GLAMOUR Ladies of the 12 months Awards 2024: Meet This 12 months’s Winners

Ryan accepted the shock award, joking, “I simply completely love popping out of right here 12 months after 12 months, weaving violence in opposition to girls right into a comedy opening monologue. I imply, God rattling it, and also you simply sit there along with your white wine… it is a robust gig, however I like it. I really like being counted amongst these very unbelievable girls.”

Keely Hodgkinson: Sporting Hero

After successful the silver medal within the 800 metres on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and rising as one of many 12 months’s greatest monitor stars, Hodgkinson made historical past at this 12 months’s Paris Olympics, when, at simply 22 years previous, she took residence the gold.

“To know that I’ve impressed younger ladies to get into sport is each humbling and superb,” she mentioned. “It is one thing I nonetheless discover laborious to know. However standing right here at the moment, I hope to shine a light-weight on the unbelievable athletes, significantly feminine athletes, as a result of we’ve so a lot of them in our sport proper now and which have devoted their lives to compete in our world at this stage.”

Jameela Jamil: Gamechanging Voice

The Gamechanging Voice award went to actor, activist, podcaster and — effectively — all-round gamechanger, Jameela Jamil. Past her appearing profession, which has included roles in The Good Place and She-Hulk, Jamil has additionally been a voice of empowerment for ladies along with her activism and her podcast. Impressed by her personal journey with physique picture, consuming issues and physique dysmorphia, her podcast I Weigh tackles all the things from psychological well being to local weather change to physique positivity to self-love.

Jamil’s outstanding acceptance speech highlighted the inherent sexism embedded in our society’s youth-obsessed magnificence requirements. “No one has taught us that we have to shield and protect the remainder of our superb lives, we’re solely alleged to protect our youth… I promise you, you solely get higher with age,” she mentioned. “Rising older, wiser, extra assured, opinionated, discerning, highly effective and fewer tolerant of bullshit is a fantastic (and horny) factor, and solely somebody insecure and afraid that they’ll’t rise to the event wouldn’t wish to have fun that in you.”

She went on to discuss honouring the “previous girl” she’s going to someday grow to be.

“Every thing I do from at the present time ahead is for the wild, and fabulous previous girl I hope to grow to be someday,” she mentioned. “Time is a fantastic and good privilege and I’m so grateful to folks like Emma Thompson, Miriam Margolyes, and Maggie Smith, for modelling the third act in a approach that makes me so fucking excited to get there.”

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Pamela Anderson: UK Affect Award

A popular culture icon since her career-making flip in Baywatch within the ’90s, Anderson has gone on to grow to be a passionate advocate for animal welfare, AIDS and HIV consciousness and unhealthy magnificence requirements.

“For many of my profession, I discovered girls had been so aggressive and merciless one another standing right here, I can inform you, it is significantly better after we love and help one another,” she mentioned.

Anderson additionally spoke about dwelling as a survivor of sexual violence. “I do know it takes large power to heal. And I thank everybody who supported me on this journey,” she mentioned. |These previous few years have felt like a contemporary slate. I am on my path a brand new, superb and imperfect one. However the lesson I’ve discovered is I cannot let what occurred to me outline me. Is what I do this defines me. I dedicate this award to girls in all places, rising above their painful paths and discovering the braveness to be their greatest selves.”