Keywords ugly duckling, self-acceptance, identity, transformation, swan, bullying, belonging, beauty ...

they shouted happily.‘Mum, Dad, look. There’s a new swan and he’s the prettiest one of all. We love him the best!’ The ugly duckling, that was now a swan, thought about his life so far.

Rex reluctantly accepts a bet that he can transform Dessi into a super-model. Dessi transforms herself from ugly duckling to swan -- only to learn she was the object of a bet.

We've selected 50 of cinema's best ugly duckling-to-beautiful swan moments, from '80s Working Girl Tess McGill's corporate remodelling, to widow-turned-fallen woman in post-war Italian drama Malena.