Watch Every Moment from Glamour's 2023 Women of the Year Event

[upbeat music]

Hi everyone. We are at Glamour Women of the Year.

This is the red carpet.

My name is Ubah.

Hi. And I'm Brynn.

Welcome. Welcome.

We are so excited to be here.

I mean.

Fit check.

Brynn.

Yes. Can you turn around?

We'll do a small twirl. A little twirl.

Oh my God.

Not a twerk, a twirl. [Ubah laughing]

We're classy here today.

We're not in Vegas anymore, Ubah.

No, no, no.

I know, I know. We're not in Vegas.

Whatever happened in Vegas stayed in Vegas,

except, Brynn.

No. Including my shoes.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

We wanna know, how did you get here?

Did you take the elevator, stairs?

I'm boycotting escalators.

Uh huh.

We're gonna go old school.

We're only gonna do stairs or an elevator.

No more escalator.

P.S.A. No more escalators.

Baby, tell me-

So you took the stairs.

Yes. Tell me what you're wearing tonight.

So, I'm wearing today Et Ochs.

As we know, we were all supposed to wear women designers.

Honoring women designers tonight.

As well as all of our women honorees.

Yes. Here at the Glamour Women of the Year Award.

Guys, I can't believe how we got this job,

but we are here live with you guys.

Don't tell. We actually snuck in here.

We're not supposed to be here right now.

There's a lot of women, amazing, just change makers

and amazing, amazing activists and advocates.

Everyone is here tonight.

You are going to wanna stay tuned

and we're just excited to bring you along.

Do not change that, like what are they watching from?

YouTube channel.

The YouTube channel. They're in Glamour.

Don't change your cruise control. Your control cruise.

Whatever you're watching us from, please,

make sure you have your snack, your water, everything.

[Brynn laughing]

We're gonna get you inside for the first time.

They have never done this.

Yes.

So we actually snuck in here to do this for you guys.

And you can sneak in with us and meet everyone.

It's gonna be an amazing, fabulous night.

Yeah.

We are very, very grateful to be here.

And we are gonna be here for one hour.

So please put your phone in airplane mode and yeah.

Stay here with us.

Brynn.

Yes, my love.

Can you imagine? Please pinch me.

Please pinch me.

I'm not gonna pinch your bum.

My English teacher- I'm gonna pinch up here.

Will be so proud that I'm here today.

Baby, your English teacher!

I mean, I think I got D minus.

No, you didn't. You're gonna get an A plus tonight.

Tonight I think I'm gonna get an A plus.

I give you an A plus.

You in your own right are amazing.

This one, she's a little humble queen,

but she's a philanthropist

and an entrepreneur in her own right.

Amazing woman.

Look who's talking. My lawyer.

As I tell you, I don't do any contract

without talking to Brynn.

Personal injury.

I'm gonna represent myself and my shoe gate.

[Ubah laughing]

Those shoes, Brynn.

[Brynn laughing]

Well you know what, thank God you took your feet out.

I know, yeah.

Okay, I stepped out perfectly.

I thought that they felt stuck, I could feel it,

so I just stepped out automatically.

[Ubah laughing]

I still have my toes. I still have my toes.

A little Brynnderella moment never hurt anybody.

Brynn, I think I see-

You spy with your little eye?

Sam, yeah.

[Brynn gasping]

The woman of the year. Ladies and gentlemen.

We have the editor in chief of Glamour Magazine herself,

Sam Barry, get over here.

[Sam] Sam! Good to see you!

My fellow [indistinct] resident redhead.

How are you guys?

Hello.

Did we like, did we color coordinate?

I feel like we did, right?

This is all women designers

and black white was the thing.

Yeah. Who designed yours?

My dress is by an amazing Mexican American

designer called Alexa Maria.

She's based in California, born in Mexico.

[Brynn] Amazing.

And I have a change for the after party too,

but this is my look.

[Brynn] Ooh!

But here, this is the back of it.

[Brynn] Okay, let's do the twirl.

[Ubah] Oh my God!

Ooh we love. Girl, you look like

a present with those bows.

Please show the view of the back.

Show view of your back. Okay, I'm polka dot Barbie.

Polka dot Barbie. We love it.

[Ubah] We love it. Oh my God.

[Brynn] Okay, so Sam, as the editor in chief,

can you tell us a little bit more about

this amazing, amazing event?

I mean, how do you even pick the women

that are gonna be here tonight?

Can you tell us, everyone at home a little bit more,

like what's behind the carpet?

So we've been doing Women of the Year for 33 years.

The first Women of the Year was in 1990.

Madonna was one of the original Women of the Year in 1990.

[Brynn sighs]

And I think it's such, it's steeped

in the tradition of Glamour.

It's everything we do,

which is celebrate women, honor women.

And every year, it takes us a while

to pick who these women are.

We get together with the Glamour team.

We get together with a Glamour team globally.

And we also have an amazing advisory board.

You'll meet a lot of them on the carpet tonight.

They're made up of previous Women of the Year.

They're made up of the women at the top of their field.

And they come together maybe four times a year.

And they help us pick who we should be honoring and.

So earlier today you told us, I asked you

when are you gonna plan the next one?

Is it six months?

You say the minute you wrap this one, you're starting plan.

Do you know what's interesting?

Actually, at nights like this we get a lot of people

that come up to us afterwards and they say,

This was an amazing event,

I want you to know about this woman.

[Brynn] Right.

And so as I'm leaving this party, I guarantee you.

[Brynn] We're recruiting. Yes.

Did you hear that everybody?

We are recruiting next year's honorees and attendees, so.

I think she might be looking at them.

Ah. This one over here.

You know, we'll do a lot of charity,

we just have to do a lot of charity.

We have to help a lot.

Yeah.

For the whole year, right?

Um, yeah.

I'm gonna get the cheat sheet. We'll be doing that.

Well.

Today, how did you do to prepare with this?

Like since everyone is here, you are the host.

Well I saw you earlier when I was in my sweatpants.

We were all in sweatpants earlier.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Don't be fooled by the glam.

I was in my sweatpants. Yeah, exactly.

Yeah. Yeah.

So I have an amazing glam team.

The Charlotte Tasman from Charlotte Tilbury's team.

[Ubah] Oh, I love. Amazing, I love.

And Helen, who is a female entrepreneur

and owns Act and Acre, she did my hair.

And I think it's just so-

Amazing stylist.

We have the same stylist, Andrew.

[Brynn] That's why we look like twinsies.

Exactly. Twinsies.

And I think again, it's the process.

This is the biggest night for me.

It's the biggest night for Glamour.

We want to look and feel the best

and we wanna promote women. So I think-

[Brynn] Thank you.

Encouraging everybody to come down the red carpet

and wear women led designers was important to us.

It's amazing. Well, biggest night for us as well.

I'm so excited.

And I think you need to get inside.

Yes.

'Cause you're a very important lady here.

I'm hosting.

You're hosting.

You're very important.

You're two livestream hosts. This is great.

I mean, thank you so much for having us.

Thank you.

Thank you, thank you. Thank you, thank you.

We will never forget this moment.

Thank you.

And yeah, we're here at Glamour Women of the year.

Amazing. Good to see you guys.

Yeah. Thanks Sammy, thank you!

Bye.

Guys, this is like a-

How cool is that? That you just get to stand-

Never growing up in Indiana, did I think I'm gonna get

to talk to the editor in chief of Glamour Magazine.

And not only in any place, this is Lincoln Center.

Right. Absolutely amazing.

I mean, one of the most iconic building.

Yes.

I was like, do they gonna have like our-

Yeah.

Oh my God, I'm seeing Michelle. Michelle Buteau is coming.

Wait, wait.

Okay, wait, wait.

Guys. Michelle my belle.

We got. Hi girl!

What up?

[both making kissing sounds]

Love it.

Oh my God.

Oh my, how are you?

What in the girl [indistinct] would never happened.

Hey freckles. Hey freckles matching.

Okay, can I just say on behalf of all single gals

in their thirties, thank you for giving us a voice.

Your memoirs, all your work.

When I watch it and read it, I cry, I laugh.

Aw. Everything.

Truly, it's truly like watching it just resonates.

Thank you.

The honesty that comes out of you.

I'm like, that's me.

I'm like, that's me. That's me.

Okay, so you are the hostess with the mostess.

This is the hostess tonight. Yes.

Hostess with the mostess.

And she got a cute face and a banging bod. Okay.

Don't worry about it.

[Brynn] Don't worry about it. We're doing it.

But serious note, the work that you've done

in this state of New York to legalize surrogacy.

Can we just talk about that for a second?

I mean, it's profound.

So more than a cute face and a banging body.

Seriously, the work.

Can you tell us a little bit more about that

in the audience at home?

Sure. So I welcomed my twins Hazel and Otis via surrogacy.

I had a rough go of it for five years.

You know, your body is like your car.

Stay with me now.

You never know how much you need to maintain things

and what's gonna go wrong unless it does go wrong.

And so when I realized, you know, my body can't do this,

I really thought that my country would help me,

that healthcare would be there for me.

And you know when you find out that,

not only is surrogacy not legal in New York

and other states, you know.

[Ubah] How-

It's not covered by insurance.

And so I don't know why, it feels like you

have to be punished in order to want a family

through alternative family planning.

But you know, through Andy Cohen's help,

we lobbied and marched and stomped in Albany.

And now gestational surrogacy is legal.

And so yeah, I want everybody

to have a chance to have a family.

