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Not So Slippery Nipples: The 20 Raciest Celebrity Pasties

emily ratajkowski

emily ratajkowski

Lil Kim Pasty At The MTV Music Awards

2001 MTV Movie Awards Lil Kim

Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl in 2004

Rob Schneider on Jay Leno in 2004

Daisy Lowe for Agent Provocateur in 2008

Britney Spears' Circus Tour in 2009

Rihanna for Vogue Italia in 2009

Jwoww at MTV's New Year's Eve in 2011

Lady Gaga at Lollapalooza in 2010

Kelly Rowland in Vegas in 2011

Dita Von Teese Performing at the Arts Club in London in 2012

Miley Cyrus at the iHeart Radio Music Festival 2013

Azealia Banks Pasties

Iggy Azalea "Change Your Life" Video 2013

Miranda Kerr for i-D Magazine in 2013

Cara Delevingne in i-D Magazine, 2013

Courtney Stodden in Pasties

Nicki Minaj on Instagram

Brooke Candy by Terry Richardson for Diesel's 2014 Calendar

Miley Cyrus as Lil' Kim

If a breast is exposed, but the nipple is covered, was the boob ever naked in the first place? Let's ponder this and many other questions as we journey through this gallery of the raciest celebrity pasties. Despite the existentialist quandary presented by the pasty, what I want to know most is: Does it hurt? It seems as though sticking something to your nipple would hurt. And some of those things look heavy; dragging nipples can't be much fun.

From red carpets to Super Bowl stages, the pasty is only becoming more prolific — and less shocking — as time goes on. Behold; a lot of breast, and not much nipple, as we take a look at the 20 (well, technically 40), raciest celebrity pasties.