(Photo: Getty) When you invite Miley Cyrus , Coco Austin , Taylor Swift , Blac Chyna , Katy Perry , Lady Gaga and friends to your party, then you're going to get looks -- shocking looks. Such is the scene, year after year after crazy year on the arrivals carpet of the MTV Video Music Awards.
(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) If it's not Cyrus showing up in space suspenders, then it's Minaj showing up in, well, hardly anything, or Gaga showing up in a, well, meat dress.
(Photo: Getty) The 2019 MTV VMAs , featuring out-there arrivals by the likes of Nikita Dragun , did an excellent job of carrying on the gilded traditions of an event that dates back to 1984.
Here's a look at some of the most outrageous VMA red-carpet looks of all-time.
Blac Chyna (2019)
(Photo: Paul Bruinooge/Getty Images) At the 2019 MTV VMAs, the former Keeping Up With the Kardashians player rocks a pink number that probably shocked no one more than Kylie Jenner (who modeled a similar dress weeks earlier ).
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Taylor Swift (2019)
(Photo: Paul Bruinooge/Getty Images) The star, seen at the 2019 MTV VMAs, is not wrong: If your boots are long enough, you don't need much else.
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Nikita Dragun (2019)
(Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/WireImage/Getty Images) The YouTube star accessorizes at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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Keke Palmer (2019)
(Photo: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) The daytime-talk star makes Zack Morris jealous with her awesome phone at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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Veronica Vega (2019)
(Photo: Jim Spellman/FilmMagic/Getty Images) At the 2019 MTV VMAs, the Love & Hip Hop: Miami star doesn't need a wallet -- she's got a money dress.
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Coco Austin (2019)
(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images) The reality star leaves little to the imagination at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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Lil’ Kim (2019)
(Photo: Paul Bruinooge/Getty Images) The rapper likes purple -- like, a lot -- at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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Gigi Hadid and Bella Hadid (2019)
(Photo: Paul Bruinooge/Getty Images) The model sisters are visions in, well, beige at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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B. Simone (2019)
(Photo: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) The comic brings the drama at the 2019 MTV VMAs.
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Amber Rose (2018)
(Photo: Nicholas Hunt/MTV/Getty Images) The model reports for duty at the 2018 MTV VMAs.
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Jennifer Lopez (2006)
(Photo: Chance Yeh/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images) The multi-tasking entertainer looks ready to work a swim into her schedule at the 2006 MTV VMAs.
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Beyoncé (2016)
(Photo: Nicholas Hunt/FilmMagic/Getty Images) The diva may have collided with a fringed bird shortly before this photo-op at the 2016 MTV VMAs. But she still makes the look work.
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Lil’ Kim (1999)
(Photo: HENNY RAY ABRAMS/AFP/Getty Images) The rapper says hello to red-carpet infamy at the 1999 MTV VMAs.
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Katy Perry (2011)
(Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images) The "Fireworks" singer keeps the UV rays away at the 2011 MTV VMAs.
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Nicki Minaj (2012)
(Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages) The performer seemingly channels Spider-Man at the 2012 MTV VMAs.
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Miley Cyrus (2015)
(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) The singer-actress is well-ventilated at the 2015 MTV VMAs.
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Miley Cyrus (2015)
(Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images) The star does it: She works yet another outrageous outfit at the 2015 MTV VMAs.
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Kanye West and Kim Kardashian (2015)
(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images) The hip-hopster gives his wife a hand at the 2015 MTV VMAs.
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Nicki Minaj (2018)
(Photo: Dia Dipasupil/MTV/Getty Images) The rapper makes the scene in typical low-key fashion at the 2018 MTV VMAs.
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Farrah Abraham (2016)
(Photo: Allen Berezovsky/WireImage/Getty Images) The then-Teen Mom star is a wonder at the 2016 MTV VMA Awards.
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Noah Cyrus and Lil Xan (2018)
(Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images) The celeb couple, now an ex -couple, keeps in touch at the 2018 MTV VMAs.
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Katy Perry (2017)
(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images) No, we don't know what happened to the other side of the pop star's gown at the 2017 MTV VMAs.
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Lorde (2017)
(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images) Oh, Lorde. The "Royals" singer needs just a little help with her gown at the 2017 MTV VMAs.
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Joe Jonas (2017)
(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Getty Images) The singer rocks a righteous mustache at the 2017 MTV VMAs.
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Nicki Minaj (2011)
(Photo: Steve Granitz/WireImage/Getty Images) The performer is ready for any kind of air quality at the 2011 MTV VMAs.
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Lady Gaga (2010)
(Photo: ANDREAS BRANCH/Patrick McMullan/Getty Images) The pop star is dressed to fill in her infamous meat dress from the 2010 MTV VMAs.
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Lady Gaga (2010)
(Photo: PA Images/Getty Images) This is one of Gaga's pre-meat dress gowns from the 2010 MTV VMAs. It's not boring, either.
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Marilyn Manson and Rose McGowan (1998)
(Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images) The rock star looks as if he's expecting warmer weather than his then-girlfriend at the 1998 MTV VMAs.
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Lil Mama (2007)
(Photo: ANDREAS BRANCH/Patrick McMulla/Getty Images) The rapper rocks a pacifier at the 2007 MTV VMAs.
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Z LaLa (2015)
(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage/Getty Images) The singer looks pleased to see the crowd at the 2015 MTV VMAs.
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Nev Schulman and Laura Perlongo (2016)
(Photo: C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Images) The Catfish man and his then-future wife take the let's-show-off-the-baby-bump routine to the next level at the 2016 MTV VMAs.
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (2016)
(Photo: C Flanigan/FilmMagic/Getty Images) It's nice of the fun couple to stop by the 2016 MTV VMAs after apparently just stepping out of the shower.
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Fall Out Boy (2017)
(Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images) Yes, this is just your usual, everyday award-show photo-op of a pop band … and, um, two folks in giant, furry costumes.
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Marshmello (2018)
(Photo: Dia Dipasupil/MTV/Getty Images) You gotta admit: The DJ's marshmallow mask goes with any occasion, including the 2018 MTV VMAs.
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Cardi B (2018)
(Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Imagess) The outrageous rapper shocks at the 2018 MTV VMAs in an outfit that's, well, kinda stately.
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Jessie J (2011)
(Photo: Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic/Getty Images ) The British singer-songwriter makes the most of a broken foot at the 2011 MTV VMAs.
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Olivia Munn (2017)
(Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images) The actress dares to be lipstick-different at the 2017 MTV VMAs.
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Camilla Cabello (2018)
(Photo: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage/Getty Images) The "Havana" singer was the bomb at the 2018 European version of the VMAs, the MTV EMAs.
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