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Home • Celebrity

Trick or Treat: What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween

From spooky to downright adorable, see how stars like Tamar Braxton, Beyonce and Rihanna celebrated the ghoulish holiday.
By Yolanda Sangweni · Updated October 27, 2020
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We can see your halo, Beyonce!

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Beyonce/ Instagram
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Fierce and Ferocious! Taraji P. Henson as catwoman.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Taraji P. Henson/ Instagram
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Tamar Braxton donned a Snow White costume.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Tamar Braxton/ Instagram
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Keri Hilson and boyfriend Serge Ibaka were Prince Akeem and Lisa McDowell from Coming to America.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Keri Hilson/ Instagram
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Rihanna was a “zombie chola.”

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Rihanna/ Instagram
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Leave it to June Ambrose and Jay Manuel to come up with the night’s most imaginative (and fierce!) costumes.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Jay Manuel/ Instagram
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Kudos to Brandy for this Freddy Krueger outfit.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Brandy/ Instagram
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Christina Milian was Minnie Mouse.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Christina Milian/ Instagram
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Angela Simmons went tribal for the night.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Angela Simmons/ Instagram
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Hey Kelly Rowland is that Sheneneh?

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Kelly Rowland/ Instagram
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Tia Mowry channeled her inner geisha.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Tia Mowry/ Instagram
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A ghoulish Marsha Ambrosius takes to the town.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Marsha Ambrosius/ Instagram
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Lala went trick-or-treating with a friend.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Lala Anthony/ Instagram
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Maxwell looks so spooky!

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Maxwell/ Instagram
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Sherrie Shepherd dressed as Daenerys Targaryen from Game of Thrones.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Sherri Shepherd/ Instagram
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Elle Varner attended a Halloween party as…your guess is as good as ours. But still, fab!

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Elle Varner/ Instagram
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Tamera Mowry Housley showed off her “vampire family.”

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Tamera Mowry-Housely/ Instagram
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Tika Sumpter looked amazing as Queen Nefertiti.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Tika Sumpter/ Instagram
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Jessica White attends Shutterfly Presents Heidi Klum’s 14th Annual Halloween Party sponsored by SVEDKA Vodka and smartwater at Marquee in New York City.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Cindy Ord/Getty Images
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Diddy’s family got in on the fun.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
Diddy/ Instagram
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Questlove and Heidi Klum attend Shutterfly Presents Heidi Klum’s 14th Annual Halloween Party sponsored by SVEDKA Vodka and smartwater at Marquee in New York City.

What Our Favorite Celebs Wore for Halloween
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