On Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005, Glamour Magazine hosted their 16th Annual Women of the Year awards at Lincoln Center in New York City. The evening was all about inspiring and empowering women. Healthy, adventuresome, soulful, courageous women were honored. From Goldie Hawn to Catherine Zeta-Jones to a brave woman from Pakistan, each woman honored on Wednesday evening was indoctrinated into a rare sorority called The WOTYs.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Glamour" Dec. '05 Cover Shoot

This year, Glamour celebrated twelve WOTYs.

The best dressed, most "rugged elegant" men and women of the night included a pregnant Brooke Shields (Brooke and Chris Henchy's second child is due next spring), the "Killer Talented" Catherine Zeta-Jones, Catherine's and Hollywood's leading man Michael Douglas, "The Comeback" tennis star Venus Williams, "The News Source" CNN's international reporter Christiane Amanpour, the former leader of Ireland Mary Robinson, supermodel tsunami survivor Petra Nemcova, soul singer Mary J. Blige, teenage actress and one of the "Most Wanted" singers Hilary Duff, a "wrap" artist of a different kind, fashion "Style Powerhouse" designer Diane von Furstenberg, international movie star and "A Lotus Grows in the Mud" author Goldie Hawn, and co-host "Glamour Man" William Wackermann.

Catherine Zeta-Jones & Goldie Hawn, 2005 WOTYs

Other Glamourous, Best Dressed, "Rugged Elegant" Women

Brooke Shields

Petra Nemcova

Zoe Saldana

Hilary Duff

Venus Williams

Diane von Furstenberg

Mary J. Blige

Lauren Bush

Bill Wackermann, Glamour's Vice President and Publisher and Cynthia Leive, the magazine's Editor-in-Chief invited these women and other celebrities to their annual WOTY celebration.

Another woman who wins our best dressed, most "rugged elegant" of the night recognition is Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland and the former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights.

Today, Ms. Robinson is the Chair of the Global Council of Women Leaders, the Executive Director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, and a founding member of the future International Museum of Women (IMOW).

Mary Robinson

IMOW is another significant venue which celebrates the lives of fabulous women. The physical museum is expected to open in San Francisco's historic Pier 26 sometime in 2008.

Woman Power, The 2005 Way

Mary Robinson won Glamour's 2005 "Leader" award.

Thelma Golden (40), the newly named director of New York City's Studio Museum in Harlem, won the magazine's "Fresh Eye" award.

Oscar-winning actress Goldie Hawn (60), won the "Laugh Legend" award.

Rocker and breast cancer-survivor Melissa Etheridge won "The Accidental Activist" award.

Petra Nemcova, who lost her long-time love to Thailand's tsunami last December, won the "Survivor" award.

Anne Sweeney (48), not only gets credit for winning the "Business Genius" award from Glamour, she has won a lot of women's hearts for having spearheaded the new hit television show starring Geena Davis called Commander in Chief. Sweeney is ABC television's powerhouse executive. As president of the network, she has also helped launch Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and Lost, to name a few.

Glamour's December cover girl Catherine Zeta-Jones was honored by Conde-Nast for her "Killer Talent" as an actress, singer, dancer, T-Mobile cellular phone spokewoman, and global spokeswoman for cosmetics giant, Elizabeth Arden.

The Academy award-winning actress told Glamour, "I'm in awe of women who stand up for other women's rights."

Fellow 2003 Best Picture actress Queen Latifah presented Zeta-Jones with her 2005 "Woman of the Year" award.

A Woman Who Stands Up for Other Women's Rights

Big screen, television, and Broadway theater actress Brooke Shields presented a WOTY award to Mukhtaran Mai.

Mai is a thirty-three year-old Pakistani woman responsible for launching an international campaign against a group of men who gang raped her in her home country.

The magazine chose Mai for her courageous stand against the persecution of all women.

At the gala awards ceremony, Mai's introduction brought the biggest round of applause.

Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive told Mai in a letter:

For 15 years, Glamour magazine has saluted inspiring, high-achieving women with our annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards, and past winners include Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Diane Sawyer, Madeline Albright and many more.

Leive told the press:

Mai has struggled and struggled hard to highlight the cause of Pakistani women who routinely face abuse and rape in a male-dominated society.

