Too Tan Stars

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Charlize Theron

The A-list actress showed up a bit too bronzed at the 76th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 29, 2004, but she went home with gold after winning for her leading role in Monster.

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Lindsay Lohan

The star loves her tanned skin so much that she recently launched her own line of self-tanner and even served as the glowing guinea pig for different formulas of her Sevin Nyne product. Still, the out-of-work actress has gone so far as to use the services of mobile spray tanner Fake Bake several times this year.

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Audrina Patridge

The Hills star (here, at the MTV Australia Awards in Sydney on March 26) takes tanning seriously. In many of the reality show's scenes, she is perfecting her tan the old fashioned way -- laying out by the pool.

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Brooke Hogan

At least this too-tan star (here, at Calle Ocho in Miami on March 15) enlists her family to help protect her from the sun's rays. In April 2008, her dad Hulk was photographed applying lotion to her butt and thighs. "I know I'm a grown woman, but it's like he's touching an old car," she told Us. "He used to change my diaper!"

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Victoria Beckham

Although her orange glow was evenly applied at an Armani event in NYC on Feb. 17, the former Spice Girl -- who keeps her skin colored all year long -- has had trouble using spray tan and sometimes forgets to coat her ankles and wrists.

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Christina Aguilera

The singer -- whose tan comes from a bottle -- showed off platinum locks against her bronzed face at the CNN Heroes event in Hollywood on Nov. 22, 2008.

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Paris Hilton

The heiress has taken her quest for the sun-kissed look a bit too far. Over the years, the star (here, at a Grammy party in Beverly Hills on Feb. 7) has paid plenty of visits to Sunset Tan -- most likely to correct the crazy tan lines she gets from her wild bikinis and over-the-top beachwear.

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AnnaLynne McCord

The 90210 star admitted her tanning faux pas when she showed up with noticeably bright eyes to Bar Deluxe in L.A. on Feb. 26. "Don't ever go out the day you do a spray tan," she said. "I look like a raccoon, and anyone who wants to diss them is more than welcome to. It was very embarrassing."

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Valentino Garavani

The Italian fashion designer's famous year-round tan has been mocked by critics -- a few have even compared him to an Oompa-Loompa from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory -- but some of his spray tan even rubbed off on Sarah Jessica Parker after they hugged at the NYC Ballet's opening night event on Nov. 25, 2008.

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Zac Efron

The Hairspray star should have been concerned about overusing another spray-on product at the movie's premiere in London on July 5, 2007.

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Kelly Ripa

The Live with Regis and Kelly host (here, with her husband Mark Consuelos at a Hamptons magazine party in NYC on Sept. 10, 2007) is addicted to tan skin but promises to stop before she looks too leathery. "I'll quit tanning when the satchel handle grows out of my back," she has said.

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Amanda Bynes

The actress looked alarmingly amber at the CFDA Awards in NYC on June 5, 2006.

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Nicole Richie

The pregnant star -- who was photographed with some serious tan lines while six months along with daughter Harlow in 2007 -- claims that tanning is a necessity for her. "I have olive skin, so if I get pale, I look green," she said. "I have to tan."

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Jennifer Lopez

The star (here, with tan lines at the Women in Film Awards in L.A. on June 5, 2006) was one of the first celebrities to admit to using spray tan. In fact, Starr Hamson, who started airbrush tanning with Fantasy Tan in 1997, has publicly thanked Lopez for embracing the trend. "She made it not just acceptable, but fashionable," she said.

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Jessica Simpson

The pop-turned-country singer was all about orange at the ALMA Awards in L.A. on May 7, 2006. She matched her orange dress with her coppery hair, gold earrings and tangerine skin.

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Holly Madison

The former Girls Next Door star showed off her too-tan frame on the season premiere of ABC's Dancing With the Stars on March 9.

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Jenna Jameson

The adult film star knows the importance of good skin, but she still shows a dark orange hue at the premiere of Zombie Strippers in L.A. April 15, 2008.

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Kim Kardashian

"I was sunbathing when I fell asleep with my huge Prada butterfly sunglasses on, and now look at me!" the reality star blogged after snapping this shot during a vacation in Mexico on April 16. "I'm going to have to hide from cameras for days. It hurts!"