If that's what you want, I want that for you.

Michelle, Michelle, I have a question right now.

Can we have questions right now

or is this the Glamour Awards-

We're [indistinct] girl, let's go!

I have a question. You are so confident.

Look, you are doing these kind of things,

like advocating, like- Yeah.

Surrogacy and all these things.

You are funny in a stage,

what advice would you give a 15 year old

who is shy and timid, a woman?

Not to put you on the spot right there.

Oh my goodness! I am so sorry.

Make it good. They're watching.

I know, that's okay. Yeah.

I mean like-

Because a woman like you,

it's like we need to study people like you.

Yeah.

Were you always like this?

No, I was a shy, insecure, 15 year old,

because, you know, that's how society raised me to be.

[Brynn] Yes. Yes.

And so for me, I would love to tell any 15 year old

boy, girl or non-binary royalty, you know, you matter.

Your voice matters.

People will try to tell you that you're annoying.

You're not.

Whatever you get made fun of, that's your special gift.

That's your special sauce.

[Ubah] Ooh, I like that.

[Brynn] I'm gonna cry.

Yeah, and don't tell yourself no

before someone tells you no.

Before we even put ourself out there,

whether it's dating, whether it's a job you want.

Hi Amber.

Whether it's, whatever it is

you want to do, just do it.

'Cause so many basic people love themse-

[Ubah] As long as you're a good human being.

As long as you're a good person and you tip well

and you wash under your fingernails.

[Brynn and Ubah laughing]

Okay. I love that.

We love that so much. We love that.

Michelle.

We can't wait to see you in the stage.

[Brynn and Ubah laughing]

Can we go low? Can we go low?

Oh my God.

Yeah. There you go.

No music.

[Brynn laughing]

You guys don't drug test here, so here we are.

Hey.

[Ubah laughing]

Thank you so much, my love.

I'm just, we're so excited. Thank you so much.

Oh my God.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh, I see Geena!

Oh my God! This one. Oh my God.

Bye.

You guys.

Guys, one of the honorees is here.

Yes. Geena. Geena.

My love, my triumph, my Horse Barbie.

[Brynn making kissing sounds]

Yes, Horse Barbie.

We love, obsessed.

Obsessed with the book, it's just your story.

Can we just take a minute here?

Your story from being, growing Philippines, pageant queen,

fashion model icon, I mean author, everything.

Everything in between. Your story is just truly magic.

Triumphant.

Can you tell us a little bit more about

everything that you're doing, advocacy and whatnot,

and just what you're feeling right now, being here tonight?

Oh, I feel so amazing right now.

Glamour Women of the Year!

Girl, you got it!

[Ubah] You deserve.

I mean, it's such a big year, you know,

releasing my memoir, Horse Barbie.

[Brynn] Yes.

And to really share my story growing up

in the Philippines, to moving to America, you know,

as a young trans person dreaming about

what was possible for me and to actually be here.

[Ubah] I mean, you're a trailblazer,

because you had no one to look up to.

Yeah. And that's the importance of representation, right?

I mean to do that and to explore that

and to share that story from my

[Brynn] Yes. Yes.

[Ubah] Own point of view. Point of view.

It was so, so, so important.

[Ubah] Yeah.

[Brynn] And if you haven't seen it, the Ted Talk

that broke all, broke the mold for Ted Talk.

I mean, beautiful.

What was that? 2014?

It was 2014. So authentic.

I shake when I watch it. You have to watch it.

Yeah.

YouTube it. So what else are you feeling?

You're here tonight, is there anyone else,

a fellow honoree or anyone that you're excited to meet?

Yeah, you know, I'm excited to see America Ferrera.

I haven't seen her in a while.

You know, we're good friends.

You know, she's also, I have to say,

talking about like supporting women.

She's been a big, big support in my journey.

[Brynn] Yes.

I remember when she launched an initiative

called Harness, which is combining activism

and Hollywood, and as a storyteller

and someone who's been in the front lines.

[Ubah] I mean, she really took purpose

to like another level. Celebrate it.

You know, the advocacy of trans people.

[Ubah] Yeah.

And then when I released my book Horse Barbie,

she's one of the first person that truly supported that.

So I really appreciate that.

[Ubah] Glamour was the first people to interview on that.

Yes. That's-

And follow up, right? Ted Talk.

I mean, you mentioned Ted talk.

Yeah. I mean like, when-

Was Glamour first?

When that Ted Talk went viral, that's been viewed

close to 5 million times, translated in 32 languages.

[Brynn] Yeah.

You know, something simple like that.

Here's my question.

So just not a big deal. Not a big deal.

Here's my question.

Your book Horse Barbie.

Uh huh.

It's very explanatory.

But like quick second to tell us,

how did you land with that title?

Title.

'Cause I'm sure you had many.

I will, of course.

No, Horse Barbie, because growing up in the Philippines,

when I started competing in trans beauty pageants

when I was 15, I reached the top

of that very competitive world so quick.

And you could imagine the jealous girls around.

You could imagine you know, everywhere, the fans

and every, all the entourage, right?

[Brynn] Yeah.

In the Philippines, they started calling me like,

I look like a horse, as a derogatory thing

to distract me, right?

[Brynn] Sure.

[Ubah] But they are majestic.

[Ubah] Exactly. Horses are majestic.

And before I knew that.

[Ubah] Yeah.

But then one day my trans pageant manager Tiger Lily,

who's very instrumental in my life, she saw me on stage

and she said, you know what, you actually look like

a Horse Barbie on stage.

So it's a reclamation of that.

I mean, I'm gonna go farther and even say

Unicorn Barbie, 'cause baby, you have it all.

You are magic.

We are so excited to have you here.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Thank you so much.

We're gonna say congratulations in advance.

And we can't wait to see you tonight. We're coming inside.

Yeah. We're gonna come inside and party with you.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, lovely. Thank you.

Congratulations tonight.

Thank you. Gorgeous. Thank you.

[Brynn] Yeah.

Okay, next up we have a very familiar face.

The one, the only, an idol to us.

Miss Kenya Moore. Get over here!

I mean. Get over here!

Kenya! You got a fan club, baby.

You have a-

You guys are my babies. Hi!

I know, we are.

You are, this is mother.

[Kenya laughing]

The mother of mother.

Please show our viewer what you're wearing tonight.

Oh yes. Honey

Please. Twirl a little.

Yes. Twirl a little.

Twirl a little. Twirl. Twirl.

Yes.

Straight from Vegas.

I might have said earlier that I'm gone with the wind fam.

I might've said I'm gone with the wind fabulous earlier.

Oh, you did?

You know, it's a little bit gone with the wind.

Yes! You guys look so beautiful.

I'm so proud to see you here.

We love you so, so, so much.

Thank you.

Saw her in Vegas. Guys, we were with her.

Yes. She gave me a ride.

Bravo Con was amazing. Yes. And-

You thought I wasn't gonna give you a ride, but I did.

I know, I was-

[Kenya laughing]

And then you tried to look for me to take me to Asher.

Yes!

I can't believe I missed a call to go to Asher with you.

I did. I did.

And I didn't get a chance to meet you while I was there.

I was like, oh she's-

I was too shy. I was too.

Oh come on, not everyone's shy.

So tonight, everyone is here.

Yes.

Every everyone. Yes.

If you would give, I'm trying to ask whoever I can,

especially the confident girls.

Yes. Yes.

A 15 year old you an advice.

Aww.

What would that be?

Always be your authentic self.

Never conform. Never pretend to be someone you're not.

Yeah. Just be unapologetically you all the time.

That has been the theme tonight.

Be your authentic self.

Yeah. Yes.

It's the year of that. Like, no more pretending.

We're not trying to fit in. You make your own lane.

Is Brooklyn here with you?

No, I wish she was.

We could have had a little mini me moment.

[Ubah] She just celebrated her birthday.

[Ubah] Yes. Five. Yes.

My only daughter, my only child just turned five.

[Ubah] Can you imagine?

I can't believe it.

[Ubah] You're like blushing when you're talking about her.

I know. She's so special.

I'm just, you know, it's hard to leave her

because sometimes she cries.

[Ubah] Aw.

You know, when are you coming home?

So of course, you get that little mom guilt situation.

But yeah, she's been pretty good.

Her birthday party is on Saturday, so she's happy.

[Ubah] Well you are at the Women of the Year.

I'm sure she'll understand that.

Well.

Yes. And she always tells me,

Mommy, you look so beautiful.

So, you know, coming from your child is so special to hear.

Beautiful, beautiful. And you are an icon.

We know your daughter thinks you're an icon.

We are so excited to have you tonight.

Aw. Thank you.

Thank you so much, my love.

Sorry we fangirled. Of course.

We'll see you tonight.

Yeah. We'll see you inside. We're coming in.

I will see you later. We're gonna have so much fun.

They gave us a ticket.

Yes, baby.

I love you guys. Love you. Love you.

Oh my God! Hello!

Hi! How are you?

[Maggie] So nice to see you.

So nice to see you again.

Oh my, okay. We all clean-

How has this happened?

We look a lot different than we did earlier.

We do. We look a lot different than we looked earlier.

Okay.

This outfit.

Yes, Maggie, come here for one second.

You are like av-

So you guys, we have here, come scoot by me a little bit.

We have Grammy nominated, right?

A singer songwriter. Everything, literally.

I mean, Obama put her on.

[Maggie laughing]

Oh yeah. When you make Obama's playlist.

