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Precariously elevated environmental estrogen levels briefly registered within several blocks of Fifth Avenue and 61st Street as the 19th Annual Women of the Year Luncheon was under way at The Pierre.
Nightline co-anchor Cynthia McFadden, legal maven Linda Fairstein, Martha Stewart’s Omnimedia CEO Susan Lyne, and The Donald’s charming feme Melania were spotted amongst the well-and-high-heeled assembly, while furloughed CBS-News lady Roz Abrams donated her downtime emceeing chops in homage to accomplished female role models who have attained to preeminence in a given field.
Paris, Britney, and Lindsay had—surprise, surprise!—been passed over for consideration once again In their stead, Margo, Pamela, and Liz made up this year’s triumvirate of honorees:
MCV Advertising Associates president Margo Catsimatidis, for establishing her company as one of New York’s premier printing agencies; Pamela J. Newman, for serving as the Executive Vice President of AON Corporation on top of co-authoring various books and racking up philanthropy awards like Zsa Zsa Gabor racked up husbands in her heyday; and Liz Smith, for having excelled as our nation’s most enduring purveyor of all the news unfit to print on pages one through five and from seven on up.
Chaired by Carmen Anderson, the fundraiser took place under the auspices of The Police Athletic League (PAL), New York City’s largest independent nonprofit youth organization. Its mission is to build character and to provide inspiration and resources for tomorrow’s leaders. Youngsters are encouraged to emulate the yearly honorees.
So should Paris, Britney, and Lindsay ever indeed get the nod at The Pierre, we know we’re in trouble.
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