I need to resize them a little to get them to do it right, so it's smaller than the original, but you can see how adjusting the levels a little plus some airbrushing can change a picture a lot.

A good tip for pictures: try to get good enough lighting that you don't need a flash. The flash will wash out all the good colours and pick out all the imperfections in your skin (especially important for freckled people to make their freckles look nice
PS: Your teeth are the kind of "wonky" teeth I always thought were kind of cute GRM.
PPS: Pete Yorn is man-candy