Once you make Obama list.

You're good. You're pretty good.

I tried to get tickets to your tour, it was sold out.

So we're very excited.

You can just call me. Now you know where to find me.

[Ubah laughing]

Well, no, I'm gonna see you tonight, baby.

'Cause guess who's performing?

Tonight!

Yes, amazing.

I'm so excited to open the show.

I mean, just to be here in general.

There's so many cool ass women everywhere. It's just-

[Ubah] Which you are one of them.

Oh, tha-

[Ubah] That's why you're here, opening the show.

Back at you guys. Back at you guys.

[Ubah] No, this is amazing.

Thank you.

[Ubah] Can you tell us what you're wearing today?

I'm wearing Bode.

Emily Bode's one of my favorite female designers.

And so it was sort of an obvious

who I wanted to be wearing at this event.

[Ubah] Is this what you're gonna wear

whilst you perform tonight or you're changing?

I'm gonna wear this on stage.

[Ubah] Oh, you're gonna stay-

[Brynn] Ooh!

[Brynn laughing]

You heard it here.

Once you put, you're gonna have to take it off me.

Like pry it off me at the end.

When you look this good, you don't wanna change, baby.

There's no need.

I could wear this all.

I'm trying to wear this tomorrow to the supermarket.

[Brynn] Ah!

[Ubah] Oh my God, Maggie.

And your jewelry. Oh my God.

Oh, thank you.

It is so stunning.

I mean, these are just, thanks guys.

What was preparation today?

Like, were you nervous?

Had sound check earlier.

You know, I'm a massive Mary J. Blige fan.

Oh my God.

And so in soundcheck I saw, I'm performing

literally like five or six feet from her.

So there was a moment in soundcheck where I was like,

fu, okay, like, here we go.

Wow.

[Brynn and Maggie laughing]

Are you gonna like put a bit of Mary J, maybe a little?

Oh my God. No, no, no.

Mary J is the only one who can possibly do Mary J.

There's like one line.

Well, I think hip hop and football are totally,

that's the mashup everyone needs in 2023.

I agree. But I'm gonna let her do her thing.

I'm gonna do mine and I'm just going to bow down

and respect every inch of her.

I am nervous when she walks here.

If she comes to us, I think I'm gonna hide on Brynn's dress.

No, you're gonna crush. I'm gonna be okay.

We're all gonna do great.

We're all gonna be okay.

The kids are all right.

Everyone's got each other's back.

[Brynn] Yeah.

Oh gosh.

[Ubah] This is, we're in good company.

We're very, very happy to be here.

We didn't even believe we got this job.

I was like, Brynn!

Oh, come on!

Until we finish this, we don't know we're doing the job.

No, you guys are crushing.

Aw, thank you, my love.

No, we are very happy to be here.

Thank you so much. Thank you so much.

So thank you guys so much.

All right, have a great night.

Thank you!

Gotta say hi to the camera.

You gotta go start, you gotta get in there and start.

You're about to perform.

I know, I do have to go like-

I love that you're just chilling here

and you're about to perform.

If I had to perform, I'd probably be-

You know what the worst thing in the world

is when it's time to go and you have 10 minutes to wait

and you're just standing there like, oh God.

[Brynn laughing]

Now what?

[Brynn] Okay. Get in there, you're gonna do amazing.

All right, see you later.

Okay!

Yes. Whoops.

Scoochie over. I can't see my feet.

[upbeat music]

[Ubah] What do they do?

And we are back here at the 2023 Glamour

Women of the Year Awards red carpet.

As you can see, the carpet is on fire.

And next up, we have two amazing guests.

Oh my God. I just saw Brooke Shields.

I saw her too.

Is that what, I'm frozen.

[Ubah screams]

And I'm frozen.

Okay. We have Emira and Olivia next.

Okay. But I also see too, guys.

Come on girls!

Girl. I know, everyone's.

Yeah.

I know. Everyone's-

I think, Emira and Olivia.

You know what? Okay. You know what?

We're all freaking out, shall we just bring over?

Can we please, Brook Shields.

Just.

I'm gonna panic. Oh my God.

Oh my God. Oh my God.

[Brooke] I have to stand here, but.

Yes. Hi!

[Brooke] I can't, I wanna get closer.

Hello!

Can I give you a hug really quick?

Hello Brooke Shields!

Oh, look how beautiful you are.

We are-

We're gonna try to keep it together.

Everything. Oh my God.

You smell good. You look beautiful.

Thank you so much.

I mean, who is talking? Skin, these baby girls.

[Ubah] We're seeing ourself in you.

You are iconic.

I'm just still around. I am still around.

[Brynn] Oh, you knock it off.

[Ubah] In the best way possible.

[Brynn] Actor, advocate, podcast host,

author, documentary film producer.

I mean, you name it. She's doing it all.

Best friend.

Best friend. And mom.

Mother of two teen girls.

Mom of two gorgeous teen girls.

We were talking about this earlier

and we wanna know what, you are raising two teen girls

and there's so many of the audience watching today.

What advice would you give to your teen girls

or even to 15 year old Brooke?

Oh gosh, listen.

We want them to see you.

Oh God, I'm sorry.

I thought the X was this way.

I take the orders very well.

[Ubah] No, they're over there. Our viewer is there.

I do what I'm told to do. All right.

Listen. Listen to your kids.

And talk to them.

I mean, I think everybody talked to me when I was your age,

but I don't think anybody listened to me.

Yeah.

So I think that that's the, you have to have

the confidence to be able to speak what you need

and your truth so that someone will hear you.

[Brynn] Yeah and don't talk-

And that wasn't in my generation.

See, me too.

Don't talk at them.

Right? Talk to them and listen.

I get most of my information if I'm driving,

and I don't drive very well or cook very well,

but when I'm driving, as long as I don't make eye contact

with my children, it's like being in the wild.

They don't get nervous and they don't wanna attack me.

And then they start talking

and then I start getting information.

So get a car even if you're in the city and just

drive around, 'cause you'll get information from them.

[Ubah] So Brynn and I are not mothers yet

and we really want to be moms.

Oh, you will. If you want to, you will.

Thank you. But get ready.

Get ready. That's what I wanna say, it's a lot of work.

It's not just a lot of work.

Like if people, yeah it's a lot of work.

But you know hard work, you know hard work.

We all know hard work. That's not the issue.

The issue is just that they're there forever.

[Ubah] Yeah.

[Ubah laughing]

And they're your children-

And you worry for them, you never stop the worrying.

Never. No. Now my daughter's away.

Yeah.

My other one's going to college

and now they're just big kids, big problems.

Yeah. I am sure they're not-

That's what I heard, like with your mom,

you will never grow.

They never stop worry. Ever, ever, ever.

Well we know that they're not worried about you,

because you are being honored.

You are an icon and a legend

and just your daughters look up to you.

But everyone, I mean, I think it's safe to say

every single woman in the world looks up to you.

You're just so amazing.

And your documentary and everything, your book.

So inspirational, so incredible. Thank you for that.

Is there anything that you, anyone aside from,

you know, any other honoree that you're excited?

You said your best friend.

Oh no.

I see your best friend over there.

Well, my bestie is over there. But you know what?

Every single honoree in past years, in this year,

it's just, I'm so, I'm giddy to be up in their company.

I mean they are such necessary and valuable women.

And just to, if you had told me this when I was 15,

when I was first on the cover of Glamour,

that I would one day be here at 58.

I would not have even, I would've thought

you were speaking a different language.

God plan. God plan.

When God has plan, nobody can stand.

Exactly.

Yes. God plans.

We are so excited to see you tonight.

Well done, ladies.

You've done a brilliant job.

This is not an easy thing to do. And thank you.

No, thank you, my love. Thank you.

And we have a ticket to come inside, so we'll see you.

Well that's good.

I'll see you in there then.

Yeah, yeah.

We'll have a toast.

Amazing. Thank you, love.

Thank you. Bye. Bye.

Take care.

Oh my God. Brynn.

How am I supposed to carry on, 'cause this is crazy.

Can you imagine?

Like this is-

By the way guys, she is stunning.

She's beautiful.

Stunning.

How do you- I couldn't speak.

Her eyes are like-

It's just the energy too. Jewelry.

Like I just want her to be my mom. Is that creepy?

She's incredible. By the way, did you see her body?

Did you see how she looked?

Yadi yadi.

She is-

But she's so lovely and kind.

You know, it's one thing you see people,

which I've never met her before.

Yeah. Yeah.

To see people in TV or movies or magazines.

You're like, oh, she's pretty and interesting.

But like that, in person you meet them

and they just feel larger than life.

She feels like an icon.

So I guess it makes sense that she's being honored tonight.

Guys, that was Brooke Shields!

Like, I can't. I just cannot.

We have to stop freaking out after we see everybody.

[Brynn laughing]

You gotta be here to believe.

Yeah. Seriously.

But you are here. You are here. Okay.

Next year, you gotta make sure you,

one of you getting the Glamour Women of the Year.

[Brynn laughing]

'Cause we're gonna do our best.

Amazing. Yes.

What are you wearing?

What shoes do you have on today?

Not the Vegas one.

Stop rubbing my shoes in my face. Okay.

It's that iconic.

I see, we have some gorgeous.

Come here, gorgeous. Gorgeous girl.

Hello. Now they're here.

That cutout! Hi!

Oh my gosh. Hi!

I just saw you a week ago. How are you?

[Brynn making kissing sounds]

Good to see you again.

