She was one really ugly child but today she is one of Hollywood's hottest women. She began to model at the age of fourteen when her friend, Paula Porizkova convinced her that she was very attractive and a natural. Instantly she was on the covers of Seventeen and Mirabela. Only one year later she made up her mind that acting was her next step in her career. Her father is Steven Tyler and she did not know that until she turned 12. Her mother, Bebe Buell , dated Tyler for a short eight months during the seventies. Her mother lied to her and told her that her real father was Todd Rundgren another old rocker. Liv Rundgren changed her name to Liv Tyler when she was 12 when she confronted her and mother and got the truth from her that Steven Tyler was actually her father.