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<\/p>\nFrom game-changers to trailblazers \u2013 meet our 2023 Women of the Year.<\/p>\n
Take a bow, ladies\u2026<\/p>\n
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There\u2019s no doubt Kate represents the future of the monarchy, cemented by her scene-stealing appearance, alongside her young family, at King Charles\u2019 Coronation back in May.<\/p>\n
Dressed in floor-sweeping robes and a sparkling headpiece, it was an unusually formal moment from Kate, who\u2019s charmed well-wishers around the globe with her easy warmth on walkabouts.<\/p>\n
It also served as a reminder of her unique ability to be regal yet relatable.<\/p>\n
No wonder she and Wills continue to top the royal popularity polls.<\/p>\n
Truly, a queen in waiting.<\/p>\n Designer, 49<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve loved her since the Spice Girls, but the Netflix documentary Beckham gave VB a chance to show a new generation just how fab she is.<\/p>\n TikTok has since been full of clips celebrating her dry wit and the Noughties fashion donned by her and David.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n What shone through was the humour and strength with which she has weathered the scandals over the years.<\/p>\n Also, her fashion and beauty empire finally turned a profit in 2023 \u2013 so never underestimate Posh.<\/p>\n Dancer and campaigner, 33<\/strong><\/p>\n After being diagnosed with stage three breast cancer, Strictly pro Amy faced the \u201ctoughest year of my life\u201d as she underwent gruelling chemotherapy and a mastectomy.<\/p>\n The Welsh dancer discovered a lump in her right breast in April and was diagnosed in May.<\/p>\n She\u2019s shared updates with fans throughout, including a video of her shaving her head.<\/p>\n While she hasn\u2019t been able to participate in Strictly this year, viewers have been delighted to see her on the show.<\/p>\n Her first appearance \u2013 when she chose not to wear a wig \u2013 inspired those with cancer around the country.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s to many more Strictly performances in happier circumstances, Amy.<\/p>\n Presenter and Campaigner, 45<\/strong><\/p>\n Myleene turned her \u201cpain into power\u201d after it was announced in July that the government would implement legislative changes she\u2019s spent years campaigning for.<\/p>\n Having suffered four miscarriages, she teamed up with Labour MP Olivia Blake to ensure women would no longer have to go through three miscarriages before accessing help.<\/p>\n A Klass act.<\/p>\n Presenter, 48<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s been a controversial year for ITV\u2019s daytime institution This Morning, but Alison has been key to shepherding the show and its viewers through the storm.<\/p>\n When host Phillip Schofield resigned in May after admitting an \u201cunwise but not illegal\u201d relationship with a younger male colleague, show stalwart Alison was among the roster of presenters who stepped up to co-host with Holly Willoughby \u2013 who herself left in October, after becoming the target of an alleged kidnap plot.<\/p>\n But that hasn\u2019t been all for Alison, who was announced as Matt Lucas\u2019 replacement on The Great British Bake Off, where her irrepressible cheer was a welcome new ingredient to the beloved show.<\/p>\n Actress and producer, 33<\/strong><\/p>\n One doll dominated pop culture this year \u2013 which meant Margot did, too.<\/p>\n As both star and co-producer of the record-breaking Barbie film, she thrilled critics and audiences in her role as the iconic doll, sent on a journey of self-discovery after an existential crisis.<\/p>\n The result? A film that stayed true to its playful roots, but also asked the big questions about the pressures of womanhood, with America Ferrera\u2019s powerful speech on the topic going viral.<\/p>\n It is the only billion-dollar blockbuster directed solely by a woman \u2013 AKA Greta Gerwig \u2013 and also gave us Ryan Gosling\u2019s Ken-ergy (you\u2019ll always be Ken-ough for us, Ry!).<\/p>\n Barbie would be proud, Margot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Actress, comedian and campaigner, 33<\/strong><\/p>\n In January, Emily spoke out about the torrent of online abuse she faces as a woman in the public eye, in a bid to help make cyberflashing a crime.<\/p>\n In her powerful BBC documentary Asking For It?, she bravely told of the thousands of aggressive sexual images and messages she receives, and revealed just how common an experience this is for many women and girls.<\/p>\n Cyberflashing was made illegal in October in England and Wales when the Online Safety Act became law, but campaigners continue to call for more education to stamp it out.