Marie Claire and friends were out in force on Thursday night to celebrate the eleven brilliant winners of the Marie Claire Future Shapers Awards, in partnership with Neutrogena.
Marie Claire scoured the country to find the eleven winners, all immensely talented women changing the way we live and work in fields ranging from tech and science to arts and activism. The eleven Future Shapers Awards winners included anti-extremism activist Sara Khan, FoodCloud founder Iseult Ward, CrowdJustice legal mastermind Julia Salasky, Instagram's Amy Cole and tailor Phoebe Gormley.
Olympic track star Katarina Johnson-Thompson came up on stage to present Future Shapers Award winner Samantha Payne with her prize. Payne is the co-founder of Open Bionics, a start-up that creates affordable bionic hands for amputees, and Johnson-Thompson praised her work for giving people greater freedom and independence.
Celebrities in attendance included Billie JD Porter (who went upstairs to play a set at the post-ceremony party), Millie Mackintosh and singer Rebecca Ferguson. As the music got going, guests were treated to cocktails including Cointreau Fizz with cucumber and basil, Freixenet Ice Cava with mint and Piccini Orange Label Bianco Toscana wine, while on the menu were chicken skewers, lobster arancini and heritage tomato tartlets, before the late-night snacks arrived (salt beef bagels and Mexican bean burgers.)
To give everyone a little career inspiration while they partied, on the walls around the room were blown up images of quotes from the Future Shapers winners. ‘Surround yourself with positive people who believe in you’ read Iseult Ward’s quote, while Karen Mattison advised to not ‘wait for opportunities. Set targets and take small steps to tick them off.’
The quotes were part of Marie Claire’s latest initiative #PassItOn, which encourages women to share advice and guidance from their own careers to help others. Want to get involved? Simply tweet your own piece of career advice or hard-won lessons from your own career with the hashtag #PassItOn.
See all the stylish guests below...
Lilah Parsons
Lilah Parsons at the Future Shapers awards in London
Chloe Lloyd
Chloe Lloyd at the Future Shapers awards in London
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Katarina Johnson-Thompson at the Future Shapers awards in London
Phoebe Gormley
Phoebe Gormley at the Future Shapers awards in London
Millie Mackintosh
Millie Mackintosh at the Future Shapers awards in London
Roxie Nafousi
Roxie Nafousi at the Future Shapers awards in London
Sarah-Jane Mee
Sarah-Jane Mee at the Future Shapers awards in London
Laura Pradelska
Laura Pradelska at the Future Shapers awards in London
Frankie Bridge and Rebecca Ferguson
Frankie Bridge wearing Tara Jarmon and Rebecca Ferguson at the Future Shapers awards in London
Whinnie Williams
Whinnie Williams at the Future Shapers awards in London
Jasmine Hemsley
Jasmine Hemsley at the Future Shapers awards in London
Sophie Mitchell
Sophie Mitchell at the Future Shapers awards in London
Arabella Boyce
Arabella Boyce at the Future Shapers awards in London
Arielle Free
Arielle Free at the Future Shapers awards in London
Frankie Bridge
Frankie Bridge at the Future Shapers awards in London
Rebecca Ferguson
Rebecca Ferguson at the Future Shapers awards in London
Connie Constance
Connie Constance at the Future Shapers awards in London
Nyasha Matonhodze
Nyasha Matonhodze at the Future Shapers awards in London
Jada Sezer
Jada Sezer at the Future Shapers awards in London
Hannah Louise
Hannah Louise at the Future Shapers awards in London
Becky Sheeran and Dina Torkia
Becky Sheeran and Dina Torkia at the Future Shapers awards in London
Steph Hall
Steph Hall at the Future Shapers awards in London
Billie JD Porter
Billie JD Porter at the Future Shapers awards in London
Sinead Harnett
Sinead Harnett at the Future Shapers awards in London
Trish Halpin and Justine Southall
Trish Halpin and Justine Southall at the Future Shapers awards in London
Connie Constance
Connie Constance at the Future Shapers awards in London
Billie JD Porter
Billie JD Porter at the Future Shapers awards in London
Rosie Nafousi and Millie Mackintosh
Rosie Nafousi and Millie Mackintosh at the Future Shapers awards in London
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