Being Named As Glamour's Woman Of The Year

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Being named as Glamour’s Woman of the Year is an honor. It covers fashion experts, athletic heroes, humanitarians and social activists, and even business leaders.

This year, Glamour’s annual celebration of Women of the Year has a surprising nominee. Bono is the first Man of the Year for Glamour. He is going to be honored at Los Angeles, in a ceremony this November, cites Stuff.

Bono is the first man to make it to the list. According to Cindi Leive, the editor-in-chief of Glamour, they have talked about honoring a man for years. But they never really minded it until they thought of Bono. Leive adds that it is time to start looking at men who are doing great things for women. For Leive, Bono gets it.

Bono is responsible for “Poverty is

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