25 VMA Moments That Are Totally Taylor Swift 

Believe it or not, it’s been seven years since Taylor Swift made her debut at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, and the country-gone-pop singer has undergone quite the transformation during this time. In fact, many of her defining moments have taken place at the VMAs.
Taylor is nominated for Video of the Year at the 2015 show, which is just one of her nine nominations. Taylor has won Best Female Video in 2009 and 2013, but has yet to grab the night’s biggest prize of VOTY. Will it happen this year?
While we await the 2015 show — airing live on Sunday, Aug. 30 at 9 p.m. ET on MTV — let’s look back at Taylor’s history at the VMAs.
2008
Welcome to Taylor’s first VMAs! She took the red carpet at the 2008 VMAs in a cute, lavender Kaufman Franco dress that defined her style back then.
Not only was she co-hosting the red carpet pre-show that year, but she was also nominated for Best New Artist, along with Miley Cyrus and Katy Perry, who she got to interview before the show.