TEEN MOM 2 Barbara Babs Evans throwback photos are awesomer than you ever thought possible

We’ve been waiting for years to see some throwback photos of breakout Teen Mom 2 superstar Barbara “Babs” Evans, and this week we got our wish!

The pictures come courtesy of Babs’ daughter Jenelle Evans, who posted them on her website on Monday. We reached out to Jenelle and she gave us permission to share a few (OK, more than a few) of our favorites, so we decided to rank ’em and do a “Top 6 Babs Evans Throwback Pics” list!

Here are all the pictures, with our titles and a brief description for each. It should be noted that we did enhance them a bit in Photoshop, but I can assure you all we tweaked was the color balance and contrast — Babs needed NO other assistance.

6. 30-SOMETHING AND PREGNANT

Babs pregnant! Of course we couldn’t resist super-imposing pregnant Jenelle from her episode of 16 & Pregnant for comparison. (It’s unclear if Barbara is pregnant with Jenelle in the photo. Jenelle has both an older brother and an older sister, so it is very possible, judging from the baby in her arms, that Babs was already a mother at the time the photo was taken.)

5. BABSKINI

Whoa mama! Well, I guess we know where Jenelle gets her affinity for bikinis and the beach! Although Barbara looking Babsolutely fabulous and showing off her curves in a green two-piece is beyond amazing, I think my favorite part about the photo is that she looks to be taking a selfie, which is completely impossible unless this particular beach has a very large mirror on the shoreline. Clearly, Babs was way ahead of her time.

4. GRANDMA JACE

Can you believe how much young Barbara looks like her grandson Jace here?! Beyond those remarkable similarities, Babs’ fashion sense is on fleek — from her thick mustard headband to her bold patterned dress over a collared shirt. (I just wish we could see her shoes.)

3. 50 SHADES OF BABS

It seems Jenelle isn’t the only Evans gal who knows how to spice up Halloween with some sexy costumegery! Unfortunately, these are the blurriest photos in the bunch — but, even with the blurriness, you can see the black leather jacket, boots and shorts, her fishnet stockings, and — are those tattoos?! Perhaps I need to re-title this photo “Babs of Anarchy!”

2. ME AND BARBARA MCGEE

All joking aside, this photo is beautiful. Looking at it makes me feel like I’m riding shotgun. I’ve just quit my job and left everything behind to go somewhere — anywhere — with this woman. The wind’s blowing past the rolled-down windows of her old pickup truck as Willie Nelson comes on the radio singing Kris Kristofferson through a single crackly dashboard speaker:

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose
Nothin’, that’s all that Barbara left me, yeah
But, feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when she sang the blues
Hey, feelin’ good was good enough for me, mm-hmm
Good enough for me and my Barbara McGhee

 

1. YOU’VE COME A LONG WAY, BARBARA

Some pictures are worth a thousand words, but if you traded this one for a thousand words you were totally ripped off! It’s like a badass Dynasty-inspired Virginia Slims ad for Pepsi.

A HUGE thanks to Jenelle for sharing these priceless gems! We cannot wait to see more of Babs (and the rest of the Teen Mom 2 crew) when the show returns to MTV at 10/9c on March 21!