Tina spoke about the eldest of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s three children while attending the Gracie Awards on May 19
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- Tina Knowles spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about granddaughter Blue Ivy’s similarities to Beyoncé as a teenager
- She discussed Blue Ivy’s poise and talent at the Met Gala
- Blue Ivy attended fashion’s biggest night wearing a Balenciaga gown and silver Jimmy Choo stilettos
Tina Knowles is taking notice of how similar her granddaughter Blue Ivy Carter is to Beyoncé.
On Tuesday, May 19, Tina, 72, was awarded a Gracie Award for her audiobook, Matriarch. During the event in Beverly Hills, Calif., she spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about being brought to tears at the sight of Blue Ivy recently stepping out at the Met Gala.
At age 14, Blue Ivy is around the same age her mom was when Girl's Tyme — a Texas-based girl group with members Beyoncé, now 44, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett — became Destiny's Child.
“She's just like her mama because she's a huge talent,” Tina told PEOPLE of Blue Ivy. “And because she is very poised.”
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“I mean, the Met Gala, I couldn't do it,” Tina continued. “And so I was like, look how poised she is on the red carpet and how she knows exactly what she wants. Yeah, it made me very proud.”
Blue Ivy is the eldest of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's three children — Blue Ivy, as well as twins Rumi and Sir, 8 — while Tina is also a grandmother to Solange's 21-year-old son, Daniel “Julez” Smith Jr.
Despite the Met Gala's 18-and-over limit, Blue Ivy attended the event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 4 alongside the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer. She wore a white strapless Balenciaga gown paired with an unzipped jacket, sunglasses and silver Jimmy Choo stilettos.
"I think she looks so incredible,” Beyoncé said of Blue Ivy to Vogue.
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Blue Ivy's attendance came as the record-breaking Grammy winner attended the Met Gala for the first time in 10 years.
Beyoncé served as a co-chair for the 2026 gala along with Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour.
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Tina previously opened up about the mom-daughter duo's appearance at the event during an appearance on the 3rd Hour of Today.
“I got really emotional, shed a few tears,” she admitted on May 5.
“It was kind of reminiscent,” Tina explained. “Beyoncé started her first red carpet at 15, and Blue is 14, so just seeing her out there looking confident and beautiful. It was déjà vu.”
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