As always. God.

Giving, giving, giving.

It's just so great to see your energy all the time.

Can you please show our viewer, what do you guys have on.

Let me help you with this.

Oh, I'm stuck around here. Sorry.

Get the train. Fix the train.

Best friend shoes.

I mean, beyond.

I feel like the height we all have too.

After this we-

I feel short right now. I'm like, what's going on?

After this, we could always do like a volleyball

intermural team, does Glamour have an intermural team?

We can just do volleyball, basketball.

We should try out. We should try out.

I'm just gonna stick of like standing pretty.

We have college Women of the Year here too.

We can just all form a team.

Yeah. We'll join the team. We'll join the team.

[Brynn] It'll be great.

[Ubah] Stunning. Who like, what are you guys wearing?

You wanna start?

Yes, I'm wearing Marchesa.

Mrs. Marchesa. Stunning, gorgeous.

We love feathers, crystals, diamonds.

[Brynn] Yes. It's beautiful.

Yes.

I'm wearing LaQuan Smith.

LaQuan Smith. You can tell that from a mile away.

I know, I was thinking, I was like, wait,

who am I wearing? Who am I wearing?

And I looked down and I was like, wait, babe, it's obvious.

[Brynn] You just have to look down and remember,

you're like, oop that's LaQuan.

I knew that's LaQuan. It's stunning.

No 100%. What are you guys wearing?

Elizabeth Kennedy.

I'm wearing Et Ochs.

We love it. Yeah.

We love to see it.

Is there-

Women designers.

Yes. Is there anyone in particular that you guys,

this is gonna be like a room jam packed full of icons.

Is there anyone that you particularly have your eye on

that you saw in this gorgeous line?

I see a lot of faces.

This is unbelievable.

Anyone you're particularly excited to meet tonight?

Any specific icon?

I'm lesbian, so this is like a perfect

dating pool for me, to be honest.

What about you?

Honestly for me, I think I'm really excited

to be surrounded with so many incredible women,

but Lauren Sanchez is behind me

and I think she's a literal legend.

We follow each other on Instagram

and I can't wait to say hi to her.

I love that.

[Brynn] We love it. We love it. We love it.

Okay. And outside as well, who inspires you

or who inspired you growing up?

Wow. Josephine Skriver and Alexis Ren.

Yes.

That's a good one.

Those are like the reason why I literally

wanted to become a model.

So now I'm here. Oh my God.

Well there you go, now you're here.

I think for me, it would be my mom.

I think she's like the most

incredible woman I've ever known.

[Ubah] Don't make me start crying.

She's the it girl. We love her

[Ubah] You mention a mom.

Yes.

I love that you just called your mom an it girl.

She is an it girl.

Let's make that normal, calling moms it girls.

Genius. Absolutely genius.

Nine months in their stomach. They are it girl.

True. Yeah.

You share rent free for nine months.

You guys look stunning, stunning.

Amazing, you guys.

We're coming inside.

Yeah, we're coming in. We're gonna see you inside.

Please save us a chair.

Thank you guys so much. Amazing.

You too guys, bye.

Bye, bye, bye.

Bye! Yeah.

Ru is here.

Okay, next up you guys.

We have Glamour editor, Ru. Come here.

And Ru is with the College Women of the Year.

Oh my gosh, Ru.

I know! It's so exciting.

So exciting. So exciting. So happy to see you!

Thank you! Happy to be here.

You look fantastic.

We're all in our black and white. It's incredible.

I know. Very business today.

We love it.

Thank you, I know.

I'm like a suit girl. So I have to do this.

[Ubah] Love the bit of Beyonce, she has diamonds all over.

Renaissance era.

[Brynn] So wait, before we bring out these

Yes.

[Brynn] Amazing, amazing rock stars,

can you tell us a little bit about

the College Women of the Year?

Absolutely. So College Women of the Year,

we've been doing for 60 plus years.

It's our way of recognizing

the next generation of women, right?

So the game changers, the youth.

And so this year we decided why not

celebrate women in sports, right?

[Brynn] Yes!

So we are honoring college athletes this year

and it's an incredible moment to also recognize

our college honoraries that are here today.

[Brynn] Well, amazing.

Well, I can't even play tennis so I'm gonna exit

stage left and I'm gonna let you bring up

these amazing, amazing athletes.

[Ru] Thank you, Brynn.

Hi!

[Ru] Hi, hi, hi!

So we are here with our College Women of the Year honorees.

We have Lydia Jacoby, we have Britton Wilson,

we have Sydney Moore, and we have Riley McCusker.

Ladies, how are y'all feeling today?

Good. So good.

[Ru] Yeah?

So I'm gonna ask y'all a couple fun questions.

Let's start you off with Britton.

Britton, tell me a little bit about

what is the song that pumps you up before a game?

Anything Ariana Grande.

Ah, okay. Ariana Grande.

Lydia, tell me a little bit about what's the music

that pumps you up for let's say college.

Let's just talk college in general.

College. I've been listening

to a lot of Noah Kahan lately.

I just went to ACL in Austin, so that was a lot of fun.

Got to see him live.

[Ru] Okay. I love that.

And Sydney, tell me who is the woman that inspires you?

Probably like my mom and my nana.

Maybe it's a tie.

They're both just really strong women

and we have such a close relationship,

so I'm always so inspired by them.

I love that. And Riley, one question for you is,

what are you most excited about this evening?

I'm just excited to be here with all these

incredible ladies and I'm just so inspired by all of them,

so it's great to be around them tonight.

I love that. And I guess another question for y'all

sports specific, talk about what is the, in as little words

as you can put it, but like as a phrase,

what's the one thing that you want the world

to know about why recognizing, celebrating

women in sports is important to you?

So let's start you off.

Okay. Hard question, but I mean, there's so many reasons.

I think that women have been very underestimated in sports.

So it's incredible to be here tonight to kind

of pump up women in sports and show

what we can really be capable of.

[Ru] Absolutely.

And we're celebrating and pumping you all up.

[Lydia] Oh yeah.

Yeah, absolutely bouncing off of what she said,

I think we work really hard and we go through a lot

that people don't see, and we have to do stuff

that men don't have to deal with, like periods

and having babies and just a ton of stuff

that makes being a woman and athlete so much harder.

So it's great to honor that and express how hard we work.

[Ru] Keeping it real is one thing too.

Yeah.

I think confidence.

There's so many good things that come from playing sports,

and confidence is one of them, no matter how long

you play or how good you are at your sport.

So that's something I'm happy to celebrate today.

Incredible. And Riley.

I think it's so important to celebrate female athletes

and just acknowledge all the hard work

that they put into their sport and really just being able

to have them express their selves

and their individuality through their sport.

[Ru] I love that. And thank you all so much.

We're so excited to be celebrating you all today

and I hope you all have a lovely evening.

Thank you.

[Ru] Thank you.

[gentle music]

[upbeat music]

Hello. Welcome back to the 2023 Glamour Women of the Year.

Next up, we have an extraordinary special guest,

one of our honorees who is getting our daring award.

We're so excited to bring over Selma Blair.

Hello!

Hello. How are you?

I am very well.

This is exciting, to be out at such a big event.

I mean, this is so exci-

I was looking for Scout, didn't see Scout.

I know. This is really one of my first times

away from my service dog.

And I was like, okay, I have enough people watching me.

I have my cane. I'm okay.

But I really miss him.

But I thought I'd give the women a break,

and we wouldn't get some dog hair on all our dresses.

Well we were gonna let him get on our dress.

Actually no one would do anything.

Yeah.

Everyone's just gonna be like, you know.

Right.

You know when there's a dog around,

nobody's seeing anybody.

I know, it's true. He always steals the focus.

Aw. Well Selma, you're an actress, advocate,

and what you have done, truly, oh author, amazing.

What you have done.

I mean, everything that you've done

as far as awareness and advocacy for disabilities.

Thank you. Right.

And it's not just the 61 million Americans,

disabled Americans.

What you have done has truly touched

and opened the eyes and hearts of all Americans.

It feels so good that something could be

relatively effortless when you are supported.

[Brynn] Yeah.

And I really was supported by the disability community

from the get go, which is such an unusual feeling

because you know, always we're kind of have to like

pay our dues and it's like, no,

you've paid your dues your whole life.

And it was really the women that came before me,

and they're actually on my sweater this evening,

[Brynn] Wait!

So they're still with me.

[Brynn] Oh, Alice, Maria, Judy.

[Ubah] Keely.

Judy Heumann, who is the disability rights,

really started the ADA and the rehab acts.

ADA, the American Disabilities Act.

You got Judy Heumann.

You wanna just turn around to show off?

[Brynn] Turn this way.

And I'm gonna hold the mic for you.

[Selma] Okay. So there's Judy Heumann,

who passed away this past year, but means so much

and really the organizer and champion of it all.

And Sinead Burke, who I was actually on the British Vogue

covers with for the disability issues.

And she's an amazing, amazing voice,

and fashionista and tilting the lens.

And Alice Wong and Keely Cat-Wells,

and Andraea LaVant, who's been my consultant,

and she has LaVant consulting.

There's so many avenues that I did not know,

that were open to me and so many people,

to really keep this ball rolling and create new advantages.

But Selma, you have to be so proud of you.

Ah.

Because most of the time as human, when we have, you know,

hardship in our life, some of us just fold.

Yes. Right?

You didn't. You went-

Mm-mm. Mm-mm.

Mm-mm.

