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It is that time of year again when Femina, India’s first and largest read women’s lifestyle magazine in association with iconic beauty brand L’Oreal Paris, recognises and honours women who have been continuously and selflessly striving to make this world a better place. Through L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards, Femina has successfully shifted the spotlight on lesser known women of worth who have been silently working for various causes and issues concerning the society. And now with the 4th edition of the awards, Femina promises to once again introduce to the world women with extraordinary accomplishments, outstanding leadership qualities and exceptional commitment to their careers and communities.

A special event was held on Tuesday at Mumbai’s Palladium Hotel to announce the nominees for this year’s awards in the presence of Tanya Chaitanya, editor, Femina, Manashi Guha general manager, L’Oreal Paris and L’Oreal Paris brand ambassador and Bollywood style icon Sonam Kapoor.

This year, the L’Oréal Paris Femina Women Awards will have 12 categories including science, business and entrepreneurship, sports, art, and education, among others.  The nominees have been shortlisted after an extensive research process while identifying each one’s key contribution in their respective fields.Sharing her thoughts, Tanya Chaitanya, editor, Femina said, “L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015 will introduce you to women who keep the world going with their good, selfless work. Some have never visited cities, most haven’t been exposed to media frenzy and definitely not a single nominee here is in it for publicity--these are superheroes who believe in letting their actions talk. L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015 are our way of thanking these unsung stars for saving the world, in their own big and small ways”.

Manashi Guha, general manager, L’Oréal Paris said, “L’oreal Paris through its brand philosophy ‘Because you are Worth It’, has always encouraged women to empower themselves and lead an extraordinary life while feeling beautiful from within. In our 4th successful year, the L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards have nominees who selflessly work for improving the lives of other women. We salute them for their unwavering and selfless commitment to make a difference.”L’Oreal Paris brand ambassador Sonam Kapoor, looking gorgeous in an Elie Saab gown and Louboutin shoes, extended her support to the awards and said, “It’s an honour to support a platform that celebrates and admires accomplished women from various walks of life for their talent, grace and ability to inspire and achieve. I congratulate L’Oreal Paris and Femina for recognising such unstoppable ‘Women of Worth’. For me, each and every nominee is a winner and I wish them the best of luck.”Before opening the forum for questions from the media, Tanya Chaitanya, Sonam Kapoor and Manashi Guha, who are achievers in their own fields, had to field questions from our guests from Kranti, an NGO that works to empower girls from Mumbai’s red light areas. From success mantras to coping with challenges at work, these young women looked to draw some inspiration and the three achievers helped them with some great tips. Later in her Q&A session with the media, Sonam confessed about her deepest regrets, biggest inspiration, her thoughts on gender wage gap and shared her advise for young women.

Mumbai Mar. 24 :- Actress Kaitrina Kaif,Sonam Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, Urvashi Rautela, Neha Dhupia, Gahur Khan, Elli Avram, Tanisha Mukerjee, Nawazuddin Siggiqui & Waluscha D’soua during the L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Awards 2015 event in Mumbai.