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Celeb Hairstyles: Best of 2013 Awards Season Hairstyles

Another awards season has come and gone, but before we bid adieu to the hype that it brings, we're taking inventory of the best hairstyles from the red carpet.
By Nicole Marie Melton · Updated October 28, 2020
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Best Updo

Kelly Rowland rocked a messy topknot with full, blunt-cut bangs at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

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Best Updo
Garcelle Beauvais
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Best Updo

Jill Scott attended HBO’s post Golden Globe Awards party in an intricate braided updo.  Scott’s stylist created this look as a combination of the trendy top knot and pompadour styles that are popular right now.

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Best Updo

Parris’s natural hair updo was all the rage among naturalistas when she arrived at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. Get the scoop on this luxe look from her stylist here.

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Best Updo

Anika Noni Rose pulled her loose curls into a breezy updo at the ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon.

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Best Bangs

At the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards, Kerry Washington’s eyebrow-grazing bangs made a stunning style statement.

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Best Bangs
Kelly Rowland
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Best Bangs

Niecy Nash rocked this season’s hottest bangs on the red carpet of the 44th NAACP Image Awards.

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Best Bangs

Wendy Raquel Robinson sported eyebrow-grazing bangs at the ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Luncheon.

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Best Bangs

Jennifer Hudson wore long, swingable strands with fluffy bangs when she walked the red carpet for the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

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Best Long Hair

Kat Graham attended the 2013 BET Honors in long, waist-length locks swept over one shoulder. 

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Best Long Hair
Golden Brooks
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Best Long Hair
Elle Varner attends the Grammy Awards.
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Best Long Hair
Rihanna
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Best Long Hair

Lauren London rocked her red in long waves with blonde tips at the ESSENCE Black Women In Hollywood Luncheon.

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Best Color

NeNe Leakes rocked a brilliant platinum blonde cut at the ESSENCE Black Women in Music event.

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Best Color

Beyonce opted for a very minimal red carpet look, choosing to rock a long, sleek ponytail in a delicious honey blonde color at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards.

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Best Color

Halle Berry gave just a glimpse of gold with honey-dyed tips in her short pixie at the 85th Annual Academy Awards.

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Best Color

Alfre Woodard sported a bouncy bob in an auburn hue when she attended the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

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Best Color

Tamia arrived at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in free-flowing curls kissed in a honey-blonde hue.

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Best Short Hair

Rising star RaVaughn Brown was all smiles in her glossy, short curls when she arrived at the ESSENCE Black Women In Music event.

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Best Short Hair

Emayatzy Corinealdi attended the 44th NAACP Image Awards in a sassy, shiny cropped cut.

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Best Short Hair

Vanessa Williams arrived at the 44th NAACP Image Awards in a smooth short cut with side-swept bangs.

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Best Short Hair

NeNe Leakes arrived at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in her trademark, bright blonde pixie cut.

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Best Short Hair

At the 2013 Golden Globe Awards, Halle Berry upped the glam in her signature short cut styled with gravity defying volume.

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Best Curls

Solange let her free-spirited energy shine through when she arrived at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards in this full, fluffy halo of kinky curls. 

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Best Curls
Kelly Rowland
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Best Curls
Gabrielle Union
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Best Curls

Annie Ilonzeh arrived at the ESSENCE Black Women In Music event wearing a halo of shiny curls.

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Best Curls

Erica Atkins-Campbell graced the Grammy red carpet in an abundance of loose, free-flowing waves accented with a center part.

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