People Are Obsessed With This Trend Where You Share A Childhood Photo Of When You Thought You Looked Cool, But Actually Didn't

    Work that camera. Work it!

    Remember when you were a kid and thought you looked SO COOL in your new outfit or hairdo...but, looking back now, you just laugh at how much your perspective has changed?

    Well, TikTok user @mally_a started going viral after sharing a series of videos of herself as a kid where she thought she was the ~main character~:

    @mally_a

    if I still had that confidence it’d be over for everyone 😔🖐🏽

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    I am living for this look:

    In this video, she shares photos of herself having a very sophisticated photo shoot at 6 years old:

    @mally_a

    y’all asked for more so here u go 🙄🖐🏽

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    I do have to say she looks absolutely adorable here!!!

    THAT POSE. The camera loves her!

    @mally_a places her henna-decorated hand near her eye in very dramatic fashion

    That same year, it looks like she expanded to new horizons — the bowling alley:

    Modeling level: 100.

    And she even did her own makeup for some of her photo shoots:

    @mally_a

    GUYS HOW MANY MORE DO U WANT CAUSE I CAN GO ON FOREVER 🙄💅🏽

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    Someone should have called Vogue, honestly.

    Soon, other people started sharing their own versions:

    I'm fairly confident @lilkellydawoat was so fierce she scared the other team away:

    @lilkellydawoat with the caption, "5 year old me at my soccer game thinking i looked athletic and intimidating"

    User @tessbump was doing the most when it came to impressing the boys:

    She really committed to the look, and I love it:

    @tessbump wearing a tinsel wig, beads around her wrist, a tank top that says "Love, Love, Love, Love" and throwing up the peace sign

    @annabethbaker's video is so relatable it hurts:

    Look at the goggles and swimsuit color coordination:

    @annabethbaker on a boardwalk wearing a swimsuit and matching goggles as she holds onto a flotation ring

    User @charlieholmesss is really impressing me with how natural her posing skills were at such a young age:

    Her confidence is RADIATING!

    @charlieholmesss showing off a patterned shirt, denim skirt, and leggings as she fiercely stands in a wide stance with one arm over her head

    Some of us were also out to prove we WEREN'T one of those girly girls:

    Well done, @caravankempen, well done.

    @caravankempen confidently posing on the beach

    So, what hidden gems are in your childhood photo albums?