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Some celebs think their success is reward for their hard work and dedication.
Others, on the other hand, believe they're the beneficiaries of good fortune.
Naomi Campbell, for instance, wears an evil-eye amulet as she thinks it helps her to ward off bad vibes.
Some celebs think their success is reward for their hard work and dedication. Others, on the other hand, believe they're the beneficiaries of good fortune. Naomi Campbell, for instance, wears an evil-eye amulet as she thinks it helps her to ward off bad vibes.
She played Queen of the Upper East Side, Blair Waldorf, alongside Blake Lively in ‘Gossip Girl’. And the actress actually credits a pair of Marc Jacobs shoes for landing her the role. She once said: "As I bought them I imagined that these would be the shoes that would win me the part. They did."
The ‘Vogue’ singer famously wore a red string bracelet to various red carpet events at one stage in her career. Madonna studied Kabbalah in the early 2000s, and the bracelet is said to ward off bad luck.
The former Victoria’s Secret Angel was working as a barmaid in Dusseldorf before she shot to stardom on the catwalk. Heidi carries a bag of lucky teeth around with her wherever she goes. But that can't be the reason behind her success, can it?
The ‘Lizzie McGuire’ actress won’t go anywhere without her dragonfly pin - and she even wore it on her wedding day. She once confessed: "I have a little dragonfly pin that my grandmother gave me that I actually wore on my wedding dress when I got married. "It’s one of my most prized possessions."
Dame Helen Mirren knows how to make an entrance. The actress is well-known for wearing eye-catching heels on the red carpet, and Helen previously claimed that her $39 shoes are her lucky charm. She said: "They were stripper shoes I used to buy on Hollywood Boulevard."
Lindsay Lohan has been through plenty of ups and downs during her career. But the actress believes she's always had good fortune on her side. While promoting her movie ‘Just My Luck’, Lindsay claimed she was a “very lucky person” and revealed she carried multiple good luck charms with her.
In 2011, the ‘Batman’ actor offered a $20,000 cash reward to anyone who returned his lucky belt, which was given to him by his father. He also admitted to owning a pair of lucky underwear. The actor explained: "They're a very special pair of boxer shorts that my brother gave to me a while ago, covered with all these shamrocks, and the waistband says, 'The luck of the Irish’."
The record-breaking sports star is famed for wearing a red sweatshirt on the last day at every golf major. Tiger explained: "I've worn red ever since my college days basically, or junior golf days - big events on the last day. "I just stuck with it out of superstition, and it worked. I just happened to choose a school that actually was red, and we wore red on our final day of events."
The tennis superstar has transformed the women's game since she arrived on the tour in the 1990s. But Serena thinks she actually owes some of her success to her socks, rather than her skills. She said: "I have a pair of socks that I've been wearing every match. I've never lost a match in these socks so I guess that is a little superstitious."
A Hollywood icon - and an actress with superstitions. Audrey Hepburn was once spotted in her dressing room before the Academy Awards holding a small rabbit figurine that she held onto for good luck.
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