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He wasn't always so suave! Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey's geeky prom photo is revealed on Twitter by his date's niece

PUBLISHED: 03:04 EST, 4 March 2014 | UPDATED: 04:46 EST, 4 March 2014

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He may be on top of the world right now thanks to his Oscar win but even Matthew McConaughey can't escape an embarrassing high school photo.

The 44-year-old Texas native won the Best Actor award on Sunday for his work in Dallas Buyers Club and received congratulations from Leah Pickett, the niece of his high school prom date, who wasted no time in sharing a throwback photo of the couple on Twitter.

'My aunt's high school prom date just won an Oscar. Congrats, Matthew McConaughey!,' Leah tweeted along with a 1980s photo of Matthew and her aunt at the prom.

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Prom photo: Matthew McConaughey and his high school prom date are shown in a photo shared on Twitter after he won Best Actor at the Oscars

The photo showed a young McConaughey flashing a toothy grin in a black tuxedo with a royal blue bow tie.

He was holding hands with his blonde prom date who wore a matching royal blue dress with a frilly top and matching pumps.

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The couple posed next to white balloons with a crescent moon and star behind them.

Fast forward: Matthew flashed the same winning smile he had in high school on Sunday with wife Camila Alves at his side on the Oscars red carpet

Leah later tweeted that the photo was taken in Longview, Texas where Matthew attended Longview High School.

The Oscar winner was voted most handsome in the Longview Lobo Yearbook.

Matthew displayed those good looks on Sunday when he posed again in a tuxedo with his gorgeous wife Camila Alves on the Oscars red carpet.

Matthew McConaughey and wife pose on Oscars red carpet

Winning role: Matthew transformed himself to play real-life AIDS patient Ron Woodroof in Dallas Buyers Club

This time around the star wore a white tuxedo coat with black trousers, black vest and black bow tie.

Mother-of-three Camila meanwhile was pretty in pink in a flowing long-sleeved gown.

Matthew made his film debut in 1993 as stoner David Wooderson in the coming of age comedy Dazed And Confused about Texas high school students.

The film included Matthew's improvised catchprase 'All right, all right, all right' that he made famous in the film and repeated after winning both the Oscar and Golden Globe awards for Best Actor.

Film debut: Matthew made his film debut in 1993's Dazed And Confused about teens at a Texas high school

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Sofi, USA, United States, 20 hours ago

He doesn't look geeky one bit.

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Hari Seldon, Trantor, 23 hours ago

He sure loves himself, as opposed to Jared who loves everyone other than himself.

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Pak31, USA, 1 day ago

Geeky? He doesn't look any different, just older. I guess he's still geeky.

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Crystal, Boston, United States, 1 day ago

He looked good back then and still does today!

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lycisca, Trapani, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

Is he dying his hair? I looks very dark and oddly uniformly so for a man in his 40s.

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Pak31, USA, 1 day ago

It does look darker than usual. His eyebrows are lighter than his hair. I do think it ages him.

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anon, the beach, United States, 1 day ago

He was pretty cute. He doesn't take himself too seriously, either. That bit he did with SJP in Sex and the City was hysterical!

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curlysue, nottingham, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

He looks gorgeous. Anyone seen him in U571? One word sums him up......phoar!

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mikenan, Timmins On, Canada, 1 day ago

Usually when there is a negative remark about someone it's due to jealousy. The advice still holds...if you have nothing good to say about someone then don't say it!

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Pak31, USA, 1 day ago

That is SO false. If I think someone is unattractive, for example, then I think they are unattractive. How is that jealousy?? If I were jealous I would say how good he looks or I wish my husband looked like that. I can't stand when someone disagrees with a person being stunning or hot then they are labeled jealous.

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Skipper, Manchester, United Kingdom, 1 day ago

I'm a get me a mexican wife. Bet they're low maintenance aswell.

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Pak31, USA, 1 day ago

Well, Skipper, you are extremely ignorant. Hope you are proud of that. She is NOT Mexican she is Brazilian. She is a wife, mother and model. How can you mock that?

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blondie, Kamloops, Canada, 21 hours ago

You go right ahead and get yourself a Mexican wife, you can teach each other to speak and write English, because you sure as hell are not too good right now!