Glamour honours top women in 16th Annual Awards
Carol Lee Kim

NEW YORK—Glamour Magazine hosted its 16th Annual Women of the Year Awards last night at Lincoln Centre’s Avery Fisher Hall. Among this year’s honourees were Melissa Etheridge, Christiane Amanpour, Petra Nemcova and Diane Von Furstenberg. And while some may criticize the idea of an all women’s awards ceremony as more homogenizing than recognizing, the evening was a truly memorable and heartfelt affair filled with laughter, tears and powerful stories of inspiration.
The night began like all other award ceremonies: eager fans, beautiful people and a boatload of reporters. Photographers swarmed around honourees Catherine Zeta Jones and Goldie Hawn as they exchanged hugs on the red carpet while other attendees such as Hilary Duff, Thandie Newton and Nia Long stopped to strike a pose before they sashayed into the theatre.
Inside, monumental floral arrangements towered among guests as they sipped on champagne and made small talk before pouring into Avery Fisher Hall to hear Mary J. Blige and the New Orleans Children’s Chorus give an amazing kick-off performance at the start of the show.