1. When this bride and her bridesmaids flaunted their natural hair, and we all fell in love.
2. When Bee Tajudeen curated Black Blossoms, an exhibition highlighting the voices of black women through their art.
3. When Khoudia Diop, a young Senegalese model, became an Instagram star, after years of being mocked for her skin colour.
4. And talented black female illustrators increased on Instagram.
5. When this woman accidentally photobombed a pop star and ended up with a modelling contract.
And just so you can appreciate how stunning she is, here was her shoot in the Nigerian publication This Day Style.
6. When Keturah Antongiorgi featured in the most breathtaking maternity photos ever, and went viral.
7. And Andrea Grant's gorgeous pregnancy photos told a powerful story of strength and survival.
8. When Simone Biles gave us so many feelings and became our ultimate friend crush, winning four Olympic gold medals at only 19.
9. When after Solange released her best album, tons of black girls recreated her album cover on instagram in the best way.
10. When Dazhane Leah, a woman from London, created beautiful art projects with afros and designed flowers.
12. When Moshoodat Sanni, a 24-year-old makeup artist, portrayed black beauty in all its glory with this photoset.
14. When beauty enthusiast and blogger Ofunne Amaka answered the prayers of people of colour with the makeup app Cocoa Swatches.
The app aims to help people of colour find makeup that actually works, with featured content from beauty bloggers and original content from Amaka herself. Users can search for swatches of specific products, or search the app's videos of the week for new items.
15. When 19-year-old Jane Oranika posted the best satirical response to Donald Trump winning, and it went viral.
Welp. #Election2016
Her Twitter account was suspended shortly after for containing "pornography", but several people were vocal about Oranika's suspension, deeming it "bullshit" and "wrong". Her account was exactly the same when she got it back.
16. When we were introduced to the wonderful stylings of Shalom Nchom, a burn survivor and incredible makeup artist.
View this video on YouTube
Nchom shares her amazing makeup tutorials on YouTube, including this one where she styled half her face to show the power of makeup.
17. When this teen slayed for her prom by recreating Beyoncé's Met Gala look.
18. When this woman's response to body-shamers on her engagement photos was everything and more.
19. When Queen B gave us this gift from her most important visual album Lemonade, and we lost out minds.
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20. And Jamelia shut down Piers Morgan after he complained about Beyoncé adding "a far more serious, deeply political and race-fuelled tone to her work".
21. When this single mother got to see her daughter in the Olympics, thanks to the collective effort of those who donated to her GoFundMe page.
22. When 9-year-old Khloe Thompson launched her own charity initiative making handbags with essential supplies for homeless women, and proved there still is good in this world.
23. When women all over stood up for natural hair with the #SupportThePuff hashtag.
24. And finally, when Ava Duvernay created Queen Sugar, one of the best shows of the year, full of diversity and empowering women of colour.
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