DAKOTA FANNING wire a Louis Vuitton princess gown at the 2012 Met Gala earlier this week.

Hit or miss?

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Like Leighton Meester, who opted for a gold Marchesa gownDakota was one of the few celebrities who decided to dress up in an elegant big gown for the Vogue-hosted Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala earlier this week.

The child actress walked the New York red carpet in a tulle and organza gown with a mild v-neck and embroidered with floral ribbons. She paired it with satin sandals and a silk lavender minaudière.

DAKOTA FANNING dazzled in Prada at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington Saturday night.

See for yourself:

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Dakota was one of the youngest stars who attended the much-awaited White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner but she made sure to look as extravagant as the veteran celebrities present at the Washington Hilton Hotel with an elegant and slightly daring silver number.

DAKOTA FANNING was pretty in pink at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival Vanity Fair Party.

See for yourself:

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Dakota looked youthful and adorable at the Vanity Fair Party in New York in a hot pink Lanvin dress, which she paired with tan Lanvin pointed-toe pumps and a gold clutch.

To give the outfit a fun boho chick twist, Dakota accessorized with a multi-strand headband.

Straight locks and barely-there makeup finished the look.

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The trailers are out and star news confirm that DAKOTA FANNING will be doing a MANDY MOORE-esque role in her new movie, “Now Is Good.”

As a pop singer? A bitchy cheerleader? A ridiculously long-haired animated character? So what gives?

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As it turns out, the short-short-haired and clearly more mature Dakota Fanning will be playing the role of a 17-year-old British girl who decides to carpe diem, quit her treatment for leukemia and spend the rest of her life doing whatever she likes, ala “The Bucket List,” before she passes away.

A Christian model just accused DAKOTA FANNING of doing the “devil’s work” after the 17-year-old appeared on the cover of Cosmopolitan Magazine’s February issue in a tight dress and heavy make-up.

Wait…what?!

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Ex-fashion model, Nicole Weider, who claims to be a devout Christian, is pointing her finger at Dakota for being an over-sexed, underage teen doing the “devil’s work,” and all because she posed in a magazine clearly intended for more mature readers. Worse still, one glaring headline right next to Dakota’s face reads: “His Best Sex Ever,” giving the impression that Dakota Fanning‘s real talents lie elsewhere…

DAKOTA FANNING is celebrating the near-end of her jailbait image with a sensuously decadent celebrity photo shoot in Elle UK.

Now does this look like the face of an almost 18-year-old, or what?

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The soon-to-be former child actress, who turns 18 in February, has been the subject of a lot of controversy ever since she posed for that “Oh, Lola” perfume Marc Jacobs celebrity photo shoot where she held a large rose-topped, distinctively phallic-like fragrance bottle at the apex of her thighs…