She is being honoured for her incredible courage and optimism in the face of terrible violence.

"This award is a victory for poor women; it's a victory for all women," said Mai after the ceremony.

In conjunction with the gala, Glamour made a $20,000 donation to help Mai start a women's center in Pakistan located in Mai's remote tribal village of Meerwala.

Mai said her motto is "End oppression with education."

Mai, who is illiterate, plans to set up two schools with the money awarded to her.

To contribute to the "I Can Survive" Fund established to strengthen the voices of survivors like Mukhtaran, please go to:

For a profile of all the women who received one of the eclectic and creative awards at Glamour's 2005 Women of the Year celebration, please go to:

The November 2005 Issue of "Glamour"

On this month's cover of Glamour is Natalie Portman.

One of America's most gutsy and gorgeous actresses invites you into her not-Hollywood world of superstardom.

On Tuesday, November 8th Conde Nast's special issue was expected to hit newsstands.

However in San Francisco, I was able to purchase both the November and December issues today.

A Special Year-End December 2005 Issue of "Glamour"

The twelve 2005 Women of the Year award recipients tell their stories in Glamour's special year-end December issue.

Look for the beautiful "Woman of the Year" Catherine Zeta-Jones on the cover.

Cindi Leive, in her "editor's note" writes:

Reading the paper in the morning, it's easy to get the impression that the world is run by former Glamour Women of the Year. For 16 years we've been celebrating female doers and darers in our December issue -- the power sorority is now 195 women strong -- and while the winners are always extraordinary when we honor them, they only get better with time.

This year alone, former WOTYs, as they're known, did everything from leadinga a space-shuttle mission (1999 winner Eileen Collins was the craft's first female commander and oversaw an unpredented in-space repair job(, to breaking age barriers (1994's Martina Navratilova became, at 48, the oldest woman to win a pro women's tournament since 1922).

As Brown University president Ruth J. Simmons -- the first African American woman to run an Ivy League school and naturally, a former WOTY ('96) -- put it in a speech this year: "You...teach by example even when you are unaware of the eyes that are watching you."

This year we were all watching the Women of the Year alumnae, and we were all inspired.

On Cindi's page, five previous WOTYs were highlighted:

University of Tennessee basketball coach Pat Summitt (WOTY '98);

Actress Jodie Foster (WOTY '91);

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding, M.D. (WOTY '03);

U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (WOTY '92); and

Sheryl Crow (WOTY '00).

Inspire & Be Inspired.

Here's to healthy, adventuresome, soulful, "celebrating women role models worldwide" living!

~ Jennifer Carolyn King, Rugged Elegance, LLC

Glamour 2005 WOTY Event Photo Credit: Fashion Wear Daily's Ali Goldstein and AP Photographer Stuart Ramson

Glamour December 2005 Cover

About GLAMOUR

GLAMOUR is the largest magazine published by Conde Nast Publications and has a total circulation of more than 2.3 million copies, outselling 98 percent of all consumer magazines on the newsstand.

GLAMOUR, the most award-winning women’s magazine, reaches one in every 10 women in the United States, or 12.5 million monthly readers nationally.

Glamour Magazine is part of Conde Nast Publications' division of Advance Publications, Inc., a privately held newspaper, magazine and Web-based publishing company owned by Samuel Irving "Si" Newhouse and his brother Donald.

Other Conde Nast publications include: Allure, Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, Bredes, Cargo, Conde Nast Traveler, domino, Gourmet, GQ, House & Garden, Lucky, Modern Bride, Self, teen Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue and Wired.

P.S. For those like myself who were not privileged to attend Glamour's event in New York City, there is still an opportunity for you to be inspired.

This month and next, the GLAMOUR 2005 awards event will be televised throughout the United States.

