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Vanessa Hudgens showed off her newly-chopped 'do while hitting up the DMV in Studio City. We're still on the fence about V's short locks, but we guess it shows her committment to her craft.

The 22-year-old starlet, wearing head-to-toe black, lost her luxurious mane for her gritty role in the upcoming movie Gimme Shelter. Ms. Hudgens plays a pregnant teen who is kicked out of her home and forced to live on the streets.

Vanessa tells People:

    "The walk, the talk … it was a completely new person. I really did look like a boy. Not to mention the places we were filming. We were in the grimiest, dirtiest places, and I was fighting every day, being fought, being beat down and it was all extremely draining even though it was acting.”


See more of Vanessa's new 'do ... after the jump.