Another jewel in Jolie’s crown

Actor-philanthropist named top feminist icon, outpaces Emma Watson, Jennifer Lawrence

Angelina Jolie has been named Britain’s top feminist icon. The 39-year-old topped the poll for her campaigning against rape as a weapon of war in her role as United Nations Special Envoy, beating off competition from iconic women’s rights activist Germaine Greer, reported IANS.

“We are driven by the empowerment of women and celebration of their femininity, which Angelina Jolie embodies perfectly,” said Heidy Rehman, founder of feminist fashion house roseandwillard.com, which conducted the nationwide poll.

HeForShe campaign leader and Harry Potter actor Emma Watson stood second, while How to Be a Woman author Caitlin Moran, and Jennifer Lawrence of Hunger Games fame came third and fourth. Greer rounded up the top five. Other celebrity women celebrated in the poll include singers Taylor Swift, Beyonce Knowles and Charlotte Church, actor Patricia Arquette and model Cara Delevingne.

In other news, Jolie recently made her first post-surgery appearance when she attended the Kids’ Choice Awards, where she won the ‘Favourite Villain’ award for her role in Maleficent. She was joined by daughters Zahara, 10, and Shiloh, 8, for the event, where she was also up for the ‘Favourite Actress’ award, which she lost out to Emma Stone.

Jolie made headlines earlier this week when, on Tuesday, she announced she had her ovaries and fallopian tube removed in mid-March after her doctors told her she was showing early signs of cancer. In May 2013, she revealed that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy after genetic tests showed she was at a high risk for both breast and ovarian cancer. The latter claimed the life of her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, in 2007.

top 10 celebrity feminist icons

1.     Angelina Jolie

2.     Emma Watson

3.     Caitlin Moran

4.     Jennifer Lawrence

5.     Germaine Greer

6.     Taylor Swift

7.     Cara Delevingne

8.     Patricia Arquette

9.     Beyonce Knowles

10.   Charlotte Church
Source: yahoo.com

Published in The Express Tribune, March  31^st,  2015.

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