To follow are the markets, the dates and times, the channels and the affiliate which will air the "Glamour Women of The Year" awards celebration on television:

ALASKA

ANCHORAGE SAT 11/26/20052:00PM 13 KIMO ABC
FAIRBANKS SAT 11/26/20052:00PM 2 KATN ABC
JUNEAU SAT 11/26/20052:00PM 8 KJUD ABC

ALABAMA

MOBILE-PNS(FWB) SAT 12/10/200511:00AM 44 WJTC UPN
HNTVLE-DCTR(FL) SUN 12/11/20054:00PM 26 WYLE IND
MONTGOMERY-SEL SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 64 WAXC IND
DOTHAN SUN 11/20/20053:00PM 18 WDHN ABC
DOTHAN SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 18 WDHN ABC

ARKANSAS

LITTLE ROCK-PN BLF FRI 11/25/20051:00PM 16 KLRT FOX

ARIZONA

TUCSON(S VSTA) SAT 12/17/200511:00AM 9 KGUN ABC
YUMA-EL CENTRO SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 11 KYMA NBC

CALIFORNIA

LOS ANGELES SAT 12/10/20053:00PM 2 KCBS CBS
SAN FRAN-OAK-SJ SAT 12/3/2005 8:00PM 5 KPIX CBS
SACRAMENTO-STK-MO SUN 12/4/2005 12:00PM 10 KXTV ABC
SAN DIEGO SUN 12/11/20051:00PM 39 KNSD NBC
FRESNO-VISALIA SUN 12/4/2005 4:00PM 30 KFSN ABC
SANTA BARBARA-SM-SLO SUN 12/18/20053:00PM 6 KSBY NBC
MONTEREY-SALINAS SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 46 KION CBS
CHICO-REDDING SUN 12/4/2005 12:00PM 7 KRCR ABC
EUREKA SUN 12/4/2005 12:00PM 23 KAEF ABC

COLORADO

DENVER SUN 12/18/200511:30AM 7 KMGH ABC
COLO SPRNGS-PBL SAT 12/17/20052:00PM 5 KOAA NBC

CONNECTICUT

HARTFORD&NW HAVNSUN 12/4/2005 1:00PM 8 WTNH ABC

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WASH, DC (HAG) SUN 11/20/200512:00PM 7 WJLA ABC

FLORIDA

TAMPA-ST P(SAR) SUN 11/27/20052:00PM 10 WTSP CBS
MIAMI-FT. LAUDE SUN 12/4/2005 8:00PM 33 WBFS UPN
ORLANDO-DYTN B-MLBN SUN 12/11/20052:00PM 9 WFTV ABC
WEST PALM BEACH SUN 12/4/2005 8:00PM 34 WTVX UPN
FT. MYERS-NAPLS TUES12/6/2005 10:00PM 11 WINK CBS
TALLHSEE-THMSVL SAT 11/26/200512:00PM 49 WTLH FOX
PANAMA CITY SAT 11/26/20052:00PM 28 WPGX FOX
GAINESVILLE SUN 12/18/20052:00PM 20 WCJB ABC

GEORGIA

ATLANTA SAT 12/17/20052:00PM 2 WSB ABC
GRVL-SPA-ASH-AN SUN 11/20/20051:00PM 32 WNEG CBS
SAVANNAH SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 22 WJCL ABC
MACON SUN 12/4/2005 4:00PM 58 WPGA ABC
COLUMBUS, GA SUN 11/27/20051:00PM 38 WLTZ NBC
ALBANY, GA SUN 12/4/2005 6:00PM 31 WFXL FOX

IOWA

DAVNPRT-RI-MLNE SUN 11/27/20052:00PM 26 WBQD UPN

IDAHO

BOISE TBA 7 KTVB NBC
IDAHO FALLS-POC SUN 12/4/2005 3:00PM 6 KPVI NBC
TWIN FALLS SAT 12/10/20052:00PM 33 KXTF FOX

ILLINOIS

CHICAGO SAT 12/17/200512:00PM 2 WBBM CBS
CHAMPGN&SPR-DEC SAT 11/12/20052:00PM 55 WCCU FOX
PEORIA-BLMINGTN SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 59 WAOE UPN
QUINCY-HBL-KEOK SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 10 CGEM IND

INDIANA

INDIANAPOLIS TBA 8 WISH CBS
EVANSVILLE SUN 11/20/20051:00PM 63 WTSN UPN
FT. WAYNE SAT 11/26/20051:00PM 15 WANE CBS

KANSAS

TOPEKA SUN 12/18/20053:00PM 27 KSNT NBC

KENTUCKY

LOUISVILLE SUN 11/20/20058:00PM 24 W24BW IND
LEXINGTON SUN 12/11/20051:00PM 27 WKYT CBS
PDCH-CP GIR-HAR FRI 12/9/2005 9:00PM 49 WDKA WB

