Who Had the Biggest Hair at the CMT Music Awards?

To the uninitiated, country music people feel pretty easy to pin down. They like their beer, their boots, their trucks, and their unwavering national pride. But judging by the red carpet at last night's CMT Awards, we can add something else to the list: They love big hair. The eventing was a parade of teased, sprayed, and lifted 'dos that would make Marge Simpson jealous. So naturally, we decided to rank 'em.

8. Kimberly Van Der Beek
Things start out tame with Dawson's wife's tiny wave, but remember, this is just your base level big hair.

7. Melissa Rycroft
We're getting higher...

6. Kellie Pickler
Hairspray: the performance enhancing drug of big hair competitions.

5. Kimberly Schlapman
Now the curls come in and it's a volume play.

4. Beth Chapman
Beth loses ground on account of the fact that there's no way that's all her own hair.
3. Natalie Stovall
This looks familiar...
3. Miranda Lambert
Now that's a wave! You could go surfing in that thing:
But the winner of the night...

1. Shawna Thompson
It's even more astounding when you have something to scale it to:

Lionel Richie approves.

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