--- title: Rihanna Stuns in White Dress at Porcelain Ball in NYC description: Rihanna served bad gal realness in a glamorous white dress at the Porcelain Ball in New York City on Sunday night. canonical: https://time.com/5700203/rihanna-reaction/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-14T20:35:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:51.862Z og:title: Rihanna Had the Best Reaction to a Fan Who Was a Little Too Comfortable og:description: The category is bad gal realness og:url: https://time.com/5700203/rihanna-reaction/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c393926e74d8577/698a043d01168259c897e5bd/rihanna-porcelain-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Rihanna Launch Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rihanna Had the Best Reaction to a Fan Who Was a Little Too Comfortable twitter:description: The category is bad gal realness twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c393926e74d8577/698a043d01168259c897e5bd/rihanna-porcelain-ball.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rihanna Had the Most Rihanna Reaction to Someone Who Was a Little Too Comfortable in Her Zone > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 14, 2019 8:35 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 11: Singer Rihanna attends the launch of her first visual autobiography, "Rihanna" at Guggenheim Museum on October 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 11: Singer Rihanna attends the launch of her first visual autobiography, "Rihanna" at Guggenheim Museum on October 11, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images) Roy Rochlin—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 14, 2019 8:35 PM UTC [Rihanna](https://time.com/5696356/rihanna-super-bowl/) served major bad gal realness when she made an appearance at the Porcelain Ball hosted by the iconic House of Miyake-Mugler in New York City on Sunday night. The singer-turned-beauty and fashion maven turned heads when she arrived at the ball, which was co-sponsored by her makeup brand, [Fenty Beauty](https://time.com/5026366/rihanna-fenty-beauty-best-inventions-2017/). She arrived in style in a white patent leather-looking strapless sheath dress, which she paired with a matching white purse, sunglasses and many, many diamonds. The ball offered a $10,000 grand prize from Fenty Beauty in the category of OTA Face, the criteria of which was described on the [event’s page](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/porcelain-ball-tickets-75974029367#) as “ostentatiously extravagant beauty verging the point of vulgarity.” While at the ball, Rihanna herself served face with flair and gave fans something to cheer for with her over-the-top reactions. One reaction in particular endeared her to the Internet; in a shot captured by a fan and posted to Instagram, Rihanna appears to be making a face of shock directly at a phone camera pointed at her. Perhaps it called to mind her [car window moment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtfUE5ZWoWA). This isn’t the first time that Rihanna has been an honored guest at the Porcelain Ball. 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