The powerful element you missed from Beyoncé's VMAs performance

It happened in the final moments of Bey's VMA performance.
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Laura Vitto
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If you, like us, were truly mesmerized by Beyoncé's Lemonade performance during Sunday's MTV Music Video Awards, you might have missed a powerful element of her performance.

At the very end of her performance, Beyoncé's dancers laid on the stage to form the universal symbol for woman -- a perfect close to "Formation," a song celebrating black womanhood.

Bey is nominated for the Video of the Year Award for "Formation," and snagged the award for Best Female Video for "Hold Up."


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As Beyoncé herself might say, bow down.

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Laura Vitto was Mashable's Deputy Culture Editor.

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