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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Maddy Mussen

Zendaya is Queen of the Met Gala 2024 — as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Bella Hadid and Blake Lively all absent

After years of consistency as the belle of the ball, Zendaya’s ascendance to reigning queen of the Met Gala has been brewing for years. But last night, arriving in a Maison Margiela Artisanal gown by John Galliano that referenced his early work at Dior, it was confirmed: she is simply the best of the best.

Not only was there a marked absence of our other Met Gala mothers (no Rihanna, no Bella Hadid, no Beyoncé, no Blake Lively), Zendaya did enough to hold her own even in they had arrived.

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