Rihanna was given the award during the Met Gala 2022 this year.
This year’s annual celebration was skipped by the 34-year-old singer, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend ASAP Rocky.
Even in her absence, the Fenty creator was remembered, as Vogue and the Met Gala went all out to pay respect to the Diamonds hitmaker – and we’re here to witness it.
After Rihanna landed on the cover of Vogue, the Met and Vogue created a statue of her showing off her pregnant bulge in all its glory in New York’s famous museum.
They posted an Instagram video of the statue with the caption:
“The statue of “Eirene (The Personification of Peace)” is usually the highest-profile marble goddess @themetmuseum Greco-Roman galleries. But now we’ve got @badgalriri, straight off this month’s Vogue cover.”
Rihanna posted the video on her social media and was astounded by the gesture.
She wrote in the caption of her photo:
“”Shut down the met in marble! what’s more gilded than that? Lol! Thank you @metmuseum and @voguemagazine for this historic tribute! y’all bad for this one!”
Rihanna’s Instagram photo has gotten over a million likes and a lot of positive feedback from admirers who are pleased with the monument.
One commented: “Could be the most famous pregnant lady of all time…”
Another shared: “Wasn’t even in attendance & still made an impact! This is so cool”, while a third added: “Making HistoRIH.”