I think when I spent so many years really unhappy

and knowing that my body wasn't right

and never being validated, that was much worse

for me than getting a diagnosis.

Even if it meant bigger treatments

and things that I still undergo for the rest of my life.

Having the validation and then realizing

I could be a comfort or part of a voice for the community

or you know, a touchstone or my interest

in the clothes with Isaac and QVC.

Like just bringing it to a bigger audience that,

you know, I wasn't as aware of before my own diagnosis.

We salute you. We salute you.

Thank you.

Your story is just resiliency, triumph.

Coming out-

Advocacy for all of us.

'Cause we're all bound to be disabled at one point.

Yes. That's the truth.

To care for each other.

Yes. Yes.

You know, that's really it.

It's so humbling experience, like-

Oh no, thank you so much.

Selma, thank you so much.

We're grateful that you step up.

And please give Scout extra treats for us tonight.

Oh, I will, I will. I miss him.

Amazing. [laughs]

We do too. Thank you.

Bye Selma. Selma Blair.

Congratulations.

It's like I'm like getting weak.

Okay. That was Selma Blair.

For her to take her pain.

It's beautiful.

And change it and make something.

It's literally a story of resilience.

It's exactly what this event means tonight.

Look at that dress, Sophia.

I see gorgeous AnnaSophia. Get over here, baby.

I mean, this is the best.

Thank you! Oh my goodness. Thank you, my love.

It's so nice to meet both of you in real life.

I mean, you are the quadruple threat.

We got actress, model, singer. You do it all.

You do it all. How do you do it?

What inspires you? What empowers you?

Before you ask that, I'm just,

do you wanna switch the outfit?

[AnnaSophia laughing]

Because this, I've never seen. It is stunning.

You know, I've never worn a train before,

but I figured it's Glamour. It's women-

[Ubah] I mean, if you wanna wear a train.

[Brynn] It's Glamour.

[AnnaSophia] We gotta do the Glamour.

[Brynn] Wanna wear the next Glamour.

Yeah, it's Emilia Wickstead and I love her.

And the fact that it's not wrinkled,

I don't know who is taking care of this.

This is amazing.

I laid down in the, I was like, don't move.

That's what sprinter vans are for.

Okay. Who are you? You are such an inspiration.

Who inspires you?

Who inspires me?

Can you face this way so they can see you?

Yes. So sorry. So sorry.

Hello. Yes.

I am an actor and I know where cameras go.

[Brynn] And camera.

Hello!

[Ubah] You see them, you see them.

I'd say all of the women here.

I mean Selma Blair is, I've watched her forever.

[Ubah] Can you imagine?

And she's such a striking woman and she is so vocal

and powerful and holds herself with such grace.

And I think like this event is so lovely.

Like the energy, everyone seems very calm.

And it's a celebration of like women and empowerment.

It's a celebration!

Everyone is so accomplished.

I feel like I wanna go home and run a marathon.

Raquel Willis. I just saw her and I love her.

I see her at events and it was like,

we're just chit chatting in line.

[Brynn] Right.

Yeah, it's really tremendous to be surrounded

by so many fabulous women.

[Ubah] We don't wanna hold you.

Yes. I don't wanna hold you.

No, no. We don't wanna hold you,

because you should see how many people already passed.

[laughs] Okay.

We adore you and we cannot-

Please, we are coming inside.

I don't know what they were thinking

to give us a job and a seat over there.

[AnnaSophia laughing]

But we're coming inside.

Okay. See you soon.

Thank you so much.

Bye.

You look stunning.

Thank you. So do you.

I want this skirt. Hi!

I love a dramatic skirt. Oh my God.

Malin. Hi!

Oh my, how are you?

[Malin] You know what the last- Good, how are you?

You know, the last time, actually I was

at your house swimming in your pool.

What?

With Shannon. Like a little- Oh my God.

Years ago. I was like, the last time

was I was at your house and I think I jumped

into the pool and it was kind of shallow.

Off the deck? Yeah.

Off the deck. I jumped off the deck into your pool.

How have you been?

I'm good. How are you?

Amazing. So great to see you.

So. Welcome.

Thank you. It's so great to be here.

You are a vision. A vision.

[Malin laughing]

Thank you.

So I have a little tiny small business.

Okay.

And I know a little thing about you.

Oh.

You support international business?

Yes. Yes.

Opportunity for Africa?

Can you tell us a little bit about that?

Opportunity International. In Africa?

Yes. It's all over the world.

All of my insight trips have been to Africa,

and Nicaragua as well.

But it is a wonderful organization that supports

mainly women, and helping them with

small businesses and micro loans.

And they are wonderful because they also

give you business acumen.

They give you business courses.

So they actually get to learn

how to operate small businesses.

I mean, you're teaching people to fish the fish.

I mean, I'm helping to bring it to the world,

but I'm not teaching them.

I'm sorry. Your middle name is Philanthropy.

LA Mission.

And when I lived in LA, you were on every baby tip,

you're on every board, everything.

You are, philanthropy is literally your middle name.

Like, what is your latest org or thing?

Please plug one of them.

'Cause you're in so many and it's amazing how you

so selflessly give your time and your energy.

Well, my main mission in life is really mental health.

[Brynn] Yes.

And mainly for children.

And on our sleeves is a new organization

that I've been working with to bring attention

to mental health, especially for children,

because they don't tend to wear

their heart on their sleeves.

We don't know what they're thinking.

And so we need to start conversations with them.

And on their website, they really share

all these conversation starters

that you can start with your children.

They have curriculums for, you know,

teachers and mentors alike,

that can help you start conversations.

But it's just a wonderful organization and I'm always-

You must go to bed feeling very happy.

[Malin laughing]

Knowing that you're doing it all.

Mental health and children. I wanna get involved.

Please tell me where to sign up.

Truly, I would absolutely love to.

I will talk to you about it, definitely.

That's very, yeah, close to me.

Okay. So I'm gonna text Shannon after this.

Tell her we said hi and that we saw you.

Thank you so much, Malin.

Thank you ladies. Have fun tonight.

Thank you so much. Enjoy tonight.

Thank you.

Enjoy this disco queen. I'm obsessed.

I will.

Thank you. Goodnight.

Amazing, amazing.

I also just want everybody's outfits.

That's what's really hard about this is like,

it's to see people, but then also I'm like,

I wanna wear that.

I mean, they're so accomplished and so beautiful

and we are just fanning them.

We don't even care what they're wearing.

I know.

I know, which is bad, 'cause we're on a red carpet.

Yes.

They're too much, like, too much accomplished.

It's amazing.

I keep. Pinch me again. But don't do it hard.

Pinching, pinching, pinching.

I'm gonna pinch you.

Again, I'm gonna pinch you here and not your bum.

And in the meantime, then I'm also gonna bring in

an amazing, amazing honoree.

Quinta, can you please come over?

Oh my God. Oh, he's got money.

Oh, he got money. Hey.

Does that get annoying when everyone says this?

We're not letting you until you twirl.

Twirl?

You gotta twirl.

You gotta show off our people.

Oh my God. That ponytail

[Brynn] Ah, amazing.

You are not playing. You didn't-

[Quinta talking indistinctly]

Amazing. Amazing.

So you are one of our honorees today.

We are so excited.

And knowing that your amazing work, I mean comedian,

actress, writer, quadruple threat.

Knowing that your mom has also inspired so much

of your work, can you tell us a little bit more about that?

My mom, a wonderful woman.

A woman of the year every year to me.

She just was incredible.

I got to watch her do her work when I was in her class,

when I was younger, when I was in kindergarten,

and then for the rest of my elementary schooling.

And she just wound up being a huge inspiration.

It was like all that information got stored

in the back of my brain somewhere.

And when it was time to make a hit TV show,

it kind of poured out.

[Ubah] It is a hit!

Well a hit it is.

And I mean, mom's inspiration resonates

with Ubah and I so very much.

Yes. [indistinct]

Yeah.

Oh, we'll start crying if we talk about it.

Okay.

Yeah, but that's the thing.

Woman of the year, every year.

I heard you choking a little and I was like,

don't do this, don't do this.

I know. I do it every time.

I have fake lashes.

You would think at this point

I wouldn't choke up about it.

But it's really sweet.

And I have some family here with me today,

my sister and my niece.

So I feel a little bit more emotional than normal,

because I have my family here to help me

celebrate this amazing honor.

Amazing. So awesome.

Well, you are an icon in and of yourself.

Can you tell us a little bit about what you're wearing?

Yes, I am Donatella Versace from head to toe.

[Ubah] Versace. You can just tell, right there.

[Brynn] I mean I saw it, but the people

at home can't see it.

I wanted people to know that it was Versace.

Donatella, because we wanted to wear a woman for this event.

Of course. Yes.

And I wanted to make sure it was a female designer.

So I'm very happy to get one of the best

and one of the most iconic.

And I'm really, I just love the dress.

We are so happy to be here with you guys.

Thank you guys. Thank you.

I don't know what we did to deserve this.

Oh, please.

But congratulations. Congrats.

You deserve every honor.

Thank you so much.

You're getting. Thank you for the show.

And thanks to all the moms out there.

Thank you moms.

Thank you people for watching the show.

[Ubah] Yeah.

Hope you'll come back soon.

Right there.

Amazing. Thank you, Quinta.

Thank you so much. Thank you so much.

We'll see you inside.

Good to see you guys!

Okay. One of the many reasons why we're here,

I think I spy with my little eye,

the 2023 Global Woman of the Year.

