Rihanna Accepts Woman of the Year Award
Rihanna is well known for making headlines ever since she and Chris Brown put a global spotlight on domestic violence, and it seems that the world has decided to honor her for all that she has gone through, or at least Glamour Magazine has. She is seen here leaving her hotel on the way to an event sponsored by Glamour Magazine wearing a gorgeous evening gown that was not only sheer, nearly transparent, but adorned with a bevy of ruffles and pleats. That’s right, one domestic violence situation is not going to stop this girl from showing up in style. And she did just that for this party where she was honoured by Glamour with the outstanding achievement of Woman of the Year, and she was ever so humble when accepting this award. Accepting her Woman Of The Year award, the domestic abuse survivor gives in to the highly charged emotions of the past week and broke down, as any woman would. Maybe it was Maya Angelou’s speech calling women “rainbows in the clouds,” or maybe it was because Rihanna was, in her word(s)(?), “PMSed,” but the 21-year-old wound up taking her trophy in tears. Project Runway Canada host Iman warmed up the heartstrings as she spoke about presenting Rihanna with the Back-On-Top Superstar award in the wake of the awareness the singer is bringing to domestic abuse victims. “Now I am even more impressed with her dignity and courage,” Iman said. Rihanna was at a loss for words when she took the stage.
“I didn’t even know I had to speak; I didn’t know what kind of event it was, I didn’t know anything until a few hours ago. It was a real honour to be named Glamour’s Woman of the Year, especially because I think of myself as just becoming a woman…. I really look up to my gran and my mom. They are my two women of the year.”
Naturally, as most women would, she dedicated her award to her mom and grandma, who flew to New York’s Carnegie Hall from their home in Barbados to attend the ceremony. In her interview with Diane Sawyer, Rihanna spoke about how, growing up, her crackhead father would hit her mother.
“I’d be beating on my dad’s leg all the time trying to stand in the middle, breaking glass bottles so they could hear something else and snap out of it,” she said.
Well, well! The bar has certainly been raised for magazine-hosted awards shows. Nick Lachey may want to start brainstorming ideas for Cosmo’s Fun, Fearless Male awards now. On the other hand, for Rihanna to begin getting vocal about her experiences is a feat in itself, and we congratulate her on her award, and for braving a rather dark journey with her head held high. She truly is an inspiration to other women that may be going through the same thing.
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