PHOTOS Nicki Minaj at the 2010 AMAs

Nicki Minaj at the 2010American Music Awards

Singer Nicki Minaj hit the red carpet at the 2010 American Music Awards looking like a living statue from a Mexican Day of the Dead altar! It’s almost as though she covered herself in bubble gum and rolled around in the prop room of the movie Stargate! Can you spot the Minaj in this piece of Day of the Dead folk art?

Nicki Minaj Day of the Dead folk art sculpture

That being said, I love it! I love Nicki Minaj! I love all these fun female fashionistas gracing the landscape of contemporary pop music with their celebratory costumes that almost always put a smile on my face! (The list includes Lady Gaga and Katy Perry but excludes Ke$ha)

Check out Nicki’s blinged out metallic ribcage, her blond wig dipped in lime Kool Aid and her Native American from outer space jewelry:

American Music Awards - Arrivals held at The Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California on November 21st, 2010. Nicki Minaj  Fame Pictures, Inc
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What’s not to love? And I’m the only one who loved it – check out Rihanna getting a handful of that famously gratuitous BaNickidonk!

Rihanna grabs Nicki Minaj's backside at the 2010 American Music Awards)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 21: Recording artist Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2010 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 21, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images for DCP)
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Rap artist Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2010 American Music Awards in Los Angeles November 21, 2010.  REUTERS/Danny Moloshok (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (AMA-ARRIVALS)
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