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" Demi Lovato owned last weekend&amp;#039;s VMA red carpet in a stunning red Lanvin dress, paired with on-point gold accessories. It takes a fair amount of confidence to pull off a neckline that plunging, and Demi sure is proud (as she should be) to be at that point. Via Instagram on Tuesday, she shared a composite photo of her look from this year&amp;#039;s VMA red carpet, as well as three outfits worn in years past:         This picture makes me feel so many mixed emotions.. I remember the day I wore the dress in the very first picture. I remember asking for spanx to flatten my stomach because I use to feel so heavy and &amp;quot;fat&amp;quot;. Now looking at this picture, you can clearly see my hip bones. It makes me sad because I wasted so many years ashamed of my body when I could&amp;amp;#39;ve been living the happy and healthy life I live today. It TRULY just goes to show you that your perceptions can lie to you. OR they can make you learn to enjoy life. Fortunately looking at the picture of myself in the red dress yesterday, I not only feel so grateful for the love and support I&amp;amp;#39;ve had from fans, friends and family, but... I also feel.. beautiful. I&amp;amp;#39;m so excited to live my life the way I deserve to and to the complete fullest. Thank you guys once again.. I&amp;amp;#39;m so thankful for my Lovatics. I love you... And never forget that staying strong is worth it. \u2764\uFE0F A photo posted by Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) on Aug 25, 2014 at 1:43pm PDT     (From left to right, that&amp;#039;s Demi at the awards in 2008, 2011, and 2012.) Demi added a moving caption, which reads as follows: This picture makes me feel so many mixed emotions.. I remember the day I wore the dress in the very first picture. I remember asking for Spanx to flatten my stomach because I used to feel so heavy and &amp;quot;fat&amp;quot;. Now looking at this picture, you can clearly see my hip bones. It makes me sad because I wasted so many years ashamed of my body when I could&amp;#039;ve been living the happy and healthy life I live today.  It TRULY just goes to show you that your perceptions can lie to you. OR they can make you learn to enjoy life. Fortunately looking at the picture of myself in the red dress yesterday, I not only feel so grateful for the love and support I&amp;#039;ve had from fans, friends and family, but... I also feel.. beautiful. I&amp;#039;m so excited to live my life the way I deserve to and to the complete fullest. Thank you guys once again.. I&amp;#039;m so thankful for my Lovatics. I love you... And never forget that staying strong is worth it.  Also awesome, a tweet from during Sunday night&amp;#039;s ceremony, in which she says she&amp;#039;d still rather be wearing sweats. That&amp;#039;s a VMA truth bomb for you:    I haven&amp;amp;#39;t sat in a dress for this long in what feels like forever.. Where&amp;amp;#39;s my damn sweat pants..... #VMAs2014 \u2014 Demi Lovato (@ddlovato) August 25, 2014   Follow Alex on  Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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