#RedCarpetRoundup: The Stars Came Out to Shine at the 2018 NAACP Awards

Don’t you just love us? On Monday night, #BlackExcellence was out in full force at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards, and our best and brightest stars did not come to play. They came to werk. Suggested Reading Even More Crazy Events No One Could Have Predicted in 2025 A Peek Inside The Root 100…

Don’t you just love us? On Monday night, #BlackExcellence was out in full force at the 49th annual NAACP Image Awards, and our best and brightest stars did not come to play. They came to werk.

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We don’t know if you watched, but we do know that our Glow Up gang loves a good red-carpet roundup, just as black people love any occasion to dress up. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a slideshow of all your #Faves—seriously, ALL of them—hitting the red carpet Monday night. I’ve personally nicknamed this Image Awards red carpet “Braids, Ballgowns and Blowouts.” But what do you think?

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