Tika Sumpter walked the red carpet at the 16th Annual ACE Awards presented by the Accessories Council at Cipriani 42nd Street wearing a floor length black and white dress by Alice + Olivia Fall 2012.

Tika Sumpter is wearing a Marc Bouwer Fall 2012 gown , Jordin Sparks is wearing a Chagoury Couture gown and Carmen Ejogo is wearing a lace paneled dress to the Tri-Star Pictures’ “Sparkle” premiere at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in L.A .

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Alice & Olivia hosted the screening of “Sparkle” at Tribeca Grand Hotel last night in NYC.  Jordin Sparks wore an Alice + Olivia ‘Tracey’ dress in red with Giuseppe Zanotti heels, Tika Sumpter wore a gold gown from the Bill Blass Fall 2012 collection .  Carmen Rjojo was dressed in black and her make up was done by Sam Fine .

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Tika Sumpter wore a Stella McCartney Contoured Colorblock Sheath Dress with Olcay Gulsen Ankle Strap Pumps to the ”Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection” New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater.

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Estelle and Tika Sumpter (sporting a short new do ) hit up the Rémy Martin V’s Studio 54 Bash at Marquee and Estelle gave a surprise performance at the event.  Both ladies wore black outfits and Estelle accessorized with a necklace and earrings.

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Tika Sumpter sported a short hair do and a wore a Nicole Miller dress with purple pumps to the  ’Red Tails’ premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City last night.

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Actress Tika Sumpter covers the digital issue of Vibe Vixen Magazine October 2011, read excerpts of Tika’s interview below about her early years.

TIKA ON GROWING UP IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOME AND SEXUALITY

VV: Growing up in a single-parent home, were there any struggles that molded you?
TIKA: Not growing up with a dad was really hard, but my mom was so on point. She was a lover and the authority that basically gave us whoopings. If you missed that bus to school, you were walking. I saw my mom struggle a lot which made me not want to do the things normal teenagers do. I was super prude in junior high and high school; the prudest person in the pack. I was so active in school that I wasn’t even thinking about sex. Even my girlfriend and I, who are best friends since junior high, we were talking and she was like, ‘Tika, nobody knows what they’re doing in junior high, middle school or high school with sex, so why is everybody in a rush?’

VV: [Laughs] Would you say that you were shy or just conservative about those activities?
TIKA: I think I’m both. People might think I’m not shy, because when you see me, I talk, but I was kind of shy. I was shy, I was scared, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t wanna get pregnant; I have too much to do in life right now.’ It scared me a little bit.

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Tika Sumpter arrived at the “What’s Your Number” premiere in Westwood, California wearing a HERVE LEGER dress.

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Nicki Minaj created a shoe frenzy at the Giuseppe Zanotti boutique for Fashion Night Out celebrations.  Angela Simmons, Tika Sumpter and June Ambrose were also on hand.

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Keri Hilson, Tichina Arnold, Estelle, Tika Sumpter in a white tux blazer, Lala Vazquez, Ashanti, Jessica White in a red strapless dress and more attend the 5th Annual Pre-BET Awards Celebration Dinner at Book Bindery on June 25, 2011 in Culver City, California.

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