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27 Times Rihanna Was The Baddest BadGal

Happy birthday Rih.

It's Feb. 20, which means that our favorite over-the-top, no-phucks-given pop star, Rihanna, is 27 years old. To celebrate, we're looking back at 27 moments over the past year when she was simply the baddest badgal ever.

When she literally swam with a shark

For a Harper's Bazaar cover shoot.

When she stripped down for Another Magazine

And went all Cat Woman, too.

When she twerked in a see-through dress

At 2014 CFDA fashion icon awards, because she won a trophy.

When she went all Olivia Pope

During a visit to the White House last year. Like there was any other option?

When she shaded Instagram

Because they tried to censor her.

When things got way too hot

And this is how she decided to cool down for Esquire UK.

When she did the Shmoney Dance in a bikini

And made it look really good.

And some more Shmoney Dancing

Because it still looks good.

And even more Shmoney Dancing

Who does it better?

When she distracted NBA players

By making sexual gestures courtside.

When she used her hands as a bra

For Vogue Brasil, and looked totally natural.

When she shaded Donald Sterling

For his alleged racist comments.

When she looked like this in the snow

"Cabin life."

When she rocked out with Kanye and Paul McCartney

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At the 2015 Grammys, in matching black suit jackets.

When her MAC Viva Glam line was the best-selling

$50 Million? Breaking records is light work.

When she let Kanye executive produce her album

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'Ye dropped that bombshell. And it's gonna be amazing.

When she became Puma's creative director

Now their sales will triple.

When she cuddled Karl Largerfeld

Because the Chanel designer really doesn't seem like the cuddling type.

When she ran directly into a screaming mob of fans

Rih ran headfirst into a crowd in Paris after shooting a music video. Because she's fearless.

When this photo was her version of 'Merry Christmas'

This was really her post from Barbados, on December 25.

When she called Eminem an "ungrateful f--k" on their Monster Tour.

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And he couldn't even be mad at her for it.

When she conducted her own personal orchestra

At the 2014 Diamond Ball.

And then mobbed to Big Sean's "IDFWU"

And knew all the words.

When she designed a bag for Fendi.

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Because everything she touches turns to gold.

When she made it okay to wear a snuggie in public

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Changing the airport attire game.

When she wore pasties to amfAR gala

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And looked amazing.

When she was a ninja turtle for Halloween

And still looked hot in her costume.

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