By Wonderwall.com Editors
10:55am PDT, Jul 16, 2009
By Melissa Hunter
The ESPY Awards are pretty much a tricky way to get all-stars and regular stars in a room together to see who can out-hot each other.
Michael Phelps keeps it simple with a suit and tie, and his favorite accessory: a golden award. Yawn. Demi Moore, on the other hand, pulled out all the stops with her neon salmon-burgundy hypercolor corset dress. One point: Hollywood.
C'mon, Serena, you won the latest match against your sister and now you totally destroy her with your Greek goddess sea foam green gown? All Venus got was your mom's repurposed hand-me-down frock from Woodstock.
No one's listening to your jokes Jeremy Piven, with Marisa Miller in a teeny little white dress next to you. The tube dress is simple and stunning, but where did she find a 6-year old to decoupage her belt?
Vanessa Laine Bryant pulls out her "just try to check out other women" sparkly bathing suit top for her hubby's big night. She also teaches us to keep it simple with accessories on the red carpet: Just boobs and hair extensions do the trick.
Danica Patrick goes for the surprisingly modest lace-trimmed black dress. But the stripes radiating out directly from her belly button add a little spice. Or are they pointing to her belly button? Either way she's got great abs, guys.
Shawn Johnson is economical when it comes to her wardrobe. All she had to do was remove some sparkles and tassels from her "Dancing With the Stars" costume, and BOOM! Red carpet gown.
You may think Samuel L. Jackson is a random host for the ESPYs, but that guy never misses an opportunity to pair a Mandarin jacket with a Kangol army cap. Never.
With a little draping, a touch of ruffles, and a lot of leg, Brooke Burke basically schools everyone who's tried to nail the little black dress.
Andy Samberg must have visited the costume closet from "Dumb & Dumber" for this periwinkle blue suit. But the tan kicks and the nerd glasses make it all come together in that chilled out, funny man style he does so well.
Olympic gold medalist Nastia Liukin tries out a silver shade for a change. Though the toga-party-meets-Forever-21 mini-dress isn't exactly winning her any more medals.
Between the "Beat It"-esque jacket and the John Lennon shades, Will.i.am is a walking musical legend tribute.
Lisa Leslie combines a full-length sequin gown and heels with a short boyfriend to make her look even taller. The motive behind this remains unclear.
Jaime Pressly poses with Zachary Quinto in the 15th black sparkly dress of the evening. You may not think she's an athlete, but she's clearly channeling the ice skater within.
One of these is not like the other. Condoleezza Rice randomly presents at the ESPYs in a rather fashion-forward (for her) red satin dress. Has she been taking style notes from the first lady?
Between her dangerously low-cut white dress, and her pin-curled hair over her face, Miranda Kerr manages to pay homage to Marilyn Monroe and Veronica Lake simultaneously.
In a little white flapper dress, Bruce Jenner's youngest daughter Kendall looks surprisingly age appropriate. She's only 13 though, give her a few years.
Olivia Wilde dons a black ruched corset dress just to reinforce her Maxim hot girl victory.
Angelo Taylor and Usain Bolt don't really need much in the way of flashy suits. When you've got this level of bling, nobody's looking at much else.
Wyclef Jean channels a '70s cocktail pianist in his waffled white silk sport coat.
Terrell Owens and Rashida Jones attempt a sporty "Memoirs of a Geisha" meets "The Great Gatsby" look on-stage. Way to represent Hollywood while presenting sports awards, guys.
