Zendaya Celebrates Graduating High School; Val Chmerkovskiy Attends Party
Singer and actress Zendaya Coleman took to Twitter and WhoSay on Saturday, May 9, to post a photo from her pre-graduation celebration, E! News reports.
Though the 18-year-old star still has a few more finals to take before she officially graduates high school, she has already started celebrating the monumental feat.
Check out Coleman's pre-graduation party photo below.
thank you for our little pre-graduation party! still gotta take a few finals! #positivethinking pic.twitter.com/DMShjUUfhH
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) May 9, 2015
In addition to her family attending the celebration, Coleman's "Dancing with the Stars" partner Val Chmerkovskiy also came to party.
According to E! News, Coleman and Chmerkovskiy have maintained their friendship long after her departure from "DWTS." The site reports that even though she finished second in 2013, the two have continued to be friends, as seen by their social media posts.
Following the pre-grad celebration, Chmerkovskiy took to Instagram to post his selfie with Coleman and congratulated her on her achievement.
Check out Chmerkovskiy's photo below.
from the Met straight to set to graduating high school. Proud of my lil Zendayachka. #driven #fam @zendaya A photo posted by Val (@iamvalc) on May 9, 2015 at 1:30pm PDT
Prior to her party, Coleman shared her official high school senior portrait with her Instagram followers and commented that she looked like a "freakin' dork." in the photo.
Immediately after she posted the photo, Coleman's Instagram followers praised the singer-actress for how pretty she looked. They also congratulated her on the milestone.
Senior portraits....I was so excited, I'm such a freakin dork
A photo posted by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Apr 23, 2015 at 2:23pm PDT
Coleman's upcoming graduation comes on the heels of her now resolved feud with E! correspondent Giuliana Rancic.
Coleman's online spat with Rancic erupted when the "Fashion Police" host made some controversial comments about Coleman's faux dreadlocks at the 2015 Academy Awards.
During a past episode of "Fashion Police," Rancid commented that the Disney star's hair probably smells like "patchouli oil...or maybe weed," Us Weekly reported. Coleman caught wind of Rancic's comments and spoke about it on Instagram with a long message about embracing her African American heritage while describing the E! News host as ignorant.
"To say that an 18-year-old young woman with locs must smell of patchouli oil or 'weed' is not only a large stereotype but outrageously offensive," Coleman wrote.
"I don't usually feel the need to respond to negative things but certain remarks cannot go unchecked," Coleman wrote. "There is already harsh criticism of African American hair in society without the help of ignorant people who choose to judge others based on the curl of their hair."
A photo posted by Zendaya (@zendaya) on Feb 23, 2015 at 8:20pm PST
Rancic has since publicly apologized to Coleman and the two now seem to have resolved the issue.
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