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The stylish women of the "BET Awards"

Whether or not you thought the last-minute Michael Jackson tribute was fitting or a failure, or you loved Beyonce in couture or found it completely ridiculous, there's no arguing that last night's BET Awards played host to many beautiful women.

Several of those who attended were winners (Best Actress: Taraji Henson; Female Athlete of the Year: Serena Williams; Best New Artist: Keri Hilson; Best Female Hip-Hop Artist: M.I.A.; Video of the Year and Best Female R'n'B Artist: Beyonce) and others just showed up in support of their peers.

Taraji Henson with Lil' Wayne

The fashion was some of the best I've seen at an awards show this year, especially because the women were not afraid to wear something other than the typical dress and heel. Here's a look at some of the styling females that were in attendance:

Singer/actress Alicia Keys

Model Amber Rose

Singers Amerie and Keri Hilson

Singer Cassie

Singer/TV personality Lil' Mama

Athlete Lisa Leslie

Rapper MC Lyte

Actress Meagan Good and singer Monica

Tyra Banks

Did you watch the awards? What did you think of the outfits on the red carpet and on stage?

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

LEGS LEGS AND LEGS : D

But what was the deal with Cassie's haircut?

SMH at Amber Rose for switching teams...tisk tisk

No More Live shows

shortypants's picture

BET Awards>>

 

Cassie completely just flipped on my gaydar with that haircut. HAWT!

She just replaced Maleficent as my screensaver.

Dayum!

Nona J.'s picture

My Favorite Two ...

Meagan Good and Alicia Keys...(And Alicia Keys shoes are nice.)by far the best, IMO.

 Amber Rose switching teams...??   I never read that she stated that she is a Lesbian/ Bisexual. Everything I've read is speculation.

I did catch the award show..it needed tweeking.

" True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united" ~ Wilhelm von Humbolt

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

Amber Rose

Her ex or whatever was in the documentary The Aggressives her name is Tiffany but she goes by Trevon or Tre

http://theybf.com/index.php/2009/02/25/kanyes-girlfriend-still-on-his-arm-at-fashion-weekbut-her-girlfriend-is-bitter/

Erika's picture

The BET Awards were cool as

The BET Awards were cool as usual last night though they probably needed more time to pull off the MJ tribute.  Jamie Foxx did a good job as host but I will always prefer Mo'Nique.  Plus, any chance to see Alicia Keys or Keri Hilson is welcome.

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"Great.  Not only do I feel creepy but now I look like I'm 1,000 and that I've been smoking meth all my life." -Sara Quin

Sarcastically-Honest's picture

Amerie and Keri Hilson

 Man, if only they were gay.

"And it's amazing
With the look in your eyes
Like you could save me
But you won't even try"

- Matt Nathanson

shortypants's picture

Amerie>>

 

Amerie may not play for our team but she does go to bat for us: she recently played Black Pride here in DC over Memorial Day weekend this year.

Sarcastically-Honest's picture

Good Enough

 Hmm, I see. Well, that's good enough, ha.

"And it's amazing
With the look in your eyes
Like you could save me
But you won't even try"

- Matt Nathanson

Ms. Dilly Dally's picture

omigosh

Lil Wayne is scary. Cassie is totally appealing to my gay heart with that hair cut.

 

 

 

 

Ari's picture

Well..that definately was

Well..that definately was an event packed with gorgeous women!!! Beyonce worked the hell out of her Balmain! how Tyra would say..FIERCE! Tyra herself looked great..great improvement from her latest redcarpert appearances! She looks quite more sophisticated then usual. Quite sick of those YSL trib two pumps..but they really worked with her outfit, love it! Alicia Keys looked beautiful in her Jenny Packham dress and Louboutins!!! Oh, and i kinda feel bad for Monica..wasn't it bloody hot there?! She was wearing leather..she probably melted by the end of the award! Love Amerie's McQueen booties and Keri Hilson's dress ^^ And..as much as i like Cassie's haircut..i totally feel like she's trying way too hard!!! I mean, she's such a beautiful girl..if she's so sick of getting compared to Rihanna, as she says she is, why totally copy her style?! And her dress?! Ugly! 

