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Rihanna organized her annual Diamond Ball on Thursday night in New York. and true to form, she dazzled from every angle. The star is wrapped in a bow-embellished balloon skirt worn over her lace-up collar collar (a look from the Haute Couture Fall 2018 collection by Alexis Mabille) for l & # 39; The case of the black tie.
As always, his event attracted a number of prestigious guests including Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Trevor Noah, Paris Hilton, Nicky Hilton Rothschild, A $ AP Rocky and many more.
"It's a big problem to get everyone out, and every year there are more people and people calling and asking to buy a table or a ticket," Rihanna told PEOPLE. "It means a lot and it's nice to have a base and a balloon like this one that are respected and that people want to come back again and again and donate every year."
Rihanna is the founder of the Clara Lionel Foundation, in honor of her grandparents, Clara and Lionel Braithwaite. The Clara Lionel Foundation supports and funds global education, health and emergency response programs, and conducts advocacy activities to improve the quality of life for young people around the world.
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The event was organized by "the magnificent" Rae and Childish Gambino had a special performance during the show.
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Sisters Hilton, Joan Smalls and A $ AP Rocky, more friends were on hand to celebrate and support a good cause.
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And a participant, Haddish, actually bought a pair of $ 75,000 (retail for $ 112,000) marquise-cut diamonds and 18-carat white gold earrings at the auction.
The comedian told PEOPLE exclusively that he had to win the auction: "I feel fantastic, I am honored and I am really happy that the money is invested in something positive and positive. I feel amazing supporting Rihanna.
"It's a good way to give people an excuse to give money to a good cause," Noah told PEOPLE. "It's not Tiffany who buys diamond earrings," she says, "I'm going to give money to this cause, and I think everyone benefits from it and that's a good thing. Is really what the world should be. to give to good causes. "
He also opened at PEOPLE about his reflections on Rihanna's charitable ways.
"It's inspiring for me because Rihanna is one of those people who could have very easily lived in a world where they simply enjoyed her success and lived the fabulous life, but I think what I admire at Rihanna, it's the Clara Lionel Foundation, "Noah told PEOPLE. "She works to improve the world, she works to educate people, she teams up with incredible initiatives like Global Citizens and as a new philanthropic person, I'm inspired by the journey and it's really a honor to be here. to experience that and to understand the importance an idea can have.
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