The Best Dressed Stars in NAACP Awards History

The 2024 NAACP Image Awards will honor the accomplishments of Black creatives in film, television and music on Saturday. Queen Latifah will return to emcee the ceremony after hosting for the first time last year. Winners are announced prior to the show’s air date. This year’s honorees include Usher, H.E.R., Megan Thee Stallion and Ciara, and June Ambrose has been named 2024 NAACP Image Awards Fashion Vanguard.

“This is the Oscar for me — to be celebrated and to be recognized,” Ambrose said on Thursday at a reception hosted by Gucci in Los Angeles. “I went into this industry because I wanted to change the narrative of how they saw us, and I was able to do that through this creative art form. I’m so grateful to still be doing it 30 years later, but I know that I stand on the shoulders of some really amazing people that really have the courage to do that.”

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Here, see some of the best dressed stars on the red carpet through the years.

Zendaya

Zendaya looked to the Versace Atelier archives for her appearance at the 2023 NAACP Image Awards, opting for a spring 2002 collection dress.

A Look Back at NAACP Awards Best Dressed Red Carpet Stars

Lupita Nyong’o

Lupita Nyong’o glowed on the 2014 NAACP Image Awards red carpet. The actress arrived in an orange gown from Givenchy’s pre-fall 2014 collection featuring a plunging neckline and pleated skirt.

Below, a look at some of the nominees.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
Colman Domingo
Fantasia Barrino
Halle Bailey
Keke Palmer
Usher

FILM CATEGORIES
OUTSTANDING MOTION PICTURE

American Fiction
Origin
Rustin
The Color Purple
They Cloned Tyrone

OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Colman Domingo – Rustin
Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 3
Jamie Foxx – The Burial
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Aunjanue Ellis–Taylor – Origin
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
Yara Shahidi – Sitting in Bars with Cake

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE

Colman Domingo – The Color Purple
Corey Hawkins – The Color Purple
Glynn Turman – Rustin
Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Erika Alexander – American Fiction
Halle Bailey – The Color Purple
Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

Launch Gallery: A Look Back at NAACP Awards Best Dressed Red Carpet Stars

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