America Ferrera. Come, come, come!

We are so excited! We're gonna implode.

I am going to. Hi!

Hi! Nice to meet you.

I mean, what is this?

I mean, this is such a full circle moment.

You have presented, you've been a part of this

Women of the Year, year after year.

You've been a pivotal to this entire org

and now you're being honored.

This is such a full circle moment.

How does it feel?

It feels so wonderful.

I love this event.

As you mentioned, I've had a chance

to attend a couple times.

One year, I got to present Malala

her Glamour Women of the Year award.

Just little alkaloids. I mean, come on.

Incredibly monumental for me.

And it's just such an inspiring event.

I mean, getting to spend a night celebrating

badass women who are doing incredible things.

It gives you all the right feels.

And I'm very excited and really honored

to get to be one of the Women of the Year.

[Ubah] I'm gonna make you blush for a second.

[America laughing]

Your hairdresser also, I work with her, Miok.

With Miok!

She speaks so highly of you.

Aw.

Because you know, the makeup artist and the hairdresser,

they know everything.

She knows too much about me.

She loves you so much. True.

Thank you.

She say you are her easiest client.

Well, this is her work.

[Ubah] Yes, yes, yes, yes.

[Brynn] Amazing.

It's a huge testament, 'cause you guys

are so busy, busy, go, go.

And when you know, the hair and makeup

speak very highly of you, it's a testament.

We know who you are.

They're honoring you tonight.

But I just think it's about time.

Thank you.

Yes. Thanks so much.

[Brynn] Amazing. Amazing.

Okay. Well you're the guest of honor,

so maybe we should let you get inside.

Okay. [laughs]

Thank you.

Thank you so much for speaking with us.

Thank you. Thank you. Thanks so much.

Bye.

I love how we're also now bowing to people,

now we're like-

I just, I am like, I can't.

Bow, back away slowly.

I can't. Bow.

[Ubah laughing]

How do you do it? Like a Queen of England.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like this.

When you see the Queen?

Oh yeah, yeah. Just curtsy.

We are in a curtsy, we're gonna curtsy a little bit.

Huma is here.

Yes, I see.

Hello, hello! Oh my God!

I saw Mary J. Blige. Huma.

Oh my God.

Can we?

I think I'm trying to wrangle Huma in

over here because I've got, hello!

Yes you. Hi!

Hello. Lovely to see you. Lovely to see you.

Hi, my love. Nice seeing you.

This is your thing. We want you to say hi to our fan.

Hello everybody. Good evening.

What an amazing night to be celebrating.

Great. And so, who are you?

Is there anyone here that you're most

looking forward to meeting tonight?

You are an icon in your own right and amazing advocacy,

everything that you work on.

Is there anyone here in particular

that you're excited to meet or see?

You know, what I said to Sam this morning,

is that I think of all the years, this is my favorite,

because the entire roster of women who are being honored,

both women who have done extraordinary things,

women who are just starting out in the world,

doing amazing things, so to see Brooke Shields

being honored for what she's being honored for,

and America Ferrera for being a first in many ways.

And then to have Millie Bobby Brown and this kind of,

this young exciting, you know, new,

and Mary J. Blige, who's an icon.

It's just, it feels like a really right time

to be honoring women.

And well you would know, because you are

truly fighting the good fight.

The ultimate fight. Everything that you're gonna do.

Advocacy and using your own voice with women in Iran.

Can you tell us a little bit more about

what this past year has been like for you?

And maybe, this is a joyous occasion,

so what you're looking forward to or hope for,

especially next year, knowing it's gonna be a political,

we're not here to talk politics tonight, we're celebrating.

But what advice would you give to empower women everywhere,

going into next year, which might be

a little bit of a tough year.

You know, it is gonna be a tough year.

And I think part of it, this is the one year anniversary

of the war beginning between Hamas and Israel.

And I think it's so important for all of us,

particularly those of us who are mothers, who have children.

We have to answer to our children for decisions

that our leaders are making and that we're making

and what we're advocating for.

And so my heart is with the people suffering

in this humanitarian crisis in this moment,

people in Gaza in particular, the families

who have suffered, who have lost hostages in their families.

But really in this moment, what I'm praying for,

is that we would have a ceasefire.

That there would be a cessation of hostilities

to save as many lives as possible,

because we have to answer to our children.

And I'm so glad, Brynn, you asked me about the women

in Iran because that is also something that we have

to live with ourselves and stand up

and fight for democracy on their behalf.

So there's so much in this world

that we have to be worried about.

And I think it's one of the reasons why

what you are doing tonight is celebrating

women who are making change.

Thank you. Thank you. That's exactly what this-

By the way, you know your boss is here tonight?

Potentially. Former boss.

[Brynn laughing]

Full circle. Thank you so much.

Thank you for having me. Thank you.

Thank you, Huma.

Okay, now we have to breathe.

I'm just gonna hide behind you.

She's gonna hide.

Do you wanna move here for a little bit?

Yeah.

'Cause this was where your mark.

So I think I spy the queen of R&B.

Queen of R&B, Mary J. Blige.

Please will you join us?

The honoree.

Honoree.

Mary, thank you so, so, so much for being here.

You are absolutely, I mean-

Mary, can you please, if you can stand this way

because that's the viewer.

Oh, okay. Alright, cool.

They need to see this.

Okay.

They need to see this. All right.

Such an amazing honoree.

You are the most celebrated and decorated.

I mean from Grammys to NAACP Music Awards,

American Music Awards, Billboard Icon Awards.

We are just so honored for you to be here.

The icon of icons.

If you don't mind, can we ask,

how are you feeling tonight, being here?

I'm feeling great. I'm feeling excellent.

[Mary laughing]

Yeah.

Yay. And you look amazing. Thank you.

Is there anyone who you're particularly

excited to see or do?

I mean, you're among, you're with your peers right now

as far as like, as far as advocacy and everything.

Is there anyone particularly here that you're excited to?

I mean, I'm just excited that we're all here as women

of power doing amazing things,

living amazingly, feeling amazing,

and understanding our power as women.

You know, that's, I'm just excited about all of us.

That's it.

[Brynn] Aw, amazing. Amazing.

Mary, I've been asking all these powerful women,

the confident ones, what advice

would you give your 15 year old?

Were you always this confident?

No, I was not.

So, the advice I would give is just accept all of you.

You may not like all of you, but love all of you.

You may not like your personality here or there or there,

but you're all you have.

So accept and embrace everything about you.

Good, bad, ugly, whatever it is. It's you.

[Ubah] Yes.

And if you can see all of you,

you can fix whatever needs to be fixed.

And that's the advice I would give.

And if you accept it, then others will also.

I just said that.

A little funny thing to tell you.

I learned English through your albums.

Really?

I mean.

That's amazing.

Because before you had to write lyrics.

They didn't have the lyrics, right?

Right.

So we had to write it.

You like play a little round,

and you listen and you write it down.

Right.

So yeah, I learned my English through your.

Oh, that's amazing.

Yes. Thank you.

We love you so much.

You're very welcome.

Yes. Thank you.

Congratulations. You're welcome.

Thank you, Mary.

So much.

You're welcome.

You look stunning. Stunning.

Thank you.

And I go to Clemy too. She says hi.

[Mary laughing]

Okay.

[Brynn laughing]

We going? Okay.

[Brynn] All right. Thank you.

Bye, Mary.

Amazing.

[Ubah exhales]

Okay, we're doing it. We're doing it.

I think I need, like-

Okay, who do we have now?

A shot of water, like Fiji or something.

I feel like we can pick, I mean, there's our sea

of influential, most important people in the world.

Oh my God. I also see Erin.

[Ubah screaming]

Okay.

Hide my phone. Hide my phone.

Erin is here.

Hello!

Hello, Karen, how are you, my love?

[Brynn making kissing sounds]

[Karen] French.

Yeah. Oh.

How are you?

Please show this outfit.

Bonjour.

Bonjour. And how are you doing?

[Karen] So excited to be here tonight.

[Brynn] Yes.

[Karen] So great to celebrate women.

So great to be glamorous.

So great to bring in some optimism and hopefulness.

It's a challenging time that we're in, in this world,

so it's great to be here.

Did you do your morning show today?

Morning, you usual-

No.

The morning show?

No. I can't talk about the show.

[Ubah laughing]

Well, we'll-

The show.

[Ubah fake coughing]

[Karen fake coughing]

You know what? There's a little bit of like a breakdown.

Can you hear me now? What about that?

I think the Internet's breaking.

[Ubah making electrical noises]

Everybody's wireless just paused. Nobody heard that.

Tell us about your outfit tonight.

Okay, so this is Brandon Maxwell

and Mishkah on the bottom.

And these shoes, which are my favorite

are Yves Saint Laurent, it's my favorite color.

Yes. Yes. In purple.

Thank you so much for that.

Amazing. Okay.

Amazing. We love it, we love it.

He is here tonight. Yes.

Brandon Maxwell is here.

Yeah, he's right behind.

Yes. Yes.

Is there anyone in particular

that you are excited to see or that?

You know, I'm just so excited to vibe tonight

with you guys, with women,

with Quinta Brunson, who I really love.

[Ubah] Oh my God, she just passed.

And Mary J. Blige, who we both love and we all love,

but it's really great just to be in a room with women

and supporting and loving on each other

and, you know, lifting each other up.

So that for me is what I love to do.

I have three wonderful sisters

and so it's really great to be in a room with women.

