Every summer, the Teen Choice Awards implore the under-20 set to pick their favorite everything from the year. That's right, from movies and TV to special achievements, teens have the control. If you're like us, this was your favorite primetime awards show back when you still had geometry homework and posters of Usher on your wall.
Sunday marks the yearly return of the show, but unless we're lucky, the celebs hitting the carpet tomorrow probably won't be the same ones we grew up watching. But fret not, because we're taking a trip down memory lane. (Time to break out that J-14 poster — but feel free to leave the math homework in the past.)
No surprise here: The transformations that have happened since some of our favorite celebrities hit that TCA carpet are most worthy of a throwback slideshow. In fact, you'll be amazed at how some of these women have grown up, trading sparkly shadow and barrel curls for new beauty trends. But we still love these looks all the same.
Our favorite throwback moments from the Teen Choice Awards, ahead.
Kendall Jenner
Rewind the tape to 2009, when this supermodel had yet to walk her first Fashion Week runway. Of course, leave it to Jenner to be setting trends at a young age: look at that eye-strobing!
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Emma Roberts
Don’t recognize this bronzed tween? Admittedly, it took us a minute, too. Eventually, we correctly matched Emma Roberts to one of her first red-carpet appearances at the 2005 show. Her shiny curls and glowy skin have us thinking that the young starlet was far from Unfabulous.
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Beyoncé
Queen B has been through Hollywood’s awards-show circuit more times than we can count. Ironically, her metallic lip gloss from 2001 is back in a big way — try ColourPop 's new ones! — but we can safely say those flower hair clips haven't reemerged.
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Selena Gomez
Even when Gomez was still a wizard on Waverly Place back in 2008, she showed off her ever-voluminous mane. The teal eyeshadow and dazzling hoop earrings? That was our jam, too.
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Kylie Jenner
Blast from the past, indeed! Jenner isn't the only one that was obsessed with heavy liner on the waterline back in middle school. Here she is at 12, hitting the red carpet with Kendall...
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Brie Larson
When scanning for photos, this was the one that collected the most questions. In fact, only half of us could recognize this Oscar-winning actress back in 2004. Young, cute, and yes, she wore headband-scarf hybrids like a boss when she was but a preteen.
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Mila Kunis
At the second annual Teen Choice Awards in 2000, Mila Kunis graced the red carpet with loose curls and smudgy shadow that was, essentially, our winter formal look in a nutshell.
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Keke Palmer
Palmer has always slayed red carpets with her strong and on-trend beauty looks. But way back when it was 2007, she kept it soft with a luminescent complexion and a subtle smoky eye.
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Blake Lively
Lively looked like she was headed to the beach at the Teen Choice Awards in 2005 — we'd even guess those are air-dried waves. Aside from a subtly glossy, nude lip and shimmery shadow, we can barely detect a stitch of makeup on the young actress.
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Jenna Dewan Tatum
Always ahead of the curve, Dewan Tatum was rocking that year's top trends when she hit the 2006 carpet: glossy lips, groomed brows, and a salon blowout.
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Britney Spears
There's no denying Spears ruled the Teen Choice Awards carpet in 2000. Her pin-straight hair and glossy lips gives us all the nostalgia feels. Oh, to be young again and copying all her midriff-baring tops, belly rings, and body glitter-laced looks...
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Rihanna
Before Bad Gal RiRi commanded the red carpet with her trendsetting looks, she played it safe with purple eyeshadow and a simple updo at the 2006 show. While she always looks top-notch, we're happy she decided to start taking some style risks as her career went on.
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