<\/p>\n Voices like Emily\u2019s are needed \u2013 as she told her abusers in the doc: \u201cI\u2019m not asking for it. It is your fault.\u201d<\/p>\n Talk about a character arc.<\/p>\n Once dubbed the most hated woman in Britain, Camilla was crowned Queen in May to scenes of celebration across the country.<\/p>\n It\u2019s hard to imagine the animosity against her was once so high, some feared she and Charles could never wed.<\/p>\n But it\u2019s testament to her humour and stoicism that she\u2019s turned it around.<\/p>\n Still, this wasn\u2019t the easiest of years for Camilla, as the latest series of The Crown brought up difficult memories.<\/p>\n But publicly at least, it\u2019s been smooth sailing, with a recent trip to Kenya judged a resounding success.<\/p>\n Activist, 51<\/strong><\/p>\n Girl Power was put into practice as Ginger Spice teamed up with Prince William in June to launch a plan to fight homelessness.<\/p>\n Six locations are to benefit from a \u00a33m, five-year-programme of expertise and investment from Wills\u2019 Royal Foundation, with Geri as an ambassador.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s gone into activism \u2013 Geri was a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund after leaving the Spice Girls.<\/p>\n We Wannabe like her!<\/p>\n Actress, 49<\/strong><\/p>\n What a year it\u2019s been for Hannah.<\/p>\n As well as appearing in ITV\u2019s period drama Tom Jones, she co-hosted Eurovision and Prince William\u2019s Earthshot Prize, and will star in the next Mission: Impossible film.<\/p>\n But it hasn\u2019t been overnight fame.<\/p>\n The London-born actress worked for years in musical theatre, before popping up in TV shows like Benidorm and Game Of Thrones.<\/p>\n But it was her turn in the US comedy Ted Lasso that saw her win an Emmy for her role as a football club boss (which she\u2019s said she modelled in part on Fabulous\u2019 Baroness Karren Brady).<\/p>\n A single mum to daughter Kitty, eight, she\u2019s described the show\u2019s success as \u201csuch a beautiful surprise\u201d.<\/p>\n Britain\u2019s bravest mum, 36<\/strong><\/p>\n Rebecca won the hearts of the nation when a speeding drunk driver swerved towards her as she crossed the road with her baby daughter Lorena, in April.<\/p>\n Footage of the incident shows mum-of-three Rebecca pushing Lorena\u2019s pram out of the way to safety \u2013 before she was hit by the driver herself, who left her for dead.<\/p>\n After two months in a coma, she is undergoing speech therapy and learning to walk.<\/p>\n The driver, Dale Clark, was jailed for three years eight months after admitting causing serious injury by dangerous driving, failing to stop at an accident and drink driving.<\/p>\n Rebecca says: \u201cI would do the same again to save my kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Singer<\/strong><\/p>\n The world said goodbye to the Queen of Rock \u2019n\u2019 Roll when Tina died in May, aged 83, with Beyonc\u00e9 paying tribute to her as \u201cthe epitome of power and passion\u201d.<\/p>\n Born in Tennessee, Tina rose to fame alongside husband Ike in the \u201960s, but was subjected to horrific domestic violence, before escaping the relationship.<\/p>\n Playing small shows as a solo artist in her 40s, the music industry wrote her off.<\/p>\n Then, at 44, she pulled off the greatest comeback in music history with 1984\u2019s Private Dancer, making her the then-oldest solo female artist to ever top the US charts with the single What\u2019s Love Got to Do With It.<\/p>\n Simply The Best.\u00a0<\/p>\n Actress and model, 56<\/strong><\/p>\n Few women have been stereotyped as much as Pamela, once best known for her three Bs: Baywatch, blonde hair and boobs.<\/p>\n This year, she shared her side of things in documentary Pamela: A Love Story and memoir Love, Pamela, opening up about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child, the violence that blighted her relationship with rocker Tommy Lee, and the trauma of their sex tape being made public.<\/p>\n Throughout, she looked back on her journey \u2013 and her never-ending faith in romance, which has seen her marry six times to five different men \u2013 with warmth and humour.<\/p>\n She made more headlines this autumn by turning up to Paris Fashion Week completely make-up-free, explaining: \u201cI\u2019m the happiest I\u2019ve ever been in my own skin.\u201d<\/p>\n Pammy\u2019s so much more than just a pretty face.<\/p>\n Actress and model, 88<\/strong><\/p>\n Not content with starring roles in everything from Downton Abbey to Harry Potter, Dame Maggie was unveiled in October as the newest model for \u00fcber-cool designer Loewe.<\/p>\n Shot by renowned photographer Juergen Teller, nonchalantly showing off the Spanish brand\u2019s iconic Puzzle bag, she instantly went viral.