Speaking of sister, Quinta was talking about her mom

and she was a little bit tear up.

We were scared that our lashes were gonna fall off.

Oh. [laughs]

Tell us a little bit about your mom.

Oh, what a great question.

My mother was a force of nature.

[Ubah] Force of nature.

She was a scientist.

She worked with NASA, she worked with-

[Ubah] Wow.

Nuclear technology.

She's an amazing, amazing woman.

I think about her every day.

Everything I do every day, is what she taught me.

[Brynn] So that's where you get it.

Yeah.

Yeah. Exactly.

You're literally glowing speaking about her.

Aw. [laughs]

She was an amazing, amazing woman.

I wish you could have met her because you would love her.

[Brynn] Aw, well I'm sure she's here tonight.

[Ubah] She's here with us, trust that.

[Brynn] Yeah. I'm gonna cry, don't start.

We have to get you out of here 'cause you're making us cry.

No, just joking. [laughs]

Yes! Nobody cry tonight.

We're celebrating women!

No crying. We're celebrating.

We're celebrating women.

But we are also honoring the women here.

We're honoring the women that can't be here.

All the above, so.

Honoring women, and that's what Glamour does.

[Ubah] Yes.

[Brynn] That is what Glamour does best.

Every page is about honoring women. Yeah.

The accomplish these people have, I'm like,

we're gonna run a marathon next week.

Alright. [laughs]

We just have to.

I know, but you have to talk to Bettina

who just finished the marathon, the New York Marathon.

And she's here tonight. You have to talk to her.

[Brynn] Okay, we'll talk to her.

Amazing woman.

[Brynn] Alright. Thank you so much.

Thank you!

Oh my God.

And here's someone who I'm actually not fighting with.

Come in the middle. Come in the middle of us.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Right in the middle of us.

We are doing different with you.

Look at what the cat dragged in.

Hi my girls. Hi!

Hello! Erin.

It's so good to see you.

I'm so proud of you guys.

You look amazing.

Thank you so much.

You both look so gorgeous.

Oh gosh. Thank you.

We love you, that you're here.

I hide my phone 'cause I thought you were gonna come.

Oh, I have it.

She hid her phone and her sunglasses.

You didn't know that I had your phone?

Her sunglasses.

It's in the back. Yeah.

We're so happy you're here with us.

I know! This is amazing.

But you know what? We are working.

You're here to party.

I know, I know.

So we have to say bye.

We're gonna kick you out. Get this one out of here.

Love you.

Love you, love you so much.

Love you guys. Have fun!

[Brynn making kissing sounds]

Okay.

Bye, bye, bye.

Okay. And next up.

And we love you so much!

Guest of honor, we have Millie Bobby Brown.

Millie, Millie, come!

Hello, lovely. Hello.

Hi. How are you?

I'm good, how are you?

I'm doing really, really good.

You are being honored tonight.

2023 Global Women of the Year.

I mean, and you have your fiance present to you

and your mother-in-law.

You are basically the daughter-in-law

of the year, by the way.

Thanks for making the rest of us potentially look bad.

But how does it feel?

I'm extremely honored and thankful for this moment.

And what an amazing evening to celebrate women

and achievements and I'm just very grateful to be here.

[Brynn] Amazing. Well, you are an actor,

an advocate and you are the most amazing for animal rescue.

And can you tell us a little bit about that?

'Cause it's one of many, you know, entrepreneur

philanthropists, but I'm obsessed as a dog lover.

Yeah.

I'm puppy obsessed, crazy.

Yeah.

Can you tell us a little bit about your

and everyone at home, about the advocacy

and the rescue that you do?

Yeah. I foster animals from my local shelters

and I help rehabilitate them and build confidence

and show them the love that maybe

they haven't been shown before.

And you know, it's a huge passion of mine

and I would like to be their voice.

Well, I think you are. I think you are.

And I speak dog, so.

Congratulations tonight.

So I would know.

Yes, exactly, yeah. Amazing.

Well, you are the guest of honor.

Thank you so much for tonight.

So we have to push you inside.

Yes.

But thank you so much for talking with us and have fun.

And we are coming inside, so save us a dance.

Congrats.

I will. I will see you guys.

Thank you. And congratulations.

Congrats. Bye, bye, bye.

Gorgeous.

Oh my God. Ayo is here.

Ayo! Hey girl, hey!

Come here, my love. How are you?

Good, how are you?

I mean, not just a it girl. The it girl.

Great outfit.

You have- Me?

Yes. You have chopped, diced, sauteed

and souffled into everyone's hearts.

[Ayo laughing]

How do you feel being here tonight?

I'm very excited.

I'm gonna be presenting for Quinta Brunson, who is-

Your bestie.

Yeah, I mean, just one of my favorite

human beings to ever be born.

No offense, obviously, so.

[Ubah] I'm a huge fan.

Yeah, yeah. No, absolutely.

But yeah, I'm just really, really happy to get to be here

for her and with so many also amazing women.

I'm literally-

[Ubah] Tell us about-

Mariska Hargitay and Lindsay Lohan are in my eye line.

That's not Lindsay Lohan.

I just missed a hurricane, it's a redhead woman.

But anyway.

They all look the same.

That's Samantha. It's okay.

And that was amazing to just think

Lindsay Lohan could be here.

These are the sorts of things.

Hollywood's a beautiful town, you know.

Speaking of Lindsay Lohan,

tell us about your Beyonce situation.

[laughs] My Bey- [laughs]

Yes, I-

[Ubah] How was it?

It was amazing.

She's, that's another woman who I'm so grateful was born.

Quinta and I went with our friend Taylor Garren,

and we all wore silver and it was just a dream.

[Ubah] Did you guys, was it on mute?

Was it a mute challenge?

Did you guys won that?

I think we did pretty good.

I don't know if everybody was on mute,

but a lot of people were on mute, yeah.

And you gotta celebrate that. A win is a win.

We have to, we have to.

Well, thank you so much for being here.

Thank you for speaking with us.

Thank you.

And thank you. All right.

Thank you so much. You look stunning.

Thank you. Yeah.

Lisa Ann. Hi!

Hello.

You're both so stunning and gorgeous.

Don't I love you?

No, you're beautiful, beautiful.

Oh my gosh. You are so kind.

This took all day.

I wanna take you out and feed you bagels, both of you.

Oh, we already ate.

Yeah, but we don't scoop them.

We're from New York, so we don't scoop them.

We eat the right way. No scooping.

Of course not. We do not scoop.

We eat the whole thing.

You have worked on a variety of women rights.

So I know that you're here to see your bestie.

Yes, I am.

Your colleague is here being honored.

And my boss.

Your colleague and your boss.

Yeah. No pressure.

Your bestie mostly.

But you have worked on such a broad range of,

from feminist issues, women rights issues.

Is there anything that you would like

to share with our Glamour fans?

Anything that you're currently actively involved in?

Sure. Okay.

Not to put you on the spot.

Absolutely. No, you can.

So as you said, I'm the chair of the women's committee

for SAG-AFTRA, for the performers union.

And I did a lot of work with them to let people know

what the changing laws are across the country

in regards to reproductive rights.

So now there's an interactive map on our landing page.

And now we can travel women to a safe state

if they find themselves in an emergency.

So I was really proud of that, if I do nothing else.

But that's not all.

[Brynn] And wait, there's more.

There's more.

So I'm on the board of the ERA coalition.

I have been marching and fighting for the ERA

to be passed since I was a kid.

[Brynn] Stop.

Since, seventies.

[Ubah] That from home?

Yeah. I grew up in DC.

Yes.

So I was always very political, very active.

And it just didn't make sense to me that women

didn't have equal rights guaranteed under the constitution.

That's weird.

They told me to look at that camera,

but that looks like the one I should be using.

[Ubah] You can do whatever you want.

Okay.

[Ubah] That one is better, but wherever you want.

Let's get, the important thing is that it

has been ratified, it's been passed

in all the states it needs to.

But they just have to take off this phony baloney timeline

that they put on it years ago.

And we just need a couple more people

to allow that to happen.

Well, you got two right here. So count us in.

Okay. Well, listen.

We're very hardworking people.

Are you gonna be, go right from here

and get elected to the house and then we'll be good.

[Brynn] Okay. Done and done.

I mean, it's election day so we've got

something to do after here.

I'm not going to the wrap party, we're gonna go and do that.

Okay. Let's do it.

I mean, listen, we've been-

[Ubah] No, maybe after the after party, come on.

After the after party.

After the after, after.

Then we go to this thing that they

introduced a hundred years ago.

People don't realize that,

that the ERA was introduced a hundred years ago.

The same year that they invented the cheeseburger,

Mickey Mouse and frozen food.

[Brynn] Okay. So again.

They all made it.

[Brynn] They've all made it.

So, you know, just a little bit more important.

If we put women's rights on a burger, we'd have it by now.

Okay. That's also gonna be on our agenda, right?

I just want a woman to run the world.

That's what I want.

Okay. That's next.

I think the woman who's gonna run the world

next is actually here.

That's what we want.

Okay. Thank you so, so much.

You're so welcome, ladies.

[Brynn] Thank you so much. Okay.

Go Glamour! Get inside. Go have fun.

Oh, I love that Go Glamour.

That's gonna be our new thing.

Yeah. Thank you.

It was lovely to see you, I love your show so much.

And next up we have Miss Lauren.

Miss London, Miss Lauren.

Girl, you look amazing.

How are you doing tonight?

