Summer Fashion: White-Hot Stars at the 2011 BET Awards

It's summer and there is no cooler color to wear.

Nia Long on Pregnancy - “I was so horribly sick for four and a half months. Now I have energy, besides a little heartburn here and there, and I'm doing excellent. The baby is huge!" (Photo credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Nia Long - Warm weather calls for cool fashion, and what better way to tackle the summer heat than with a breezy spin on white. Like mommy-to-be Nia Long, this year’s BET Awards was full of celebs looking white-hot. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Bruno Mars - @BrunoMars: This is terrible news..I'm sick to my stomach. Nobody sang like Whitney (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Bruno Mars - A white blazer is one of our favorite menswear summer trends. It never dates and always looks fresh.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Best Group - Diddy-Dirty Money - Diddy-Dirty Money proved to be the strongest crew this past year. Take that, take that!Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup

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Diddy-Dirty Money - The Dirty Money trio complimented one another by sticking with an all-white theme, while still showing off their own creativity with color details and accessories. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

Best Group - Diddy-Dirty Money - Diddy-Dirty Money proved to be the strongest crew this past year. Take that, take that!Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup

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Diddy-Dirty Money - The Dirty Money trio complimented one another by sticking with an all-white theme, while still showing off their own creativity with color details and accessories. (Photo: Vince Bucci/PictureGroup)

SmooVe - In 2011, Bobby V took the red carpet at the BET Awards in an all-white suit and seriously killed the carpet!(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Bobby Wilson - Finding the perfect white suit is a labor of love. Our favorites are dressed with a twist, like this patterned pocket square.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Joe - Nothing, quite frankly, says summer like a pair of clean, white shoes. Joe struts in these elegant lace-ups.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Joe - Nothing, quite frankly, says summer like a pair of clean, white shoes. Joe struts in these elegant lace-ups.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Joyful Drake - A woman can spend her whole life searching for the perfect white dress. You can't beat a classic white frock and Joyful's is about as good as it gets.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Joyful Drake - A woman can spend her whole life searching for the perfect white dress. You can't beat a classic white frock and Joyful's is about as good as it gets.(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Diamond - Heat never looked so good! The "Best Female Hip Hop Artist" nominee packed chic, Hollywood glam, heavenly and whimsical into one white-hot dress. Need we say more?(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Diamond - Heat never looked so good! The "Best Female Hip Hop Artist" nominee packed chic, Hollywood glam, heavenly and whimsical into one white-hot dress. Need we say more?(Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Rocsi (@rocsi)\r - Rocsi was on hand at the White House for President Obama's Twitter town hall.\r \rTWEET: "My cell phone battery died lol too much tweeting but I was so great to see President @BarackObama hope you all enjoyed the tweets."\r \r(Photo: Michael Underwood/PictureGroup)

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Rocsi - There is no better time to wear short and sexy than during the summer season. The 106 & Park host turned up the heat in this flaming white mini. (Photo: Michael Underwood/PictureGroup)

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Rick Ross - Feeling good in white and want to wear the color all summer long? It might be worth upgrading to a high-end design from Gucci.(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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Rick Ross - Feeling good in white and want to wear the color all summer long? It might be worth upgrading to a high-end design from Gucci.(Photo: Adrian Sidney/PictureGroup)

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