Vogue magazine praised Lady Gaga for her unique sense of style which “was theatrically avant-garde and wildly, irreverently witty, returning a much-needed sense of humor and unbridled imagination to fashion.” named her   Best-Dressed Woman of the Year.

At the end of last year, Vogue asked you to vote for the best-dressed woman of the year and, while many of the lovely ladies on our weekly list got a nod, you overwhelmingly said it was Lady Gaga who deserved the top prize. Now the singer is our March cover girl, and we've pulled images of some of her finest, most unpredictable red-carpet moments over the past few years for your review. From the stark and carnivorous to a red dress fit for a queen, we toast the creativity, sense of style, and confidence that defines the many looks of Gaga.

In a field of ten supremely best-dressed contenders that included Blake Lively and the First Lady, Gaga stood out, proving that risk-taking can win the popular vote. Gaga received 42 percent of the final results to take Best Dressed of the Year (beating out closest runner-up Lively by 24 percent). Lady Gaga dressed up—way, way up—in lipstick-red latex to shake hands with the Queen, and as a sequin-suspendered Larry King to be interviewed by, well, Larry King.

She wore a hat made of her own hair, a metal bikini at the beach, and, in a look that managed to be both rare and well-done, a dress made of raw meat. Her sense of style thwarted the predictable—it was theatrically avant-garde and wildly, irreverently witty, returning a much-needed sense of humor and unbridled imagination to fashion.