Rihanna named 'Woman of the Year' by Italian 'Vogue'

Rihanna has been named 'Woman of the Year' by Vogue Italia.

The 'Man Down' singer was awarded the title for her charity work, music career and for dealing with issues in her personal life, such as her troubled relationships with her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown and her drug addict father Ronald Fenty.

Vogue Italia posted on its blog: "Independent, energetic, the young Robyn Rihanna Fenty (only 23) is our woman of the year and not just by virtue of numbers and figures but also, and foremost, for her kind and fighting spirit. The same spirit that brought her from Barbados to the top of the music charts achieving a career which she has forged and mastered completely by herself (whose last move was to become the new ambassador for Armani).

"Rihanna is the undisputed best contender to the role of queen of pop. Her career has always been based on the cunning use of sexiness and provocation.

"She has managed to cultivate her career despite the many tragedies affecting her private life: from her father's addiction to crack... to the violence caused to her in 2009 by then-boyfriend Chris."

Rihanna, who first graced the cover of the famous fashion magazine in September 2009, has campaigned for breast cancer treatment and searched for a bone marrow donor for Jasmina Anema, a young fan battling leukaemia.

The Vogue Italia post continued: "She has joined and supported campaigns for the fight against breast cancer as well as the fight against world famine but also offered her help to ill or less fortunate people such as the very young Jasmina Anema who saw the popstar on the frontline in the search for a bone marrow donor to save her from leukaemia."

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