MTV VMAs (Video Music Awards) 2013 The Raunchiest Ever Thanks To Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus!

They weren't even up for any of the awards.

However, Katy Perry, Lady Gaga and Miley Cyrus all took to the stage at the MTV VMAs 2013 on Sunday, giving some of their most raunchiest performances to date. 

All three ladies - who are currently promoting new albums - chose skimpy outfits for their respective routines, with both Lady Gaga and Miley stripping down to their underwear, while Katy wore boxing shorts and a tight fitting crop top.

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Celebrity skin! Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry all showed off their flesh at the MTV VMAs 2013

Katy Perry performing at MTV VMA's 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFp_r02zzY

The first to disrobe was Lady Gaga with Applause, the call-out single from her new album ARTPOP and the outrageous star certainly set the bar sky high for her peers.

It was a much-anticipated performance following a string of pictures that the singer had posted on-line and teased her fans with. 

Gaga made no less than five outfit changes with the high energy performance of the song - resulting in a shell bikini top and thong. 

Quick change! Lady Gaga performs Applause during the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sunday... as she changes her outfit FOUR times

The awards started with a close-up of the singer in a nun's habit outfit, she then made a series of extremely quick outfit changes - which ended up with the star bearing her bottom.

Next up, One Direction took to the stage, typically making the female part of the crowd go wild as they presented the Best Pop Video Award to Selena Gomez.

Awkwardly, Selena was sitting next to Harry Styles' ex Taylor Swift, who looked almost panicked as the camera pointed to her while the band read out the nominees for the award.

Kicking the habit: Gaga started the show dressed all in white in a nun's outfit

Changing faces: Lady GaGa made a series of outfit changes in her opening performance of Applause 

Riding high: Lady Gaga was certainly a tough act to follow as she kicked off the show with an attention-grabbing performance of new single Applause

Look No. 4: Lady GaGa donned a yellow-sprayed wig and face paint for one of her many outfit changes

But as Harry began to read out the list of nominees the camera pointed back to Taylor who appeared to be whispering something to her pal Selena.

It wasn't long before fans took to Twitter claiming to have seen Taylor whisper the words, 'Shut the f*** up' as her ex-boyfriend spoke on stage.

As the happy news was announced that Selena was going home with the gong, Taylor quickly changed her tune hugging her pal as she went up to collect the award.

Making friends: Lady Gaga cornered One Direction backstage after her performance and appeared to take a shine to Zayn Malik

'This is my first moonman!' beamed an excited Selena, as she graciously accepted the award.

Lady Gaga at VMA performing Applause

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q7nsycfNmQ

Miley Cyrus then performed her song We Can't Stop with Robin Thicke with a group of backing dancers dressed as teddy bears.

'Make some noise!' the young star screamed as she grabbed her crotch and stuck her tongue out, in a out fit that appeared to be a furry swimsuit.

'What's up Brooklyn!': Niall Horan greeted the crowd as the band took to the stage to some of the biggest cheers of the night

Did she just say that? Twitter exploded when viewers thought they saw Taylor Swift whisper 'Shut the f*** up' as Harry Styles took to the stage

Awkward! One Direction - including Taylor's ex Harry - announced that the winner was her pal Selena

Come and get it: One Direction handed out the award for Best Pop Video to an elated Selena Gomez.

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Watching the footage it looks like Taylor doesn't know whether to laugh, cry or close her eyes. We hear you Taylor

Miley has hurt Taylor's eyes

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The eyes went to the face, the body leaned forward and the nervous laughing began.

If you thought that was just your reaction to Miley Cyrus' latex VMA performance , think again. Footage has been released showing Harry Styles' ex Taylor Swift's reaction to the "foam finger" dance.

As Miley straddled her foam finger and thrust her behind into married man Robin Thicke's personal space during a performance of We Can't Stop/Blurred Lines, Taylor seems to be shocked.

After laughing and whispering with her pal and next door neighbour for the awards, Selena Gomez, country singer Taylor decides to grab a drink from a pal.

Side note: We reckon said pal was Taylor's designated "drink holder" for the evening - so the cameras didn't catch the blonde bombshell necking a cheeky vodka. NOT THAT SHE WOULD, or anything. We don't know.

As one point Taylor seems to cheer for Miley, before collapsing into a heap of giggles.

Not only did she reach new levels of twerk-ness (yes, it is a word) she managed to make Madonna look like a nun with her dance moves.

 Check out her performance in a series of disturbing gifs we made earlier. Warning: Your eyes may pop out of your head.

First up is the foam finger (we're hoping she threw that away after), swiftyly followed by a twerk to end all twerk.

  

  

What do you think? Are you still breathing? We urge you not to order a Latex bikini for yourself or anyone you know.

Also, sticking your tongue out while dancing is starting to get over-rated.

Miley wore nude PVC hot pants and boob tube which was more revealing than anyone could have ever expected, to be quite honest.

Add to this a giant teddy bear and we've got ourselves one of the most risky performances of the night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrPGxRsaQvY

Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke

Source - Daily Mirror and Daily Mail.