Rags to Riches: 9 Celebrities Who Grew Up Poor But Made It Big

With 14 kids in her family, Celine Dion‘s childhood home was very crowded.

“I didn’t have a bedroom. Up the stairs, before going in the bedrooms, there was a little ramp. And my bed was there,” recalled Celine, 56, whose youngest sibling slept in a dresser drawer as an infant.

“[It] was normal for us. We weren’t poor, but we never had money,” said the singer, who’s now worth $550 million. “[But] we were safe and warm and taken care of. What else did we need?”