The year is 1998. The Backstreet Boys are winning Moonmen and the VMAs are celebrating their 15th year. Although the faces are familiar, the red carpet looked a lot different 20 years ago on music’s coolest night.
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Hanson was bopping down the red carpet.
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Usher was blowing us kisses.
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Tyra Banks was rocking double denim.
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Buffy was still slaying vampires through Alyson Hannigan and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
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Salma Hayek used temporary butterfly tattoos as an accessory.
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Carson Daly and Jennifer Love Hewitt were in the throes of love.
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Jennifer Lopez rocked cowgirl style.
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Brandy was invited.
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So was Mya.
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Cyndi Lauper looked as ’80s as ever in the late ’90s.
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Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston walked the red carpet as double divas.
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Courtney Love rocked the show with her band Hole.
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Madonna showed off her award with a face full of paint.
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Winona Ryder was wearing flip-flops.
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Jada Pinkett Smith was so excited to be there just two months after giving birth to Jaden.
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Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker were the ultimate crime-fighting duo.
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Shaquille O’Neal felt fly in his suit and tie alongside Peter Gunz.
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Gwen Stefani was ready for the awards show and Burning Man at the same time.
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Geri Halliwell looked like she was headed into a board meeting.
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Green Day goofed off.
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And Marilyn Manson and Rose McGowan attended the awards show like this.
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