<\/p>\n And she isn\u2019t the only older woman smashing stereotypes: Bake Off\u2019s Dame Mary Berry, also 88, joined a Burberry campaign, Charlotte Rampling, 77, appeared in ads for Massimo Dutti, and fellow actress Miriam Margolyes, 82, bagged a Vogue cover.<\/p>\n After all, what\u2019s more chic than experience and wisdom?<\/p>\n Activist, 25<\/strong><\/p>\n Waiving her right to anonymity after being raped by her former boyfriend Daniel McFarlane \u2013 who received a prison sentence as a result \u2013 Ellie has since bravely spoken out about the lack of support for victims of sexual assault.<\/p>\n Considering that just 1% of reported rape cases end in a conviction, Ellie is now sharing her experience while working to expose the problems surrounding rape and sexual assault in the justice system, such as victims not being treated with the right level of respect.<\/p>\n She has said: \u201cIf I can help even one person, then that\u2019s enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Footballing superstars<\/strong><\/p>\n Was it Alessia Russo for her epic semi-final goal?<\/p>\n Mary Earps for her sensational penalty save?<\/p>\n Manager Sarina Wiegman for her cool leadership throughout?<\/p>\n It\u2019s difficult to pick out a lone member of the England women\u2019s football contingent, after their teamwork took them all the way to the Women\u2019s World Cup final in Sydney \u2013 a first for England \u2013 and had the nation glued to the telly in August.<\/p>\n Spain might have won 1-0, but the Lionesses returned to a sheroes\u2019 welcome, building the profile of the women\u2019s game and inspiring girls across the country.<\/p>\n As defender Alex Greenwood put it: \u201cWe will be back.\u201d<\/p>\n Presenter, 29<\/strong><\/p>\n If 2023 had an It Girl, it was Maya, as ITV\u2019s Love Island took her to a new level of fame.<\/p>\n Millions tuned in to see the former BBC Radio 1 presenter take up hosting duties for the dating show, as well as its spin-off Love Island Games.<\/p>\n The fashion world fell for her, too, helped by her run of fabulous outfits in the villa: she scored a Vogue cover, starred in a campaign for Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana and modelled for luxury brand Self-Portrait.<\/p>\n She\u2019s also been busy with her own skincare line, Mij Masks.<\/p>\n In her personal life, she made headlines as she and ex Stormzy rekindled their relationship.<\/p>\n In October the pair went Instagram official, with Maya filming herself walking to meet the rapper as he held up a cardboard sign that read: \u201cMaya Jama #1 Fan\u201d.<\/p>\n Us, too, Stormzy!<\/p>\n Comedian, 40<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve long had a girl crush on the comedian, but this year it reached new heights when it was revealed that the unnamed male comic she had previously called out as a \u201csexual predator\u201d was, in all likelihood, Russell Brand.<\/p>\n Her 2018 comments about how she had confronted the man on his behaviour resurfaced earlier this year after a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4\u2019s Dispatches into allegations against Brand of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four different women.<\/p>\n Since then, he has been accused of sexually assaulting an extra on a film set in a civil lawsuit filed in the US.<\/p>\n Brand has denied the four women\u2019s allegations and has yet to respond to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n Recently, Katherine said of her earlier comments: \u201cI\u2019m not going to let him think that I don\u2019t know and that everybody he works with is just going to let him get away with it.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Reality star and campaigner, 28<\/strong><\/p>\n It was only when a fan sent her a screenshot that the former Love Island and TOWIE star realised intimate footage of her was going viral online.<\/p>\n Georgia had been secretly filmed by her ex, Stephen Bear, who had shared the footage without her consent.<\/p>\n She went to the police, pressed charges and gave evidence in court, and in March this year, Bear was sentenced to 21 months in prison for voyeurism and sharing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Georgia helped secure changes to the Online Safety Act, making revenge porn easier to prosecute, plus she\u2019s campaigning for the platforms that carry such footage to be held criminally responsible.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll never lose the stigma of being all over those porn platforms,\u201d said Georgia.