Brooklyn Hands Mum Victoria Fashion Award
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- 10 Nov 2020
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Victoria Beckham, Caitlyn Jenner and Reese Witherspoon have been honoured at an awards ceremony celebrating women.
Designer Beckham was given the Fashion Force award by her son Brooklyn at the Glamour Women of the Year awards in New York.
She was introduced to the stage with a video clip from her four children and husband, David Beckham.
She was also honoured for her work in AIDS education and prevention.
"I love what I do," Beckham said.
She added that with her fashion, she aimed to make women feel "like the best version of themselves".
Jenner, who was named Woman of the Year, told the crowd at Carnegie Hall that the six months since she came out as a woman have been "the most eye-opening experience of my life".
She said before she transitioned to a woman, she stayed at home most of the time, feeling alone.
"Now I actually like going out, and I like being myself," she said.
Jenner added: "I'm very happy to be living on the other side."
She described going through "many, many years of isolation" before coming out.
"And I came to the conclusion that, you know what? Maybe this is why God put me on this earth, to tell my story ... and maybe make a difference in the world.
"What a great opportunity in life to have."
Misty Copeland, who became the first female African-American principal at American Ballet Theatre in June, thanked Glamour "for honouring a black ballerina".
To the young girls seated in the balcony from various schools and girls' clubs, she said, "We're trying to set the best example for you."
Witherspoon gave the final speech of the night, speaking passionately about female ambition.
"I believe ambition is not a dirty word," she said.
The Oscar winner co-founded a production company, Pacific Standard, which aims to make films featuring strong female lead roles - "not the wife or the girlfriend, but the lead," she said - as a way to fight the gender gap in Hollywood.
The company's films Wild and Gone Girl earned Oscar nominations for Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Rosamund Pike.
The annual ceremony mixes high-profile celebrities with lesser known names, and this year the award winners included five women touched by the South Carolina church massacre.
Alana Simmons, Nadine Collier, Bethane Middleton-Brown, Felicia Sanders and Polly Sheppard were lauded in the aftermath as The Peacemakers of Charleston.
