The singer was honored Monday in her hometown of Barbados during its presidential inauguration, serving the marked the country as a republic.
Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Mottley told the crowd, “On behalf of a grateful nation, but an even prouder one, we therefore present to you the nominee for the people’s hero. Barbados, Ambassador Robyn Rihanna Fenty.”
Mottley said: “May you continue to shine like a diamond and bring honor to your country with your work, with your deeds and credit wherever you go. ,” Mottley said.
Fashion and makeup mogul was appointed as Barbados ambassador in 2018.
According to a statement from the Barbados Government Information Office released at the time, the position gives the celebrity “specific responsibility for promoting education, tourism and investment in the island.”
She also became one of the Caribbean island nation’s cultural ambassadors in 2008, working as a promoter for the country’s tourism ministry.
Moving has received a lot of support in the countryBarbados officially severed ties with the British monarchy by becoming a republic nearly 400 years after the first British ship arrived at the easternmost part of the Caribbean.
