Selena Gomez rocked a fun floral dress as she accepted her 2023 Billboard Music Award in the best Afrobeats category Sunday, wearing a crocheted Oscar de la Renta frock in a pre-taped speech released ahead of the show.
The “Calm Down” singer, 31, looked ready to celebrate in the colorful sleeveless minidress, which was made out of 3D crocheted flowers and tied with a ribbon at the neck.
She wore her hair pulled half-back in a high ponytail, sporting glossy nude lipstick and glowing bronzer as she held her award up in the video.
While her Oscar de la Renta ensemble isn’t currently available for purchase, she might have been inspired by a famous friend’s awards show look as Taylor Swift wore a similar floral dress by the designer to the 2021 Grammys.
“Hi, Billboard! Thank you guys so, so much for this award,” the Rare Beauty founder, who collaborated on “Calm Down” with 23-year-old Nigerian rapper, Rema, said in her acceptance speech.
“This is honestly Rema’s doing,” she continued. “He chose me to be a part of such an incredible song. So I want to thank him and thank all of you for streaming and listening and I wish we could be there. But thank you!”
“Calm Down” was also nominated in four other categories at Sunday’s awards show, which is a “reimagined” version of its typical format, per the Billboard Music Awards, featuring “performances and award celebrations” in locations around the world.
Her Billboards video follows a series of fun fashion moments for the “Single Soon” singer, who has been hitting the town with BFF Taylor Swift in recent days.
She wore a chic black look to grab sushi with the “Cruel Summer” singer along with Zoë Kravitz and Keleigh Sperry last month, then sported a cozy knit maxi dress for another girl’s night with Swift and new pal Brittany Mahomes (as well as Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne and Sophie Turner).
We have no doubt everything will continue to bloom for Gomez as her music keeps racking up the awards.
