--- title: 2017 MTV VMAs: Nicki Minaj's Pink Latex Jumpsuit description: Nicki Minaj dropped jaws in her red carpet look canonical: https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-28T03:16:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:51.889Z og:title: Nicki Minaj Owned This Jaw-Dropping Latex Unitard at VMAs og:description: Nicki Minaj dropped maws in her red carpet look og:url: https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fe5e3d36446c63a/6988db6a97cdff11236b2354/mtv-vmas-2017-90.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: MTV-VMAS-2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicki Minaj Owned This Jaw-Dropping Latex Unitard at VMAs twitter:description: Nicki Minaj dropped maws in her red carpet look twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fe5e3d36446c63a/6988db6a97cdff11236b2354/mtv-vmas-2017-90.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nicki Minaj Totally Owned This Jaw-Dropping Pink Latex Unitard at the VMAs by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 28, 2017 3:16 AM UTC  Nicki Minaj attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. Nicki Minaj attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California.Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 28, 2017 3:16 AM UTC [Nicki Minaj](http://time.com/4834640/nicki-minaj-key-queens/) showed up at the 2017 MTV [Video Music Awards](http://time.com/4917806/vmas-2017-red-carpet/) in a jaw-dropping pink latex jumpsuit that became instantly iconic. The rapper arrived in a skin-hugging bubblegum pink unitard and completed her look with sparkly silver bangles, a choker and a cross necklace. Naturally, Twitter went nuts for the outfit: > [](https://twitter.com/janet%5Fmillerr/status/901959614195007491) > [](https://twitter.com/BiancaEnRogue/status/901956018569084930) > [](https://twitter.com/NickiData/status/901996180619616256) > [](https://twitter.com/AlanaMaryGrace/status/902003635273510912) > [](https://twitter.com/Farynn%5FRose/status/902004512617103360) 2017 MTV VMAs: Nicki Minaj's Pink Latex Jumpsuit ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/"},"headline":"Nicki Minaj Totally Owned This Jaw-Dropping Pink Latex Unitard at the VMAs","datePublished":"2017-08-28T03:16:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:51.889Z","description":"Nicki Minaj dropped jaws in her red carpet look","url":"https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","onetime","MTV VMAs 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fe5e3d36446c63a/6988db6a97cdff11236b2354/mtv-vmas-2017-90.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fe5e3d36446c63a/6988db6a97cdff11236b2354/mtv-vmas-2017-90.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MTV-VMAS-2017","caption":"2017 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Alberto E. Rodriguez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4918022/nicki-minaj-latex-mtv-vmas-2017/","name":"Nicki Minaj Totally Owned This Jaw-Dropping Pink Latex Unitard at the VMAs"}}]}] ```