Lakshmi is my homegirl <3

Tenderheart's picture

Keri Hilson  and Mc Lyte

Keri Hilson  and Mc Lyte are stunning!!!!!
ice cream's picture

One word...

I only have one word to descibe Keri Hilson and Alicia Keys...DAMN!!!!

 But If this is about clothes I would have to say that Beyonce was the worst dressed. I think my mom had a dress like that back in 1985.

Candice's picture

Alicia Keys was hot... as

Alicia Keys was hot... as always. She could wear a trash bag and crocks and pull it off.

I thought there would be more Michael songs. I was expecting more, but for only a few days effort it was alright for what it was. I wasn't expecting to see Janet.

Hank's picture

uhm

who made lil wayne's face? 

___   __ _____ __ _____ _ ___ _ ____ _

I dangled my participle in her fragment and stretched it into a run-on.

Adrenaline Rush: Badasses with Hearts of Gold and Other Honorable Traits TooAlsoAsWell-slash-Suavee. 

colorblindx's picture

Cassie

Cassie failed with that haircut, not cute. She is gorgeous though.

Alicia Keys looks beautiful , as usual!

lil mama? please stop. thanks. 

ice cream's picture

No Cassie, put the scissors down!

Totally agree about lil mama and cassie. I saw Cassie on 106 and park and she was trying so hard to defend that haircut....she should just admit to a mistake and let it grow back.
Salaam's picture

She should just shave the whole thing and start over

She could totally rock a cropped top.
brackishtea's picture

Megan Good...

*ahem* I need some water...

Good god! 

atmtkp's picture

Everybody looked good minus

Everybody looked good minus Keri Hilson and lil mama( don't really care for them). But I must saw that although Alicia looked good she made me realize just how ugly a body part knees are...
pecola's picture

Hot Mess

For the last few years, I haven't watched the BET Awards live (I usually just catch the performances on Youtube), but I decided to watch 'em this year for the Michael Jackson tribute.  

It is, for those who don't watch BET, like watching lesbian storylines on television: you start out with hope that it's going to be different than every other time, but in the end, some lesbian is sleeping with a man, is pregnant or dead. You should've known that it'd turn out this way, but somehow you always, have hope. That's exactly how it was with this year's BET Awards. 

A few thoughts on some of the ladies from the show: 

- I understand why Beyonce's still wearing clothes from the House of Dereon (though, really, B, you're grown now, you can stop wearing what your mama picks out), but why is anyone else? Yes, Keyshia Cole, I'm talking about you...

- Speaking of Beyonce...singing the Ava Maria (or a rendition thereof) dressed like a ballerina? Apparently, she's forgotten the old Destiny's Child days...no, no, no, no, no. 

- Zoe Saldana. Sigh. She just lost her spot on my Hot 100 nominees with her classless introduction of Nichelle Nettles.

- I'm glad Lisa Leslie thought it was more important to go to the BET Awards than to cheer her teammates on against the Seattle Storm. Figures, they won without her there. 

It wasn't all terrible...Monica and Alicia Keys were great and Janet Jackson's appearance at the end was somber and heartfelt (unlike her self-indulgent, pathetic excuse for a father).

 

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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. - Theodore Roosevelt

atmtkp's picture

girl don't be talking out

girl don't be talking out the side of your mouth about Joe Jackson. J/K...but that man is none the less amazing...he was able to build and destroy a family at the same time.

But Janet was a lovely surprise. It was very moving.

pecola's picture

Crazy Joe

I don't know why Jay-Z had problems with Chris Brown performing...with Don Cornelius and Joe Jackson there, Chris Breezy would've been among friends. They could've started a beaters' club.

Of the entire mess that was the BET Awards, Joe Jackson being there was, by far,  the most infuriating. I've held him personally responsible for what became of Michael for years and, in death, the blame seems even more apt.

The fact that he's spent time since Michael's death promoting his new record company and mugging it at the BET Awards only proves that Joe Jackson is the person I always thought he was.  

