Yeah, yeah. We know. She’s still beautiful on the inside. Always. That’s what we want little Sean Preston and Jayden James to know as they grow up in this cruel world.

But come on. Do you prefer the Cue Ball of 2007 to these amazing Britney Spears photos of yesteryear? Yeah. Didn’t think so. As much as troubled chicks in detox really turn us on, we long for the good ol’ days…

We still love our girl. That won’t change. But you can’t deny that she’s fallen off the iconic pedestal somewhat. A look at these Britney pics will tell you that.

Long before all the ex-husbands (Jason Alexander, K-Fed), one-night stands (J.R. Rotem) all-night sex romps (Isaac Cohen), sex tape rumors, crotch shots, hard core drug binges, uncontrollable rage, manic depression, possible insanity and head shaving, there was the incomparable goddess that was Britney Spears.

We just miss it, okay?