Jameela Jamil revealed that her “body is forever broken” according to society’s beauty standards and was named Glamour’s Changing Voice of the Year.
The actress and activist, 38, received the honor at the awards ceremony at Raffles in London on Tuesday.
Jameela last won an award at the ceremony in 2013, when she was named Radio Personality of the Year, and recalled how it was an exciting time for women in terms of body positivity.
However, she expressed sadness at the return of the “chic heroine” as she gave an impassioned speech about how women are once again “suffering and risking our lives” in the search for the “same Snapchat face.”
Urging women and girls to be kinder to themselves, she said: “I beg you, as I stand here with a body forever broken because of what I put you through because of our society’s beauty standards… that you do not sell your me as an old woman.” short.’
Jameela Jamil revealed her “body is forever broken” by society’s beauty standards when she was named Glamor’s Voice of the Year in London on Tuesday.
The actress and activist, 38, received the honor at the awards ceremony at Raffles in London on Tuesday.
Jameela began her speech by talking about the optimism of the 2010s, before sharing her concern that there had been a setback.
The Good Place star said: “Children are encouraged to build their bodies and build their future and their legacy.”
“As women and girls starve, they inject and suffer (and sometimes literally die) in search of the quickest possible path to the changing and fickle standard of beauty.”
‘Why are women’s discomfort and harm still so hypernormalized?’ the actress asked.
Jameela went on to call on all women and girls not to bow down to misogyny and instead make decisions that strengthen them, not harm them.
In her powerful speech, Jameela said: ‘Patriarchy seeks to distract, destroy and erase (women) as we age because we become harder to control. Because we become too valuable.
“And we shouldn’t find out, otherwise we might start spending more energy on things that might even the playing field in this world.”
And he continued with a smile and added: “We could start getting a good night’s sleep.” We could eat enough nutrients.
Jameela last won an award at the ceremony in 2013, when she was named Radio Personality of the Year, and recalled how it was an exciting time for women in terms of body positivity.
However, she expressed sadness at the return of the “chic heroine” as she gave an impassioned speech about how women are once again “suffering and risking our lives” in the search for the “same Snapchat face.”
Urging women and girls to be kinder to themselves, she said: “I beg you, as I stand here with a body forever broken because of what I put you through because of our society’s beauty standards… that you do not sell your me as an old woman.” short’ (pictured from 2009)
‘We could become too happy with ourselves and have genuine confidence in who we are. Can you imagine what we could do?’
Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards are back for another year to honor some of the biggest names in music, television, film and sport.
The event, sponsored by Samsung and the new Galaxy Ring, honors activists and record-breakers leading the fight for women’s equality.
Actress Jodie Turner-Smith, 38, led the awards ceremony and received the Trailblazer trophy from her friend and James Bond star Naomie Harris, 48.
The star-studded evening also saw Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley, 29, named Changing Actor, following in the footsteps of last year’s Oscar winner Adriana DeBose.
Award-winning comedian Katherine Ryan once again hosted the ceremony in west London (for the fourth year in a row) and was named the Feminist Hero Award.
Baywatch icon Pamela Anderson, 57, received this year’s Glamor Impact Award and opened up about her story of sexual abuse in an emotional speech.
Jodie couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she posed proudly with the trophy backstage.
The star-studded evening also saw Bridgerton’s Simone Ashley, 29, named a breakthrough actress, following in the footsteps of last year’s Oscar winner Adriana DeBose.
Elsewhere, Chloe Bailey, 26, won the coveted Musician of the Year award, following in the footsteps of her older sister Halle, who won the honor last year.
Meanwhile, former Love Island star Cally Jane Beech, 32, was honored for her activism and brave work in opposing sexually explicit deepfakes, having been a victim herself.
The Theater Award was presented to Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, 26, who was the victim of vile racist abuse after being cast opposite Tom Holland in Romeo and Juliet.
Olympian Keely Hodgkinson, 22, took home the Sports Hero Trophy which she said she accepted not just on her behalf but “the whole sport of athletics and women’s sport as a whole”.