00:00It is with great pleasure that I present to you with the 2013 Essence Black Women in Hollywood
00:14Lincoln Shining Star Award. Please welcome Naomi Harris.
00:21This whole event is a lot bigger than I had anticipated because I'd never seen the Essence
00:28Awards before and I'm completely overwhelmed. I shed many tears listening to Gabrielle's speech
00:36and I did prepare something but now having listened to that speech I realise that I would
00:45have come up here and not really spoken from my heart, not really spoken truthfully and
00:49I really feel as though I'm in the place you were and I feel as though I have
00:58travelled thousands of miles to actually listen to that speech, to learn,
01:09to be inspired and to be reminded of who I am. So I thank you Gabrielle and I thank every
01:19woman in this room because it's a privilege just not to just receive this award which is
01:26huge and I thank you very much Essence and I'm very very grateful. But just to be invited
01:32to sit amongst all of you talented beautiful women I am really touched, very overwhelmed and
01:43extremely grateful. So thank you very much. Thank you.
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