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The Best Beauty Looks From The 51st NAACP Image Awards

Black beauties flooded the red carpet at the 2020 NAACP Image Awards.
The Best Beauty Looks From The 51st NAACP Image Awards
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By Jennifer Ford · Updated December 6, 2020

The 51st NAACP Image Awards will air live tonight in a two hour special on BET at 8 PM. The celebration honoring the outstanding achievements of people of color in the arts will be hosted by five-time NAACP Image Award recipient, Anthony Anderson.

The ceremony will include performances by H.E.R and Jill Scott, and of course, consist of a star-studded red carpet.

Celebrities have already begun to pile in the Pasadena Civic Center Auditorium in California for this year’s event, donning beauty looks that are the essence of black excellence.

Check out the must-see hair and makeup looks in the gallery below.

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Lizzo
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Janelle Monáe
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Kiki Layne
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Cynthia Erivo
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Yara Shahidi
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Storm Reid
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Marsai Martin
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H.E.R.
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Angela Basett
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Logan Browning
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Melina Matsoukas
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Tiffany Haddish
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Sibley Scoles
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14
Tracee Ellis Ross
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Merle Dandridge
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Jonica Gibbs
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Janaye Ingram
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Tetona Jackson
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Tyi McCray
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The Best Beauty Looks From The 51st NAACP Image Awards
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Karen Kendrick
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Novi Brown
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Joy Randolph
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The Best Beauty Looks From The 51st NAACP Image Awards
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TOPICS:  2020 NAACP Image Awards black excellence Danielle Young H.E image awards naacp image awards naacp image awrds red carpet Rihanna
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