00:00It's an honor to present the Billboard Women in Music Icon Award to La Verdera Chingona, Thalía.
00:18Wow.
00:20Let me catch my breath a little bit.
00:23Eva, un aplauso a Eva Longoria, por favor.
00:30Talking about an icon.
00:32No.
00:36Wow.
00:38Ah, what can I say?
00:40This is such an amazing and beautiful honor.
00:43I'm truly blessed.
00:45Gracias, Dios, todo poderoso, mi Señor Jesucristo, in your name.
00:51And I'm truly, truly blessed to be among this incredible crowd,
00:55this inspiring group of artists and women.
01:00Thank you, first of all, Billboard,
01:03and everyone who has been part of my journey.
01:06It's been a long journey.
01:10Decades and decades.
01:11But thank you for all of you, all of your support.
01:14You know who you are.
01:17Of course, my family, my wonderful kids, my lovely husband,
01:24my sisters, mis hermanas,
01:27y mis padres,
01:28my parents who I think right now they probably are celebrating
01:32from some place over there.
01:35And to all my fans.
01:40I love you, too.
01:42Gracias a todos, mis adorados fans alrededor del mundo.
01:47Thank you for walking with me for more than four decades
01:51and generations and countries and languages.
01:54Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
01:57You are really everything to me.
01:59You are the wind beneath my wings.
02:03Thank you, thank you.
02:04And also, you know, they helped me find myself, too.
02:11You know, I've been thinking about this word, icon.
02:17It's short, right?
02:21But it's a long process to arrive there, right?
02:24An icon is a symbol.
02:27It's a representation of something greater than itself.
02:31A story, a culture, a moment in time that lives in people's hearts.
02:39And if my journey has connected in that way,
02:44I really received this with so much love and gratitude.
02:52It's a lot.
02:54It's a lot.
02:55Being an icon is not about standing here alone.
02:59It's about opening doors so others can walk through them.
03:05Yeah, you know that.
03:08It's about holding on to your dreams, even in uncertainty,
03:15and reinventing yourself over and over and over.
03:21An icon is a survivor.
03:25She falls.
03:27She stands up.
03:29And she keeps going because there's no option.
03:33You have to stand up and keep going.
03:36Go get your dreams.
03:38And talking about survivors,
03:43I want to dedicate this award to the little girl I once was.
03:48To that little Talia.
03:52That little girl who's still leaving me.
03:56To that little Tali who stepped onto a television stage when she was seven years old
04:03and found magic in those lights and through the lens of the camera.
04:08And I just want to remind you that it's so important to embrace your inner child.
04:15It's so important to go back to who you were before
04:21and embrace yourself.
04:23Just hug yourself tight.
04:24Because you're there for you.
04:26Nobody else.
04:27And to every single kid who dares to dream big, do not stop.
04:34Your dreams are not big.
04:38You're just waiting.
04:40You're just waiting to grow into them.
04:45Thank you so much.
04:47Thank you so much.
04:49Viva Mexico y viva los Latinos.
04:51Gracias.
04:57Viva Mexico y viva México y viva México y viva México y viva México.
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