LOUISIANA

NEW ORLEANS SAT 12/17/20053:00PM 4 WWL CBS
SHREVEPORT SAT 12/17/20053:00PM 33 KMSS FOX
BATON ROUGE SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 9 WAFB CBS
MONRO-EL DORADO SAT 12/10/20051:00PM 11 KAQY ABC
ALEXANDRIA, LA SUN 12/11/20052:00PM 5 KALB NBC

MASSACHUSETTS

BOSTON (MANCHR) SAT 11/26/20051:00PM 4 WBZ CBS

MARYLAND

BALTIMORE SAT 12/24/200512:00AM 2 WMAR ABC

MAINE

PORTLAND-AUBURN SUN 12/4/2005 4:00PM 8 WMTW ABC
BANGOR TBA 33 WBGR PAX

MICHIGAN

DETROIT SUN 12/11/200512:00PM 62 WWJ CBS
GR. RAPIDS-KL-BC SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 8 WOOD NBC
FLINT-SAGNAW-BC SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 25 WEYI NBC
FLINT-SAGNAW-BC SUN 12/18/20053:00PM WBSF WB
TRAVRS CTY-CDLC SAT 12/17/20052:00PM 29 WGTU ABC

MINNESOTA

MINEAPLS-ST. PL SUN 11/27/20051:30PM 5 KSTP ABC
DULUTH-SUPERIOR SAT 11/19/200512:00PM 6 KBJR NBC
DULUTH-SUPERIOR SUN 12/11/200511:00AM 6 KBJR NBC
RCH-MASN CY-AUS SUN 11/27/200512:30PM 10 KTTC NBC

MISSOURI

ST LOUIS SUN 12/11/200512:00PM 30 KDNL ABC
SPRINGFIELD, MO SUN 12/18/20054:00PM 33 KSPR ABC

MONTANA

BILLINGS SUN 11/20/20051:00PM 4 KHMT FOX
GREAT FALLS SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 50 KBGF NBC
HELENA SAT 12/17/20053:00PM 12 KTVH NBC

NORTH CAROLINA

CHARLOTTE SAT 11/26/20051:00PM 3 WBTV CBS
RALEIGH-DUR(FY) SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 11 WTVD ABC
GREENSBRO-HP-WS SAT 12/17/20052:00PM WGSR IND
GREENVL-NB-WASH SUN 12/11/20052:00PM 12 WCTI ABC
WILMINGTON SUN 12/4/2005 4:00PM 3 WWAY ABC

NORTH DAKOTA

FARGO-VALLY CTY SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 8 WDAY ABC
FARGO-VALLY CTY SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 8 WDAZ ABC
MINOT-BSMRK-DKN SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 17 KBMY ABC
MINOT-BSMRK-DKN SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 17 KMCY ABC
MINOT-BSMRK-DKN SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 5 KFYR NBC

NEBRASKA

OMAHA SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 6 WOWT NBC

NEW MEXICO

ALBUQ-SANTA FE SUN 12/4/2005 1:00PM 2 KASA FOX

NEVADA

LAS VEGAS SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 13 KTNV ABC
RENO SUN 12/18/20052:00PM 4 KRNV NBC

NEW YORK

NEW YORK SAT 12/3/2005 7:00PM 4 WNBC NBC
ALBANY-SCH-TROY SUN 11/27/20051:00PM 10 WTEN ABC
SYRACUSE FRI 12/9/2005 8:00PM WSYR ABC
ROCHESTER, NY FRI 12/9/2005 8:00PM WHAM ABC
BINGHAMTON SUN 11/27/20051:30PM 34 WIVT ABC
ELMIRA(CORNING) SAT 12/3/2005 4:00PM 30 WTTX UPN
WATERTOWN SUN 12/4/2005 3:00PM 50 WWTI ABC

