Contacts show up in duplicates in Messages.app

I just got my Haswell rMBP 13, and all my email accounts (Gmail, Exchange, iCloud) were automatically configured when I signed into iCloud for the first time on the computer.
For some reason in the Messages app, all the contacts show up as duplicates. The Contacts app does not do this. I tried by removing all accounts and adding them again, but that doesn't seem to help.
Does anyone have a solution to this annoying problem?

Hi,
I have just checked the Contacts app as I thought the place you change the Phone format was there.
If you start typing in the "To" Spot Messages will list the info from the Contacts app and the IDs you have actually made contact with.
I know I have set this somewhere but I cannot remember where (I also checked System Preferences > Language & Region).
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