Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

[evanovitch]

Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

An emotional Rihanna stole the limelight at a women's awards ceremony in New York when she dumped her regular androgynous style for a stunning floor-length mermaid gown.



The singer, <span style="font-weight: bold">who won the Woman Of The Year trophy</span> at the star-studded Glamour magazine bash, went for a more feminine look in an ivory satin Stephane Rolland gown.

She admitted it was far too tight and impractical, but she obviously wanted something special to cap a momentous year.

The 21-year-old was being honoured by the US edition of the women's magazine <span style="font-weight: bold">for her career, fashion sense, charity work and her bravery following her assault by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.</span>
Accepting her award from veteran supermodel Iman on stage at Carnegie Hall, Rihanna admitted she had to enter the stage from backstage because she couldn't walk up the stairs in the outfit.

Wiping a tear from her eye, Rihanna apologised, &quot;Sorry, I'm PMS-ing.&quot;
She said, &quot;I couldn't possibly make it up here in this dress. As usual, I decided to wear the tightest dress I could find.&quot;

Introducing her, David Bowie's model wife said, &quot;This year, we saw a different face of Rihanna. She's an indelible image of worldly pain and now, more than ever, I am more than impressed with her honesty and courage. She has taken her own scars and used them to create a new story of strength and awareness.&quot;

Rihanna received her award just days after she broke her silence over her assault on US TV show Good Morning America.

Obviously feeling nervous on stage, Rihanna said, &quot;I am shaking right now. I am so nervous. But I am overwhelmed and honoured over this honour.&quot;
Rihanna paid tribute to fellow award winner Maya Angelou, who had given an inspirational speech earlier that evening, but admitted the Color Purple writer had made her own speech 'even more difficult'.

Speaking on the red carpet before her on-stage appearance, Rihanna said she felt relieved after discussing her abuse on TV last week.

She said, &quot;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.&quot; - Daily Mail

[sistactry]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

bigup to her yes~

[rudemonk]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

clap clap clap clap

[towngyal]

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thats great, good for her

[mangoskin]

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Congrats, girl, congrats...

[Leddih]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

Color Purple by Maya Angelou? Wasn't it written by Alice Walker?

[evanovitch]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Leddih</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Color Purple by Maya Angelou? Wasn't it written by Alice Walker? </div></div>

so u notice dat too...mi wasnt sure if it was har r di writer who mek di mistake but it goes to show why mi not impressed wid har being honoured fi har body of work so far...but dat is where we r..being beat is reason to be honoured...dem figet seh she went bak to him afta di beating n is now dat har cd out n she need di press, she a tawk bout she realise dat youth was looking up to har..people fi stop mek dem children look up to celebrity..people fi stawt live so dem children look up to dem di parent...

ignorancy indeed....Maya Angelou as di writer of di Colour Purple...if a laff a wet miself

[rudemonk]

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yes evan, understood and everything, however!

even if she is bringing publicity, it is publicity at least that also addresses an important all too unsung issue. artistes are *always* doing publicity. At least this is not just for money alone.

I don't think the award- I don't know am just offering opinion- was for getting smacked around, but for moving past it, not accepting it, and now using it to try, at least a little bit- to help and make way for others. Many young women are in these kinds of situations and can't even bring themselves to let their parents even know they are dating much less getting smacked around, and the physical is built on the emotional and psychological abuse which does not leave the marks and fat or split lips, but is what causes a woman to go back.

In the 20/20 interview she came at the quaquaraqua and corrected her. Not 7 times is the average amount of times a woman will go back, but EIGHT or NINE times. I think this points further to what she was saying. Your own mind tricks you. You don't want it to be real, so you make it like it wasn't. At least this is what I have come to understand about the issue. It all sounds very crazy but recently I got a crash course in this kind of abuse because a friend is goin through it. She has convinced herself, with his serpent and evilous mental abuse, that she is in love. She accepts all kinds of racial abuse, all kinds of mental abuse to the point this girl is barely living a life. She has left and returned, hanging out to dry all her friends who have tried to help her.

Who knows if but this story might in some way convince her to step back, say F love, and look at her situation from the outside as Rihanna said she did.

I hope she sells zillions of CDs- I mean I doubt it, poor Sean Kinsgton just got a kick in the cojones with 200,000 returned- but I hope she does so this matter can gain further exposure. If it has to be trojan horsed like this, so be it.

The girls has a mouth, and has stated she now has a cause. I'd like to approach her about doing a show in JA and Africa.