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if I\u2019m known as the person who stood up and fought back \u2013 I\u2019d be proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n News broadcaster, 48<\/strong><\/p>\n The BBC Breakfast host revealed in May that she has the condition\u00a0 adenomyosis, which causes the lining of the womb to grow into its muscular wall.<\/p>\n In October, she spoke about her experience at the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee as part of an inquiry into women\u2019s reproductive health, describing the stigma, shame and ignorance surrounding the often misdiagnosed condition.<\/p>\n Actress, 59<\/strong><\/p>\n As Sergeant Catherine Cawood in Happy Valley, Sarah introduced a new kind of hero \u2013 a middle-aged mum who\u2019ll pop on the kettle fresh from kicking a door down \u2013 and redefined how women over 40 are seen on screen.<\/p>\n In the opening of the final season of the BBC crime drama, two senior officers try to mansplain to Catherine how to do her job after finding a body.<\/p>\n Having already successfully identified the corpse, she walks off, saying: \u201cI\u2019ll leave it with you. T***s.\u201d For February\u2019s finale, 7.5 million tuned in to watch Catherine confront psychopath Tommy Lee Royce, and Sarah was awarded this year\u2019s Special Recognition gong at the NTAs.<\/p>\n Nicely played, Sarge.<\/p>\n Mother and campaigner, 56<\/strong><\/p>\n In October 1992, seven-year-old Nikki Allan was murdered.<\/p>\n Police charged the wrong man, yet Nikki\u2019s mother Sharon never gave up.<\/p>\n The mum of three persuaded Northumbria Police to fund a review, where a DNA breakthrough helped identify the killer, David Boyd.<\/p>\n Sharon said: \u201cNothing mattered more than getting justice.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Singer, 65<\/strong><\/p>\n Proving that age is just a number, the Queen of Pop took her Celebration tour \u2013 featuring four decades of her greatest hits \u2013 on the road, selling out all 78 shows in minutes.<\/p>\n But at one point it wasn\u2019t clear if the tour would go ahead, after she was hospitalised in June for a serious bacterial infection.<\/p>\n Recovering afterwards, Madge said she realised \u201chow lucky I am to be alive\u201d.<\/p>\n If ever it were needed, it was a reminder of how blessed we are to have her, too.<\/p>\n What a woman.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/l-r-queen-camilla-king-864319305.jpg\")
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<\/picture>BEAMING ROYAL <\/span><\/p>\nKate laughs with kids before meeting Charles for first time since race storm<\/h3>\n
Victoria Beckham<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMost read in Celebrity<\/h2>\n
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<\/picture>STRICTLY ANGELIC <\/span><\/p>\nAngela Rippon talks smashing the glass ceiling & why she\u2019s happily single<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>KIDDING ME <\/span><\/p>\nParis Fury poses with gypsy brood but son Prince Adonis steals the show<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>AY CA-RUMBA! <\/span><\/p>\nStrictly Come Dancing secrets you didn\u2019t know from pre-show rituals to songs<\/h3>\n
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<\/picture>FAIER PLAY <\/span><\/p>\nInside the life of Sam Faiers’ kids – from \u00a31k a night holidays to \u00a32.25m pad<\/h3>\n
Amy Dowden<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMyleene Klass<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAlison Hammond<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMargot Robbie<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nEmily Atack<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nQueen Camilla, 76<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGeri Horner<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nHannah Waddingham<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nRebecca Sharp<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nTina Turner<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nPamela Anderson<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nDame Maggie Smith<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nEllie Wilson<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Lionesses\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMaya Jama<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nKatherine Ryan<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nGeorgia Harrison<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nNaga Munchetty<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSarah Lancashire\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSharon Henderson<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nMadonna<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nParis Fury<\/h2>\n
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