Amy Poehler will be awarded this year’s Dove Real Beauty Award at the 34th Annual AWRT (American Women in Radio and Television) Gracie Awards. “The Dove Real Beauty Award” honors an individual who best embodies and expresses the ’substance and spirit’ of real beauty through her life and career.
AWRT President Maria Brennan says of this year’s selection
“We are excited… Amy Poehler is an ideal recipient for this recognition balancing her many roles as entertainer, entrepreneur, advocate and mother. She sends a strong, positive message to women and girls of any age. On and off screen, Poehler accomplishes this by consistently demonstrating her dedication to empowering women and girls everywhere. Through her digital series for the ON Networks, Smart Girls at the Party, Amy continues to acknowledge and support girls who are ‘changing the world by being themselves”.
Poehler says of the receiving the award, “I am honored and flattered to be included in any award that has the words ‘real’ and ‘beauty’ in it.” -BUST.com
Yay Amy!
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