[rudemonk]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
Obviously feeling nervous on stage, Rihanna said, &quot;I am shaking right now. I am so nervous. But I am overwhelmed and honoured over this honour.&quot;
Rihanna paid tribute to fellow award winner Maya Angelou, who had given an inspirational speech earlier that evening, but admitted the Color Purple writer had made her own speech 'even more difficult'.
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ps- this sounds like the writer's flub, not our girl's.

here is what she said:
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[evanovitch]

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oh please..if black women neva get di message n pass it dung to dem dawtas n men to dem sons, afta &quot;wat's love got to do wid it&quot; , y u tink she a go mek any diffrance....puh f-ing please...n whe u a carry har go yaad fi do but mek money offa di show...puh f-ing please....

if u wan do domestic violence show a yaad r Africa, nuff local artist deh deh fi sing n seh dem piece...not dis 20 yr ole who juss a realise seh like everybody else, har supposed personal turmoil is a money mekka....cawl Shelly Thunder mek she do har 'cuff song from way bak'

like dem seh, dere is no such ting as bad publicity...

[Yuriatin]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

She wasn't honoured for being beaten, nor for her body of work thus far.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">it goes to show why mi not impressed wid har being honoured fi har body of work so far...but dat is where we r..being beat is reason to be honoured </div></div>

[evanovitch]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">She wasn't honoured for being beaten, nor for her body of work thus far.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">'her career</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">fashion sense</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">charity work </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold">her bravery following her assault </span>by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.'

a so it seh eena di article mi post above...miss ting have a great PR team cause mi neva yet see di coverage of di charity work...matta of fak her press has been about beating, fashion, who she deh wid dis week , wedda she deh wid camel mout etc...

so kudos to har PR team fi get dis coup...but den we know seh in di celebrity world , awards no really based on merit...afta all , all di whites who use di N wud bak wid dem wuk but di blaks whe use di F wud still naw wuk

[Yuriatin]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

Evano - do you feel like Chris Brown was treated unfairly regards this beating episode?

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">She wasn't honoured for being beaten, nor for her body of work thus far.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">'her career</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">fashion sense</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">charity work </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold">her bravery following her assault </span>by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.'

a so it seh eena di article mi post above...miss ting have a great PR team cause mi neva yet see di coverage of di charity work...matta of fak her press has been about beating, fashion, who she deh wid dis week , wedda she deh wid camel mout etc...

so kudos to har PR team fi get dis coup...but den we know seh in di celebrity world , awards no really based on merit...afta all , all di whites who use di N wud bak wid dem wuk but di blaks whe use di F wud still naw wuk





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[Yuriatin]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

Just seems we interpret this differently.

I don't see her as being <span style="font-style: italic">honored for being beaten</span>, as you said.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body">She wasn't honoured for being beaten, nor for her body of work thus far.

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<span style="font-weight: bold">'her career</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">fashion sense</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold">charity work </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold">her bravery following her assault </span>by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown.'

a so it seh eena di article mi post above...miss ting have a great PR team cause mi neva yet see di coverage of di charity work...matta of fak her press has been about beating, fashion, who she deh wid dis week , wedda she deh wid camel mout etc...

so kudos to har PR team fi get dis coup...but den we know seh in di celebrity world , awards no really based on merit...afta all , all di whites who use di N wud bak wid dem wuk but di blaks whe use di F wud still naw wuk





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[rudemonk]

Re: Emotional Rihanna accepts Woman of the Year award dwl

charity work generally doesn't make people leap up and clap. people are people. they will concern themselves with their fellow man when something which can strike a chord of empathy hits them. even then, sometimes no. otherwise, we are all psychologically conditioned to see the other as exactly that. something other than ourselves. life goes on, no matter that soda with artificially deflated prices- cheaper than water- rots out the teeth of poor kids in the appalachias, people in Manhattan still buy soda. All they would have to do is send an email en masse. Who will?

Just an example.

I can tell you, I personally fight for every person who joins my cause. Then I see some idiot thing sweep in and mop up thousands of people. people who join the idiot thing champion it, will put it in their blog, their twitter, their FB and Myspace will blow up with the nonsense, they will ask others to also join...yet it is basically a meaningless exercise which results in nothing at all. yet a serious cause will lie fallow. you just have to be happy they took the time to add their name to your list.

in pr you are dealing with two things- what the(your) story is, and who will tell the story with you or for you. the trash rags will talk about trash more than anything else, it is their job to deliver who Rihanna is having dinner with, is it Jay-Z in Manhattans hot new spot? Sadly that is what sells their rag. Who cares if at this dinner she is trying to find a bone marrow donor or deciding if she can donate a performance for poor kids who have cancer or whatever.

I haven't looked, but I would wager she has in fact done quite a bit of charitable work.