Okay, whew...I needed to get that out..sorry...

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Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. - Theodore Roosevelt

atmtkp's picture

After seeing Don Cornelius'

After seeing Don Cornelius' old slow self on that stage I wonder how he was able to beat on anybody without breaking a bone. Despite Jiggaman stopping it, I think it wouldn't be in good taste to have an abuser pay homage to MJ considering how abuse affected him.
Jay_D's picture

Mrs. Carter

Beyonce was actually wearing a Balmain piece from their Spring 2009 collection not Derion.
.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

Love your commentary

I'm laughing hysterically.

No more Live Shows Deborah Lee please......

colorblindx's picture

I thought

I thought that Zoe was joking about the whole , "she's in the bathroom thing..." Zoe , Really though? smh.

Why did they let Ciara sing heal the world? I love Ciara , but her voice is not cut for that.

Beyonce's performance was....interesting to say the least. Left me feeling confused. like what just happened? Anywho.

Nona J.'s picture

That wasn't right...

I agree about Ciara...All I could say was WHY?

" True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united" ~ Wilhelm von Humbolt

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

Was it just me

or did Beyonce sound like she was singing the Sarah McLaughlin song from the ASPCA commercial. Her dress was a mess. I did not know what she was singing...SMH

Ciara is a performer not a sing.

Zoe Saldana show some class...geez

Nona J.'s picture

Beyonce

Beyonce is on tour. I think she didn't do her usual sing and dance number as a sort of break.  

She song a verse from Sarah McLachlan's "Angel".

" True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united" ~ Wilhelm von Humbolt

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

I knew it lol

That is why there was sick cat stalking my door yesterday.

thelionqueen's picture

never really cared for BET or MTV and what not...

but these women are beautiful, shiny, and with nice copper glistening skin. I dont like meagan good-at least her acting/movies but i dont know her personally, but she does look good and also unreconizble. i get a big gaydar from Good thats been screaming and giving me siezures since i saw Eve's Bayou. 

there are maybe a couple of women who i dont know but most i know. Cassie-why is she there? all i remember about her is me and my friends being in 9th grade calling her a wh*re for when she released that one song 'Me and You'. my gaydar also goes off with Alicia keys. but hey-if she's happy and what not...more props to her.

some of those dresses are cute and some are not. however, i loved Amerie's dress along with Key's. I know they feel sexy because when I wear elegant dresses I feel like so.

its good, that they're doing good. and lil' wayne is so not attractive...at all. but good to some not to others...supongo.

whitelightning's picture

Wow...

...calling a woman a whore for singing a song? That's really not cool.

I actually love Cassie's har - that's not something I'd expect to see on her! It reminds me of Alice Dellal - yum.

thelionqueen's picture

yeah yeah

but like i said it was in 9th grade when i was 14 so..yeah. so unless you want me to go back in time....

oh, i heard somewhere that cassie was bisexual but i forget where.

jamlawgirl's picture

Keri Hilson, mmhmm

I've had a steadily growing crush on Keri Hilson since I first saw a write-up on AE about her a while ago.

She just has this energy about her that is hot as hell. I hope she's maybe a little queer, hehe. I just watched her performance on the BET awards on Youtube and her MJ outfit and her moves were definitely stoking my crush on her.

Also, I always love seeing MC Lyte. She has such a powerful grace to her. Anyone have the 411 on her queer status? I've never heard anything definitive.

atmtkp's picture

you could see keri through

you could see keri through all that bronzer? j/k gah i'm just not a fan of her's...I don't feel or see the sexy and that dress...she looked like walking mosaic tiles...

um wow sorry for that rant...but i'm glad people appreciate her.

jamlawgirl's picture

Didn't care much for the

Didn't care much for the dress either. I actually prefer her in pants.

Sorry you don't care for her but I could watch her dance all day. I've watched the "Turnin Me On" vid quite a few times, altho it's quite a chore to tune out all the guys and when Lil Wayne comes in it comes close to ruining it for me.

