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Ex-geek is Zooey-logical

Zooey Deschanel looks ultra-haute couture, decked out in a Saint Laurent sweater and tights in the September Marie Claire. The “New Girl” star, 33, who’s also one half of music duo She & Him, tells the magazine that being geeky in middle school toughened her: “A lot of people I knew who . . . came from a lot of money or were really pretty — those people actually have a harder time as adults.”