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4 Celebrity Women Who Came To Slay Post-Breakup

The breakup glow up is real. These photos say it all.
By Charli Penn · Updated October 26, 2020
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La La Anthony

La La Anthony is next level chic at the “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Met Gala 2017 in New York City proving she’s keeping her head held high amid recent breakup rumors.

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La La Anthony

We’re not sure whether La La is trying to break the internet or just her soon-to-be ex husband‘s heart, but either way these gorgeous photos she keeps posting on instagram are the ultimate slay.

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La La Anthony
Reports say that Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is currently trying to win back his wife, and if that’s true, we can sure see why. The Power star is talented, beautiful, successful and forever the show-stopper.
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Tiny Harris
After calling it quits with her husband of seven years, rapper T.I., Tiny has been spotted out and about looking more fierce and at peace than ever. We see you, Tiny! If you haven’t heard her juicy tell-all interview for the ESSENCE Yes, Girl Podcast yet, you should — it’s a must-listen.
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Tiny Harris
Harris is red-hot as she hops from city to city helping her daughter promote her new album, Love Jones. Tiny told ESSENCE, when she’s ready, she does plan to date again, and she has a certain type of guy on her mind. (Just be patient, fellas!)
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Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige is next level chic at the “Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art Of The In-Between” Met Gala 2017 in New York City.
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Mary J. Blige
The ESSENCE Fest headliner is in the middle of a tough divorce from her ex-husband of 13 years, her former manager Kendu Isaacs, but she’s keeping her head high. With the recent release of her therapeutic new album, Strength Of A Woman, she is opening up about her healing process like never before — and looking as good as ever!
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Mary J. Blige
“I’m still standing,” Blige told her longtime friend Angie Martinez during their recent interview. “I’m good. I have to be good. I don’t have a choice because it’s always bad and it’s always dark. I got to stay in the light and I got to take care of myself and keeping loving myself regardless of who ain’t loving me no more.”
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Mariah Carey

In October 2016, Mariah Carey and her fiancé, billionaire James Packer, called it quits and called off their wedding.

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Mariah Carey

Despite enduring three very public breakups in her lifetime, with ex-husbands Tommy Mottola and Nick Cannon, Carey, like a true diva, remains positive, fierce and with her best foot forward.

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