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Zendaya is being honoured at the 14th annual ESSENCE Black Women in Hollywood Awards. The awards show, which streamed as a virtual experience Thursday night, donned the theme, “Mastering Our Stories,” which focused on “the resiliency of Black women in Hollywood through the years – including during the unprecedented pandemic.” Zendaya was one of five honorees at Thursday night’s show including Whoopi Goldberg and Andra Day.
The “Euphoria” star was presented the award by her “dear friend” Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who she thanked as she accepted the award.
“This award means absolutely so, so much to me,” Zendaya gushed. “To be acknowledged by ESSENCE and by so many people that I admire and I appreciate means the world to me. I wish that I could be in a room full of all of you and talk to you and see your faces and hug you and thank you.”
The Emmy-winning actress went on to not only thank her fellow honorees, but every Black woman that she’s come in contact with at the awards show, thanking them for “being everything that you are.”
“I know that we’re receiving the awards, but I really feel like I owe every single honoree, every Black woman that I’ve been able to come in contact with when I entered this building, a huge thank you,” she went on to say. “Thank you for existing, thank you for being everything that you are.”
Zendaya and her “Euphoria” co-star, Storm Reid, had an emotional reunion on the red carpet ahead of the awards show. A teary-eyed Reid thanked Zendaya for her constant inspiration.
“There’s lots of people that came into my life…. ah, I’m gonna cry,” Reid struggled to say. “There’s lot of people… why am I crying! I hate crying!”
The “Malcolm & Marie” actress walked over and comforted the young actress, wiping away her co-stars tears before encouraging Reid not to cry.
“It’s so cute! Don’t cry!” Zendaya pleaded. Reid composed herself before continuing with her tribute to one of the night’s award recipients.
“There’s lots of people that came into my life when ‘Wrinkle [in Time]’ came out. And they were like, ‘Oh yeah, I’m here to support you,'” she shared. “But you were one of those people that stuck to that. So for that, thank you.”
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© Provided by Hello Giggles Randy Shropshire, Getty Images for ESSENCELast night, April 22nd, Emmy-winner Zendaya was honored at the 14th annual Essence Black Women in Hollywood Awards, which went virtual this year due to the ongoing pandemic. She was one of five honored at this year's show, alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Cynthia Erivo, Michaela Coel, and Andra Day, and wore a gorgeous vintage piece with a powerful backstory to accept her award.
'I've been waiting to share this look....' stylist Law Roach captioned a series of photos of Zendaya in her deep-plunging Yves Saint Laurent number. '@zendaya wearing vintage @ysl Haute Couture from 1982 (my personal archive) originally owned by the trailblazer Eunice Johnson! We pay homage.'
Eunice Johnson, for those who aren't aware, was a publishing executive and founder and director of Ebony Fashion Fair, an annual fashion event that spotlighted Black women in fashion and raised over $55 million for Black-rooted charities in the U.S. and beyond.
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Johnson wore this YSL piece on the 25th anniversary cover for Ebony Fashion Fair Magazine.
'This award means absolutely so, so much to me,' Zendaya said in her acceptance speech. 'To be acknowledged by ESSENCE and by so many people that I admire and I appreciate means the world to me...I know that we're receiving the awards, but I really feel like I owe every single honoree, every Black woman that I've been able to come in contact with when I entered this building, a huge thank you. Thank you for existing, thank you for being everything that you are.'
© Provided by Hello Giggles The dress itself, the dress's backstory, Zendaya in the dress...it's all a lot to process.And before stepping onstage, pre-show host and friend Storm Reid got emotional about how much Zendaya means to her, and yes, we also got emotional because how could you not?
There was just a lot to love about Zendaya last night, and Twitter isn't quite over it.
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Zendaya and Law Roach have done it again. If they keep it up, we're going to run out of room in our 'favorite Zendaya fashions' scrapbook before the year is out.