OMG OMG OMG OMG … seriously, that was pretty much all I could muster last night as Britney Spears won her first ever award, Best Female Video, at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards last night. I was so fortunate to be on hand to actually watch our dear Britney not only win her first MTV VMA but two more VMAs thruout the night. After her Best Female win, she went on to win Best Pop Video and the biggest award of the night Video of the Year. I will do a proper VMAs recap post but this one is all about my girl, Britney Spears.

To get the night started off right, Brit Brit took to the stage in a beautiful sparkly silver dress and with her shy and coy manner wished the VMAs a Happy 25th Birthday and officially kicked off the night’s festivities … then she she just sat back with her steadfast manager Larry Rudolph at her side and collected awards at regular intervals thruout the night — which were all absolutely well-deserved:

It was Britney’s night! The pop star made a triumphant return to MTV’s Video Music Awards, winning three Moonmen, including the night’s big honor, video of the year, for her hit “Piece of Me.” “I’m in shock,” the grateful singer said after accepting her third award of the night from NBA star Kobe Bryant. Spears, of course, was the subject of much speculation and excitement after word spread that she would be opening the ceremony. She looked a little nervous at first, but proved to be in fighting form in a vintage silver Versace minidress. After being escorted from her dressing room, Spears took center stage, clutched the microphone tightly and announced, “I’m here tonight to celebrate a very important birthday.” Continued Spears: “This is the 25th Video Music Awards – and it starts right now.” … Moments later, Spears was back to accept her first VMA ever. Nominated for 16 Moonmen in the past, the pop star nabbed the first award of the night, best female video, for her song “Piece of Me.” Spears gave a brief speech, thanking God for “just blessing me like this,” calling out her two sons and dedicating the award to her fans. “This is for you,” she said … Spears later picked up her second award for best pop video, also for “Piece of Me.” “I’m speechless,” she chiped as she offered thanks to manager Larry Rudolph, who accompanied her to the show, and her fans.

And then, of course, she took home the last and biggest award of the night, Video of the Year. It really was Britney‘s night. Absolutely everyone was talking about her from beginning to end. I just find it so remarkable how much everybody loves her … even the haters can’t stop talking about her. She was absolutely triumphant last night and it was a beautiful sight to behold. After the jump, check out pics of Britney with her 3 awards, pics of her in the press room, pics of her in the audience with Larry Rudolph and a Beyotch Stole My Look! that was too obvs to let pass by …

Of all the years that Britney Spears has been nominated for MTV VMAs and after all the amazing, landmark performances she has turned in for the awards show … last night was Britney‘s first night on the winning end of the VMAs. In my estimation, she won the night’s top awards and did so with style and cute grace, a far cry from the sad days when Britney had hit rock bottom. Here is Britney accepting her award for the Best Female Video for Piece of Me:

Here is a pic Brit accepting her Best Pop Video award for Piece of Me:

And Britters accepting the Video of the Year award, again, for Piece of Me:

I thought it was very fitting of Britney to thank and dedicate her awards to her fans. She has so many loyal admirers, I’m glad she realizes how much she is loved. I was in the VIP green room for the duration of the show and was standing near Wayne Isham, the famed video director who also directed Piece of Me and he looked very pleased that his video had won so many awards but I heard him explain to his friends how proud he was of Britney that she was finally honored for her accomplishments. Additionally, I’m pretty sure that Larry Rudolph, Britney‘s long-time on-again-off-again manager was pretty proud himself, he was beaming from ear to ear all night long:

And, just for fun … well, first let me preface this next bit by saying … hand’s down, Xtina Aguilera gave the best performance of the VMAs this year. I found her look sexy and I really loved the new song Keeps Gettin’ Better (which we got to hear first HERE) she performed as well as the remixed version of Genie in a Bottle … brills! The new song has deffo grown on me :) BUT, I couldn’t help but feel that I had seen Xtina‘s outfit before … on someone else … thankfully, BreatheHeavy.com reminded me where I had seen that outfit before:

Hee hee … it’s okay, Xtina — let’s consider it an homage … we all love Britney Spears, too! Honestly, the Britney faithful were out in force last night. As I said, everyone was talking about her before the show and all night after the show in celebration of her wins. As soon as Brit won her first award, I started getting emails from Pink readers in jubilation … it was such a great night for her. I’m thrilled that this is where her life is again … back on top, where she belongs. Hopefully, the best is yet to come!

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