Actress Reese Witherspoon, Avon global ambassador, speaks
at the International Women of Courage Awards Ceremony at
the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, March 10,
2010. Photo by AP.
Actress Reese Witherspoon says her
Legally
Blonde character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most
stylish woman to come to the US capital by first lady Michelle
Obama.
Speaking on Wednesday at a ceremony where Mrs Obama and
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the
annual International Women of Courage awards, Witherspoon
jokingly complained that Woods, the bubbly blonde from Los
Angeles who discovers her inner strength at Harvard Law
School and then takes on Washington politics, no longer held
that title.
"As an actress, I have always sought out roles that portrayed
women as strong and powerful, such as Elle Woods, who was in
the Legally Blonde movies," she said to laughter
from the audience in an ornate State Department reception
room.
Woods, she said, "happened to be the biggest fashionista who
ever came to Washington until Michelle Obama. Thanks a lot."
Clinton then introduced Mrs Obama as "stylish," and the first
lady returned the compliment to the entire crowd, saying:
"You all look fabulous."
Witherspoon was at the ceremony as a global ambassador for
the Avon Foundation, which supports breast cancer research,
anti-domestic violence programs and women's empowerment
projects. On Wednesday the group announced a $500,000
contribution to the State Department's Fund for Global
Women's Leadership.
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