And no the bronzer didn't bother me. Didn't notice it. I was preoccupied with other things.

Diva4Life's picture

BET Women...

I thought Alicia Keys looked gorgeous!!!  Keri Hilson & MC Lyte was cute.  Monica hairstyle was off da chain(tight).  But Beyonce' & that song choice, although it was a tribute 2 MJ, I didn't care 4. 
crazyfunvalue's picture

ehh

I haven't' watched BET in a long time and I only watched the Awards for the Michael tribute, which left me wanting a little more but I was excused them for the little time they had. As for Joe Jackson, urghh. He showed no sympathy what's so ever and you could sense the disconnect between her and the father cause she said that she was elected by the family to send there thanks. Simple and heartfelt, was her delivery....I knew hardly half the people that popped up on the screen, but I sure Googled the hell to find out who Kanye's arm candy was, Amber Rose definitely caught my attention. Alicia Keys looked stunning as usual. Cassie's latest do had my gaydar showing a little life, but still idk. Beyonce I am so over her. Everything from her clothes to her songs. Ave Maria is a song left to be sing by real professionals!
.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

Amber Rose

Kanye West and Amber Rose been dating for a while. But I don't get why she got to switch up teams on us. I mean she not my cup of tea, but hey let us know upfront is all I say.

Damaris's picture

Wow

Wow what happened with Cassie's hair. She is soo hot butttt nottttt with that hiar cut!
Adams's picture

BET Awards, where do I

BET Awards, where do I begin? I thought that they should have waited to do a proper tribute, I saw the effort, but it was a messy in my opinion. I think Keri Hilson is very sexy, but the dress did not do her justice. I wasn't feeling it. Alicia Keys looked absolutely gorgeous! I heart her. Cassie, wow didn't see that coming but I think she should shave the rest, she can definitely pull it off. I was actually feeling MC Lyte's look, I think it works for her unlike Lisa Leslie's. I'm just saying.

Beyonce? Really?!? Well I think she definitely owns being a diva, because that was such an over the top performance. The only thing missing was a harness to swing her across the stage lol.

Viva's picture

Aha!

"The only thing missing was a harness to swing her across the stage"

heh, this is true. Still the best performance of the night though for me. Damn, if I could be Jay Z for one night, or....30 minutes lol

Jamie's picture

Ms. Keri, baby!!

Keri Hilson is sooo sexy. I don't know what it is that she does to me, but that is one fine, fine, fine woman. I could watch / listen to her all day long.

 

WHERE WAS SHE ON THE HOTTEST 100??

jamlawgirl's picture

AGREED! There's just

AGREED!

There's just something about her! Mmmm mmm. Still keeping my fingers crossed that she's at least a little queer.

I'm pretty sure I nominated her for the top 100 list or the women of color list or both.

Oh well, there's always next year.

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

Keri Hilson

cutie and in her Michael Jackson get up.

Don't ever ever ever ever sing acapella again please.

colorblindx's picture

lmao!

when that music cut off at the end , I was like , Keri , babe , STOP SINGING!

I know it was for MJ , but girllll , no!

Jill's picture

OMG

OMG dude (Lil' Wayne) there's a thing called a belt - oh wait, you're wearing one!!!!

Damn what is it with people wanting to wear their pants down around their ankles and showing the world the degree to which their undies are clean????  It doesn't make you look cool or trendy, just makes you look plain old stupid and skanky.

Ooooo Alicia Keys mmmmm nice!!!!

Jill
BigRed's picture

I'm in total agreement

I'm in total agreement about Cassie.

 

she&#039;s_insane's picture

Cassie!!

All the women look gorgeous but Cassie is stunning!
Brutal_Romance's picture

PUT THE MIC DOWN BEYONCE!

someone needs to take Beyonce's vocal cords away from her. no Beyonce, we leave the good songs for the professionals, not the hip-thrusting ginormous women with weird dresses.

Cassie, just shave the whole damn thing off, you'd still look like a bombshell bald.

Alicia Key's is one girl from my fantasy land that I would never get over, she looks stunning.