Serena Williams donned seven glamorous get-ups to host her very first awards show – 2024 ESPY Awards – at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday.

‘You may be wondering why am I doing this,’ the 42-year-old retired tennis champ said onstage.

‘First of all, any opportunity to wear 16 outfits in three hours, I’m taking it.’

Serena – who relies on stylist Kesha McLeod – stood out in a pink strapless mini-dress featuring ostrich feather trim.

Make-up artist Sheika Daley fully contoured Williams’ complexion for the ABC telecast – defining her brows, giving her a smoky eye, pink cheeks, and a glossy pout.

Serena Williams donned seven glamorous get-ups to host her very first awards show – 2024 ESPY Awards – at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday

The 42-year-old retired tennis champ said onstage: ‘You may be wondering why am I doing this. First of all, any opportunity to wear 16 outfits in three hours, I’m taking it’

Hairstylist Angela Meadows coiffed seven distinct wigs for each look, which also came with different high heels.

The 12-time ESPY Award winner – who runs her own clothing company, cosmetics company, and jewelry company – left little to the imagination in a panty-flashing black mesh pencil dress beneath a waist-cinching corset.

Serena – who earned a fashion design degree from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale – wore a red halter cocktail dress embellished with feathers and scale-like sequins.

Williams was wearing that dress when she posed with her royal pals – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex – after he received the Pat Tillman Award in recognition of his service in the British Armed Forces and work with the Invictus Games.

‘Please, Harry and Meghan, try not to breathe too much tonight because this is my night, and I don’t want to be overshadowed by the accusation that you guys are taking up too much oxygen,’ she joked during her monologue.

The In The Arena producer-star looked eccentric in a red leather double-breasted blazer dress, which featuring massive shoulder pads.

Serena’s second blazer dress was black and featured a silver feather over the shoulder on to the bodice.

Williams was wearing that look when she joined her sister Venus Williams and Abbott Elementary star Quinta Brunson in shaming a recent Benedictine College commencement speaker for his misogynistic comments praising trad-wives.

Serena – who relies on stylist Kesha McLeod – stood out in a pink strapless mini-dress featuring ostrich feather trim

Make-up artist Sheika Daley fully contoured Williams’ complexion for the ABC telecast – defining her brows, giving her a smoky eye, pink cheeks, and a glossy pout

Hairstylist Angela Meadows coiffed seven distinct wigs for each look, which also came with different high heels

The 12-time ESPY Award winner – who runs her own clothing company, cosmetics company, and jewelry company – left little to the imagination in a panty-flashing black mesh pencil dress beneath a waist-cinching corset

Serena – who earned a fashion design degree from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale – wore a red halter cocktail dress embellished with feathers and scale-like sequins

Williams was wearing that dress when she posed with her royal pals – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex – after he received the Pat Tillman Award in recognition of his service in the British Armed Forces and work with the Invictus Games