Lizzo has had an unbelievable 2022. Not solely did she snag yet one more No. 1 single with “About Damn Time,” however her size-inclusive clothes line, Yitty, is totally popping off. As the 12 months winds down, she’s including one other accomplishment to her unending listing. On Dec. 6, the singer was honored with the folks’s champion award at the People’s Choice Awards, the place her mom, Shari Johnson-Jefferson, offered her with the prestigious award. And FYI, they’re, like, precise twins.
In a press launch asserting the honor (by way of Variety), Cassandra Tryon, senior vp of leisure dwell occasions for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, mentioned, “[Lizzo] leads with kindness, advocates for inclusivity and champions increased diversity and equity in the industry and beyond. Her commitment to breaking barriers and empowering others to use their own voices to create change makes her a true ‘People’s Champion.'”
Lizzo actually embodied these phrases throughout her acceptance speech. Instead of specializing in herself, she used the whole length of her speech to carry up 17 activist girls from all completely different walks of life and their causes, explaining, “If I’m the people’s champ, I don’t need a trophy for championing people.”
She spotlighted activists like Amariyanna Copeny (aka Little Miss Flint), who’s been combating for everybody in Flint, MI, and throughout the nation to have secure ingesting water; Maggie Mireles, who’s combating gun violence in faculties after her schoolteacher sister, Eva Mireles, died defending college students throughout the Uvalde, TX, college capturing; and extra.
The “Am I Ready” singer was additionally nominated in 5 further classes at the PCAs: the competitors present of 2022 for “Lizzo’s Watch Out For the Big Grrrls,” feminine artist of 2022, tune of 2022 for “About Damn Time,” album of 2022 for “Special,” and social celeb of 2022. The singer took residence the tune of 2022 honor and saved that acceptance speech quick and candy. She sang the iconic, uplifting lyrics of “About Damn Time” that go, “Oh, I’ve been so down and under pressure. I’m way too fine to be this stressed. Oh, I’m not the girl I was or used to be. Uh, b*tch, I might be better.”
Check out Lizzo’s transferring speech and the 17 inspiring activists she spotlighted forward.
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