The (Un)Official Aging Timeline for Britney Spears

I tried to be sensationalistic but found myself just rooting for Brit-Brit the whole time. Did manage to restrict myself to pictures less likely to be airbrushed (no horrific Candie's ads here, folks)

• Infant (~1982)

  

• Toddler (~1985)

  

  As a young pageant-esq performer.

• Middle School (~1995)

  

• 1997

  

• 1998

  

• 1999

  

• 2000

  

  The infamous VMA "strip tease"

• 2001

  

  More (?) infamous I'm A Slave 4 U VMA performance. Pre-Gaga. How innocent this looks now.

• 2001: Denim Edition

  

  Bonus 2001 because no one should miss out on re-living this number.

• 2002

  

  Pre-Madonna-Make-Out

• 2003

  

  (Possible exception to the airbrush rule)

• 2004

  

  We enter the K-fed years. Sigh.

• 2005

  

• 2006

  

  The hat drop heard 'round the world.

• Feburary 2007

  

• October 2007

  

  The "comeback" VMA performance

• 2008

  

• 2009

  

• 2010

  

  And beyond