I'm doing great tonight.

My God.

You absolutely look amazing.

So do you guys.

Is there, we have to know, is there anyone,

you have done actress, activist,

and you have done so much in the work for gun control.

Is there anyone else here that you're particularly

looking forward to meeting or seeing

or maybe even already met in the line?

Yeah. Mary J. Blige.

I'm a huge fan of MJB, so every time I see her,

I'm just like-

[Ubah] I mean, we were screaming.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Brynn] I was shaking in my boots

and I was sweating like [indistinct].

Yeah. And you guys, I'm watching the show, so.

Oh, thank you. Oh my God.

Come on, please. You don't have to lie to us.

No, I swear to God. I watch the show.

Oh my God. Absolutely.

[Ubah] You watch the show?

I'm a big housewife fan. Yes.

This is. Thank you, thank you.

Maybe we found our seventh housewife.

[Lauren laughing]

[Brynn] I think, I think.

We just said to Lauren London, be Lauren New York.

[Ubah] We love doing both.

Can you please just look at the camera to see your beauty?

Oh thanks.

You are honestly, you know, there's a lot

of beautiful people in the world.

The one that have inside also, you can see.

Aw.

You are literally glowing in the light.

[Brynn] She only speaks the truth.

That is the ultimate compliment for me.

[Ubah] It's literally the truth.

'Cause I believe it's from the soul out.

So do you. You're gorgeous.

[Ubah] I can feel it.

Oh God bless you.

And I'm gonna find you tonight.

Okay.

We're gonna have some fun.

I wanna dance with you.

And we've gotta call some people.

We need to, I smell a seventh housewife over here.

You are so beautiful.

God bless you. Oh my God.

Thank you, Lauren. Thank you so much.

Thank you guys so much.

Okay. We're gonna find you inside.

Please do, got some issues.

Okay. Oh girl.

And we got answers and gossip.

All right. And I see Aoki.

[Ubah screaming]

Hello, my love. Come, come, come.

How are you?

[Aoki] Good. How are you?

[Brynn making kissing sounds]

I haven't seen you, I don't know if you remember,

since same parks.

Aoki, can you please stand this way so?

Yes. Yes.

I was with you New Year's Eve with Emma.

Oh my gosh.

Remember we were hanging out.

Yes.

Fireworks were going off and I was running around

making sure that your dog was not hurt by the fireworks.

Yes! Yeah.

That was such a fun year.

It was fun. New Year's Eve's always fun, yeah.

I love Emma. She's the best.

I know right.

So how are you doing and actually,

you know what my question is for you?

We all know that your mother's an icon.

What's it like growing up with an icon?

And what's it like turning, you're an icon in of yourself.

This girl graduated from Harvard at the age of 20.

Like who does it?

I'm a baby, like we're on the way.

Oh you're all the way up, girl.

Okay? So.

You started early. I like to think so.

Some people are icon like when they're all,

like few years are done.

I will say, I'm not super scared doing this,

'cause growing up my mom, she'd always say,

Oh those are not guys with cameras,

those are mommy's friends.

Just say hi, Aoki.

And I was like, Hi guys!

[Brynn] Oh my God.

You also have a little accent,

like a little British accent?

Boarding school.

There you go. She's so chic.

I literally can hear.

Boarding school. Swiss boarding school.

[Ubah] Yeah.

Ah girl, I love it.

You know my mom, she's all about

the level up for her children.

She didn't get to go to school.

She was like, You're gonna go to Switzerland,

you're gonna go wherever.

[Brynn] I mean.

So I'm very grateful to her.

She is an icon. You are an icon and you have done so much.

Just you have, I don't know anyone else who has

taken Instagram and just used it as a platform

for racial justice, for climate change.

I will take that.

What don't you, tell me, actually I'm gonna make you

name something that you don't do.

Um.

There's nothing.

I don't-

She's not in a club. I don't snowboard.

She's not in a club, she's out making change.

Okay.

I don't snowboard.

She doesn't snowboard.

I don't free climb. I rock climb, but I use ropes.

I'm not crazy.

Okay.

That's pretty much it.

That's what I thought. Okay.

We don't do any of that.

According to my mom, the issue is I'm not a doctor,

but like we'll get there eventually.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

We can get over that one. We can get over that.

I hope so.

Aoki, thank you so much.

Thank you so much. Good to see you.

We know we're gonna be seeing you a lot

on this red carpet for years to come.

Keep doing it, girl. Keep doing it.

We're gonna manifest that. I'll see you guys inside.

[Brynn] All right, we'll see you inside, my love.

Thank you so much.

[Ubah] It was such a pleasure.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Coming from you.

Is that from [indistinct]?

No, it's Et Ochs.

Et Ochs. Okay I'll remember that, thanks.

Bye. Ciao.

Love it. Bye.

Okay.

Perry's here to help us.

Amazing.

Okay, so next up we have Perry, editor of Glamour.

Get in here.

And we have Aurora James, fashion designer.

Hi! Hi! How are you?

Good. How are you?

Oh my God, I'm so excited to be here right now.

And can I just talk about how amazing you guys look?

I mean. Thank you.

Can you just show our viewer what you are wearing?

You are one of our favorite.

Is this your design?

Oh my gosh, these are my shoes

because you know, I'm a shoe girly.

But this whole ensemble is by Wiederhoeft.

[Brynn] Gorg.

So fun, right?

[Brynn] Absolutely gorgeous.

I'm really like, in here. I'm in here.

[Ubah] Love it.

Okay, amazing.

And Perry, I think you have got-

Yes, so.

I have a million questions,

but I think you have some questions too.

Yes so, I'm a Glamour editor and I wanted to say

how nice it is to see you here this year

because you were a Woman of the Year last year.

Yeah.

How's it feel to be back?

Oh my gosh. I have to say, I am so honored to be back.

And the thing that really like makes my heart explode,

is seeing girls like Aoki, future Glamour Girl of the Year,

for sure, right?

Yes.

And I think there's just so much to celebrate

and this past year has been really hard

and just being able to be in a room with

so many incredible women.

So stoked.

We're so happy you're here.

And I wanna just ask you one quick thing.

You had such a big year this year with your memoir,

Wildflower and it was met with such critical acclaim.

How does it feel to be a published author?

I am still pinching myself.

It's so crazy to write a book, honestly.

Because it's like your diary just being published.

[Brynn] I mean, yeah.

If you haven't read Wildflower, you're missing out.

It's time to go buy Wildflower.

I got it with a copy and a signature.

Oh yay!

I didn't get one with a signature.

Do you have an audio now?

Yes. I have it on audio, I have it on audio.

Okay, because I'm very good with audio,

better than reading 'cause I fall asleep.

Listen, I recorded the audio book myself

because I am an audiobook girly so I know.

[Brynn] There you go.

[Ubah] Thank you so much.

It's good to do an audiobook.

No, hey, thank you for the hot sauce.

[Ubah screaming]

Listen, I got a hot sauce, she got a book.

She is one-

That's the trade you need to make.

That is a tradeoff. The best trade.

You do support-

The barter system works at Glamour.

She do support women and black business and-

Yeah, the 15% pledge. With the 15 pledge.

Well that's all we gotta do.

We have to support each other as women.

[Brynn] Exactly Right?

[Brynn] Yes.

We are the ones that like, we've been waiting for,

as they say, so.

[Perry] It's why we're all here.

[Brynn] Exactly!

Are you planning the next gala for 15%?

Oh my gosh, I am!

Is it coming up?

First Saturday in February.

[Ubah] Are you gonna do the same place as last year?

[Ubah] We're not. Maybe-

We're doing it in LA.

We're moving it to LA for the first time.

[Ubah] I will fly for that.

You gotta get on a plane, Ubah.

I will literally fly for that.

Yeah, I'm really excited about it.

I'm really excited about it.

We're about to announce a specific location,

but it's gonna be gigantic, so I'm stoked.

Last year it was like minus four,

so you're doing a good job to take it to LA.

Oh my God, it was freezing. I know.

February in New York's not necessarily where you wanna be.

Just saying.

For your event, I think people will want to be there, so.

Yes.

Aw, thank you guys.

Well amazing.

Thank you for all your advocacy and your work.

Thank you so much.

You're just absolutely amazing.

Aw, thank you guys so much.

It's so great to be here.

Enjoy your night.

[Perry] You too. Celebrate, for sure.

[Brynn] Thank you.

[Ubah] Thank you so much. See you inside.

Have a great night.

Bye guys. Bye!

Thank you!

I think it's just so magic to see like

last year's honorees come back and they're here.

I mean, it's like this whole full circle moment

in so many ways and still showing up

and showing the love and showing the support.

This is exactly what Glamour is about.

It's so much more than a digital publication or a magazine.

This is like, I wish you guys could feel,

hopefully you felt the energy, 'cause we certainly felt it.

It's been so lovely.

I'm ready to take my shoes off

and be inside with those accomplished women.

Yes.

I'm getting my notepad, like Jeso, and take notes

what I need to do to actually become the Woman of the Year.

I know, I have many, many, many years.

I'm like 99% sure that the next

female president is in that room.

So I think we need to run in there

and start shaking hands and kissing babies,

because she is in there for sure.

And we wanna thank Glamour for giving us this opportunity.

Yes. Guys, we did not sneak in.

We were actually invited. I did.

So thank you for staying with us for one hour.

And this is it.

Thank you guys so much.

We're going inside!

Mwah!

We're signing off.

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