Within the last two years we have seen Ashlee Simpson's look evolve into a sleeker, lighter version of herself. She's colored her hair, softened her eyes and reduced the size of her nose. Experts predict, however, that by the end of the year she will have completely transformed herself into a camel, complete with heavy eyelashes, a cleft upper lip and highly sensitive nostrils that close up to keep out sand. "She has already developed the deep brown coloring in her coat of the wild Bactrian camel," says one insider. "And at Nobu last week, she ordered nothing but salty and brackish water."

Why this transformation? Well, according to a childhood companion, on Ashlee's fourth birthday she received a box of animal crackers. In the box, she found that there were only four camels - an eerie discovery that drove her on a quest to assume the inevitable likeness of this beloved, humped dromedary.