuPaul's career...

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...by including a cover of Supermodel, on it's soundtrack.

5. She invented the "Duff Puff"!

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6. She gave the tween audience of the year 2005 their first taste of electronic dance music, with Beat Of My Heart.

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7. And at the same time, she taught them that porcelain veneers were a thing…

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...displaying the importance of a great smile.

8. By providing the soundtrack to it's opening title sequence, she gave us an initial reason to care about MTV's Laguna Beach...

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...and subsequently, it's dozens of spin-off seasons.

9. She brought back "Poltergeist-Chic" in 2004.

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10. And most importantly, she made it her global mission to stop the use of homophobic phrases like, "That's So Gay!"

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And it worked!

Thanks Hilary, for all you've done for us.

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