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BY RUBEN V. NEPALES; PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES
Best face
forward
With a new album in
the works and a high-
profile endorsement
deal with Dior,
Rihanna’s star is
shining brighter
than diamonds.
By Ruben V Nepales
Rihanna arrived fashionably
late for our interview at the
Mandarin Oriental Hotel
in New York but when she
strode into the room at long
last — sporting an all-white
ensemble, a trail of sparkling
little diamonds on her right
ear — she looked stunning
and exuded 24-carat charm.
Needless to say, all was
immediately forgiven. Barbados’
biggest musical export easily
trumped the magnificent 36th-
floor view of Central Park and
Manhattan’s skyline.
The singer’s personal-life
tidbits and style choices often
land her in the spotlight (if
you’ve not seen that sheer,
Swarovski-studded dress
she wore at last year’s Vogue
CFDA Awards, you’re missing
out) and sometimes eclipse
the fact that she’s among her
generation’s most accomplished
artists. Rihanna’s 2007 album
Good Girl Gone Bad
launched
her to full-fledged global
stardom and in the years since,
a whopping eight Grammy
Awards have found a home in
