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VH1 Vintage: What Does It Take To Become a Hip Hop Video Vixen?

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As part of I <3 Video Vixens Month here at VH1, we're celebrating the fabulous women who made music videos so much hotter over the years, and changed our lives for the better.

We've seen the outfits and the dance moves, but let's take it back to the start: How does one actually get a gig in a major music video? The 2005 documentary VH1 News Presents: Hip Hop Video Vixens: Sexploitation on the Set explores the process of hip hop video vixen casting. So if you want to learn a thing or two from some veterans, take a trip back to a time when beautiful women lined up to earn a spot in a video from 50 Cent, Mobb Deep, and M.O.P. It's all fun and games until the casting director yells "Hit it!" right?

If you want to see some more vixens in action, check out the 25 most iconic models from music videos, below.

Melyssa Ford Shake Yo Ass Mystikal Pharrell

Bria Myles Tyler The Creator Tamale

Tyson Beckford Unbreak My Heart Toni Braxton

Ola Ray Thriller Michael Jackson

Caroline Munro Adam Ant Goody Two Shoes

Emily Ratajkowski Blurred Lines

Laetitia Casta Te Amo Rihanna

Kate Moss I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

Alesha Dixon She Wants To Move Nerd

Anna Kournikova Escape

Marisol Maldonado Smooth Rob Thomas

Freedom 90 Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista and Naomi Campbell

Heather Graham American Woman

Stephanie Seymour November Rain

Aerosmith Crazy Alicia Silverstone Liv Tyler

Helena Christiansen Chris Isaak Wicked Game

Stacy's Mom Rachel Hunter Fountains Of Wayne

Susie Hatton Poison Fallen Angel

Lisa Dean Ratt Round and Round

Jeana Keough Kymberly Herrin Daniele Arnaud ZZ Top Legs

Sharise Neil Girls Girls Girls Motley Crue

Lillian Muller Hot For Teacher Van Halen

Paulina Porizkova Cars Drive

Bobbie Brown Cherry Pie Warrant

Tawney Kitaen Here I Go Again Whitesnake