My Day at the MTV VMAs

Hello everybody! Finally a blog post about a general experience living in LA! :) So yesterday I had the opportunity of attending the MTV VMAs Red Carpet Pre-Show, courtesy of winning tickets from a fan site. I was allowed to bring one other person, so I brought one of my best friends Amanda, and later on I found out another one of my friends at UCLA also won a pair of tickets, so we all went together! 

Our day started at 11:30AM, when we all got into my car and drove to The Forum, which was around 30 minutes away from UCLA and our check-in time was at 12:30pm. Upon arriving, we quickly got in line for Priority Red Carpet fans (which was already super long by the way!) and eventually made our way to the front to receive our wristbands. After about another 40 minutes of waiting, we were finally escorted to the venue and were placed in these bleachers surrounding the red carpet in the blazing hot sun! But here are some pictures:

Panorama of my view from my seat at the VMAs Red Carpet

A picture of my friends and I while we were waiting!

Selfie time :)

Amanda and I!

Finally, after another 2-3 hours of waiting, the people in charge finally spoke to all the fans about what was going on. Even though to our right was the Fifth Harmony stage where they would perform during the red carpet, they were apparently going to enter OUR bleacher and perform a part of their song right next to us!! That information definitely put all of the people in my bleacher in an excited mood, and at around 4:30pm, stars officially began to arrive. Here are a few that I got to see:

5 Seconds of summer being interviewed right in front of me!

Sarah Hyland from Modern Family! 

SAM SMITH, one of my favorite artists! 

ED SHEERAN, another of my favorites! 

My only shot of Taylor Swift... walking away.. :( 

Miley Cyrus! 

Katy Perry! 

And last but not least... QUEEN BEYONCE. WE WERE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLEACHERS :'(

Beyonce was the last celebrity to arrive, and it was heartbreaking. The people on the other side of the red carpet were able to touch her hand and she did not come to our side. At least we were able to be in her vicinity...
So after that long day of standing and sitting and waiting in the hot sun, our feet were hurting and our stomachs growling, we decided to skip out on the Maroon 5 concert which wouldn't have performed for another hour, and left back to my car at 7:00pm to go and get some food. Overall, even though it was a really fun and great experience as it was my first time at the red carpet of an awards show, I was really disappointed we were not able to be level with the celebrities to get pictures with them like how I expected :( I was actually seat filler for the MTV Movie Awards back in Spring quarter, and I'd have to say seat filler was definitely more worth it. I don't know if I would do this again, and in fact my feet still hurt even though it's been a day!
But to wrap it all up, here's a picture of my friends and I on TV with Fifth Harmony:

Top right corner -- that's me! I'M ON TV!

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this type of blog post, and please let me know if you want to have more little blog posts here and there about general day experiences :)

*I apologize for the poor quality in photos, we were only allowed our iPhones!