Eva Longoria hams it up at MTV Awards but she has raunchy competition

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11 April 2012
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Ladies lead the way at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards with a revealing selection of dresses on show.

This year's awards, broadcast live to millions of viewers across Europe, were held in Madrid's Caja Magica.

Eva Longoria poked fun at Lady Gaga's meat dress by cramming herself inside a ham hock outfit.

It was one of 13 costume changes for the Desperate Housewives star, who wore an array of glamorous mini-dresses as she presented the ceremony in Madrid.

She welcomed the crowd with a rousing "Viva Espana!" before congratulating Spain on its recent World Cup victory.

Shakira wore a silver bikini top and tasselled silver trousers to perform her latest single Loca, and Waka Waka (This is Africa).

Gossip Girl actress and musician Taylor Momsen presented the Best New Act award to Kesha, who thanked her "bad-ass" fans and admitted: "I'm about to pee my pants!"

Taylor took her rock chick look to a new level in an outfit that looked like she was wearing her underwear on stage.

Lady Gaga was named winner in the Pop category, but accepted her award from Budapest, where she was performing tonight.

She said: "I'm all the way in Budapest and I'm so sorry I couldn't be there to accept this award myself but there are 20,000 little monsters out there waiting for me, so I have to hurry up and get back on stage.

"This means so much to me Europe, I love you."

Rock band Paramore beat Gorillaz and Arcade Fire in the Alternative category, with lead singer Hayley Williams admitting: "We've never won an award on TV before."

Their gong was presented by Jackass's Johnny Knoxville, who joked that he had been "in two hospitals and many bars" since arriving in Spain.

Rihanna entertained crowds with a rendition of Only Girl (In the World) wearing a fairytale inspired costume, complete with crown and wand, before Longoria introduced Bon Jovi as the winners of the first Global Icon Award.

"This award is a testament to the millions of fans they have around the world," she said.

Here are the MTV Europe Music Awards winners:

Best New act Kesha
Best Pop Lady Gaga
Best Alternative Paramore
Best Rock Thirty Seconds to Mars
Best Male Justin Bieber
Best Video Katy Perry (California Gurls)
Best Hip Hop Eminem
Best Live Act Linkin Park
Best Female Lady Gaga
Best Song Lady Gaga (Bad Romance)
Best European Act Marco Mengoni
Best Push Artist Justin Bieber
Best World Stage Performance Tokio Hotel
MTV EMA Global Icon Bon Jovi
Free Your Mind Shakira

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