OHIO

CLEVELAND SUN 12/11/20054:00PM 55 WBNX WB
COLUMBUS, OH SAT 12/10/20051:00PM 4 WCMH NBC
CINCINNATI SUN 11/20/20052:00PM 25 WBQC UPN
DAYTON SUN 12/11/20058:00PM 7 WHIO CBS
TOLEDO SUN 12/4/2005 5:00PM 36 WUPW FOX
YOUNGSTOWN SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 21 WFMJ NBC

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA CITY SUN 12/4/2005 3:00PM 43 KAUT UPN

OREGON

PORTLAND, OR SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 2 KATU ABC
EUGENE SAT 12/3/2005 10:00PM 9 KEZI ABC
MEDFORD-KLM FLS SAT 12/3/2005 10:00PM 12 KDRV ABC

PENNSYLVANIA

PHILADELPHIA SUN 12/11/20054:00PM 3 KYW CBS
PITTSBURGH SAT 12/10/20051:00PM 59 WBGN IND
WILKES BAR-SCR SUN 11/27/200512:00PM 38 WSWB UPN/WB
ERIE SUN 11/27/20051:00PM 24 WJET ABC

RHODE ISLAND

PROVIDNC-N. BED SAT 12/3/2005 1:00PM 28 WLWC UPN/WB

SOUTH CAROLINA

COLUMBIA, SC SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 63 WBHQ WB
CHARLESTON, SC SUN 11/27/20052:00PM 4 WCIV ABC
MRTL BCH-FLRNCE SAT 12/10/20052:00PM 21 WWMB UPN

SOUTH DAKOTA

SIOUX FLS(MCHL) SUN 11/20/20051:00PM 17 KTTW FOX
SIOUX FLS(MCHL) SUN 12/11/20055:00PM 17 KTTW FOX
RAPID CITY SUN 12/4/2005 1:00PM 3 KOTA ABC

TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE SUN 12/4/2005 3:00PM 2 WKRN ABC
KNOXVILLE SUN 12/18/20052:00PM 6 WATE ABC

TEXAS

DALLAS-FT. WORTH SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 8 WFAA ABC
HOUSTON SUN 12/4/2005 11:00AM 39 KHWB WB
AUSTIN SUN 12/11/20051:00PM 42 KEYE CBS
WACO-TEMPL-BRYN SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 25 KXXV ABC
WACO-TEMPL-BRYN SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 25 KRHD ABC
AMARILLO SAT 12/10/20054:00PM 10 KFDA CBS
BEAUMNT-PRT ART FRI 11/18/20052:30PM 6 KFDM CBS/UPN
WICHTA FLS&LWTN SUN 12/18/20052:00PM 7 KSWO ABC
ODESSA-MIDLAND SAT 12/24/200512:00AM 24 KPEJ FOX

UTAH

SALT LAKE CITY SAT 12/10/20053:00PM 2 WUTV CBS

VIRGINIA

NRFLK-PRT-NP NW SUN 12/4/2005 2:00PM 13 WVEC ABC
RICHMOND SAT 12/10/20053:00PM 6 WTVR CBS
ROANOKE-LNCHBRG SAT 12/17/20051:00PM 24 WDRL UPN

TRI-CTIES,TN-VA SUN 12/11/20051:00PM 5 WCYB NBC

VERMONT

BURLNGTN-PLTBRG SUN 12/25/20056:00PM 3 WCAX CBS

WASHINGTON

SEATTLE-TACOMA SAT 11/26/20059:00PM 4 KOMO ABC
YAKM-PSC-RCH-KN SUN 11/27/20053:30PM 35 KAPP ABC

WISCONSIN

MILWAUKEE SUN 11/27/20051:00PM 4 WTMJ NBC
MILWAUKEE SAT 12/10/200510:00PM 4 WTMJ NBC
GREEN BAY-APLTN TBA 2 WBAY ABC
MADISON SUN 11/27/20051:00PM 15 WMTV NBC
LA CRSS-EAU CLR SUN 12/11/20051:00PM 23 KQEG UPN
WAUSAU-RHINELDR SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 9 WAOW ABC

WEST VIRGINIA

CLARKSBURG-WSTN SAT 11/26/20052:00PM 46 WVFX FOX
WYOMING
CHEY-SCTTS SUN 12/11/20054:00PM 13 KCHY NBC
CASPER-RIVERTON SUN 12/18/20051:00PM 13 KCWY NBC

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