Her trophy was presented by Anna Wintour, the powerful Vogue editor, who said that with Rihanna, the point is to be audacious even jaw-dropping or button-pushing. Accepting the award, Rihanna spoke of her origins in Barbados, where I didnt have a lot of access to fashion. But, she said: Fashion has always been my defense mechanism. Even as a child, she told the crowd, she used to think: She can beat me, but she cant beat my outfit. I can compensate for all my weaknesses with my fashion, she said, adding: There are rules, but rules are meant to be broken. An emotional high point of the ceremony was the bestowing of the prestigious Founders Award to Bethann Hardison, a former model and modeling agent, who has been a vocal champion for diversity on runways
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