Last night Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards were held in New York and Rihanna took home top honours:  Woman of the Year.  Iman presented the award to her by saying how inspired she was by the young singer:

“Now I am even more impressed with her dignity and courage,”

Rihanna:

“It means a lot, because I’m a woman and I represent a lot of things for women, and part of that is being strong and being confident and being comfortable with who you are. And, all the women on the list this year happen to have all those qualities, so it’s an honour to be the Woman of the Year amongst all those great women.”

She also talked about what her interview with Diane Sawyer did for her:

“it was like a weight lifted off my chest and now I don’t have to talk about it anymore. I can talk about my music, things that I love”

Other winners of last night’s awards included:

• Stella McCartney
• Serena Williams
• Dr. Maya Angelou
• Dr. Jane Aronson
• Laura Ling and Euna Lee
• Marissa Mayer
• One Million Signatures Campaign
• Amy Poehler
• Susan Rice
• Maria Shriver
• Special Recognition: Michelle Obama

Amy Poehler received her award for being an inspiration to girls and said when she won:

“Girls, if boys say something that’s not funny, you don’t have to laugh,”

That’s so Amy, isn’t it??  :)

Lots of pictures after the break

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Photos: Andres Otero/www.wenn.com