What is Punky Brewster Effect?
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/noun/ occurrence in which a plain-looking child star becomes SMOKIN' HOT after going through puberty; named after a sitcom character played by Soleil Moon Frye in the mid-1980's; also known as
Soleil Moon Frye, Alyssa Milano, and Keisha Knight Pulliam all went through the punky brewster effect.
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1.
/noun/ occurrence in which a plain-looking child star becomes SMOKIN' HOT after going through puberty; named after a sitcom character played by Soleil Moon Frye in the mid-1980's; also known as
Soleil Moon Frye, Alyssa Milano, and Keisha Knight Pulliam all went through the punky brewster effect.
See