WHERE ARE THEY NOW: The cast of 'Laguna Beach' 16 years later

The cast of "Laguna Beach" in 2004.Jason Merritt/FilmMagic/Getty Images

• After "Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County" premiered in September 2004, the world of reality TV was never the same.
• The show lasted for three seasons — though all real "Laguna" fans know that only the first two seasons are canon.
• It launched stars that are still famous to this day, like Lauren Conrad, Kristin Cavallari, and Stephen Colletti.

As the great Hilary Duff once sang, "Let's go back, back to the beginning ..."

The year was 2004, and "Laguna Beach" premiered on MTV. The show focused on a group of high school friends who attended Laguna Beach High School, and promised to show the world what "real" high schoolers in Orange County were like, not like the 20-somethings on "The OC."

The show lasted for three seasons, launched three spin-offs ("The Hills," "The City," and "The Hills: New Beginnings"), and created stars out of the teenage cast.

However, while Conrad, Colletti, Cavallari, and Bosworth are still relatively well-known, the rest of the cast has resumed a normal life. Here's what the stars of "Laguna Beach" are up to now.