Los Angeles, USA – Na dem stars dey shine for di Variety Power of Women event wey happen for Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday night. Hosted by di funny Iliza Shlesinger, di occasion no be for joke o, as na women wey sabi dey run tins for media and entertainment wey dey take stage dey celebrate wetin dem don achieve.
Na di closing speech wey Jamie Lee Curtis deliver, e come remind us say wetin dey happen for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles no dey sweet at all. She yan about how di hospital dey suffer because money don waka comot, and people dey fear to show face because of di ICE wahala wey dey dey. “Every nurse, every child-life specialist, every doctor, every mother wey dey support di patients na di real power of women,” she talk.
Before Curtis take di mic, di night don start with some sharp zingers from Iliza, plus remarks from di co-editors-in-chief Cynthia Littleton and Ramin Setoodeh. Di night get flavor from Kate Hudson wey enter stage with her padi Octavia Spencer. Kate, wey be mama of three, remind us say everybody get one kind power, and di work wey women dey do fit change di world despite how society fit see dem.
Next na Sydney Sweeney wey talk about Christy Martin, di boxer wey she dey act film for. “I dey play a strong woman, and I sabi wetin e mean to be underestimated. We all get our own fight” Sweeney share, no be small, huh?
Aly Raisman also come share her mind as she receive di Variety Courage Award. She dey think about all di people wey dey suffer for abusive relationships and no get voice. “We need to dey talk for people wey no fit talk for demself,” she yan.
Wanda Sykes wisdom shine as she talk about di SNAP benefits wey go soon finish if government no change di matter. “When women hjari, di community dey shine. If we dey win, every body dey win. No be like men wey go just go find younger wives,” she joke.
As di night dey close, Nicole Scherzinger come carry her award come talk about di Special Olympics. She remind us say di true power of women na to use our voices to uplift others, not just for fame or dance step. Na real talk!
Di event no just dey celebrate di honorees, but na reminder for wetin dey happen around us. Power of women no just dey come from di achievements, but how we fit support one another. As Curtis herself summarize am, “To live is to learn. To learn is to grow. To grow is to give. To give is to live.” Make we hold this truth close as we dey carry di message go everywhere.
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