VOTE: Who Is Your Ultimate Game-Changer Of The Decade?

Respected author, brains behind The Huffington Post, and indisputable media powerhouse – she’s the 52nd most influential woman in the world according to Forbes, yet she still finds the time for a good night’s sleep and the perfect blow-dry.

Not content with being a wildly successful broadcaster, TV critic and columnist, in 2012 Moran’s hilarious book, How To Be A Woman, was roundly hailed as the modern feminist's manifesto, followed up by a novel, a TV series, and her Twitter feed becoming part of the national syllabus.

In 2006 a friend posted a Spice Girls-obsessed Tottenham teenager’s demo on Myspace; two years later Adele’s debut album, 19, went four-times platinum in the UK. She’s now worth an estimated £50 million and is the wealthiest British musician under 30. And still Adele.

We’ve all watched her blossom from the child star playing Harry Potter’s swotty mate into one of Britain’s most talented, confident and treasured actresses. And she’s as likely to be giving a speech at the UN on gender equality, as she is to pick up a gong at the BAFTAS. Bravo.

In 2005 Destiny’s Child disbanded, and things could have gone either way for this Texas-born singer. Instead, she’s got feistier with each new release, selling a total of 118 million albums as a solo artist, winning 17 Grammy awards and is currently the most-nominated woman in the awards history. In 2014, she became the highest-paid black musician in history.

In 2007 she was simply It girl Paris Hilton’s mate and the unwilling star of a leaked sex-tape. But since then, Kim has risen to become one of Hollywood’s most powerful players, who regularly breaks the internet, has several clothing lines and is married to music mogul Kanye West. Well played.

She’d long been one of Britain’s most talented, gutsy and successful actresses, bagging four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes and an Academy Award for Best Actress. And today, at the age of 69 she is the new face of L’Oreal and still one of Britain’s sexiest.

In 2006, Keith Allen’s daughter gave us the soundtrack of the summer. Ten years on, she’s way more famous than her dad ever was, and we still love Lily for her wicked vintage wardrobe, catchy tunes and massive, massive gob.

She’s only the bravest, funniest, most hardworking 20-something in the entertainment industry. Only that.

From solo mum on benefits to multimillionaire novelist and Hollywood heavyweight in under five years, Jo Rowling daintily trampled all over the idea that rich white men wield all power in the arts.

She was once an unassuming British TV exec and then her Fifty Shades trilogy sold over 70 million copies worldwide, became this year’s most talked-about movie, and thrust female-friendly erotic fiction into the mainstream. Proof that a pet project has the potential to be a game-changer.

The 63-year-old director is a screw-you to the chick-flick genre, and with her brilliant The Hurt Locker she went on to become the first woman in history to win a Best Director award at the Oscars… grrrrr.

How refreshing to see a young, female, British Asian face on the Today programme alongside John Humphrys. More news presenters like Mishal, please.

As a young actress she plugged away as an essential but overlooked comic actress in The Royle Family and Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps, but it’s only in the past few years that she’s had a chance to shine in meaty roles and emerge has one of Britain’s best actresses – bagging an OBE to prove it.

Dame Hilary is the first female author to win the Booker Prize twice, and her Thomas Cromwell trilogy (Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies, The Mirror And The Light) made historical fiction sexy again. Just see Damian Lewis.

Born in Bolton to a lorry driver and a care worker, her acting roles in Shameless, Silk and The Village have cemented her rep as one of Britain’s most accomplished actresses. A committed socialist, she always talks sense. In an unapologetic Bolton accent.

At 27 she’s already written a BBC sitcom, The Vodka Diaries, and a hit Edinburgh play, When Women Wee, which was adapted into the Sheridan Smith movie The Powder Room. Altogether now: aaaaagh! What have we been DOING with our lives?

Author of the searing memoir Shame, this brave, outspoken campaigner against forced marriage and honour-based abuse is widely credited with the landmark 2014 change in the law against forced marriage.

As a TV critic at Entertainment Weekly, Flynn diligently wrote fiction in her spare time. In 2008 she was laid off; in 2012 she published Gone Girl, selling over two million copies and the film rights to 20th Century Fox for $20 million. Go, girl.

Before Michelle, First Ladies were expected to be decorative supporting actresses alongside the big star. With intelligence, passion and charm, she’s ensured that the world’s most famous couple are mutually supportive, loving and gloriously egalitarian. You can’t underestimate the impact.

A Pakistani activist for female education, 11-year-old Yousafzai blogged anonymously for the BBC, describing life as a young girl under the Taliban regime. In 2012, she was targeted by a gunman in retaliation and shot at close range. In October 2014, she became the youngest ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

This Sheffield-born daughter of a painter/decorator and a social worker was the y star of the London 2012 Olympics, breaking multiple records and winning Gold. She’s equally inspiring out of Lycra, demanding Sheffield United remove her name from their grounds should they reinstate convicted rapist Ched Evans.

A decade ago she was still the humiliated wife of a philandering president. But she took on Washington and won, and today she’s one of America’s ballsiest political players and a presidential candidate. Bill, put the kettle on.

We didn’t imagine anyone could be good enough for George. We were wrong. When he introduced us to this fierce, stylish human rights lawyer and activist, the whole world admitted defeat.

She might officially be Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, but we’ll always know and love her as K-Middy, Prince William’s sporty, smiley, Topshop-wearing college girlfriend. Alongside Harry and Wills, she’s given Britain a generation of Royals we’d quite like to get pissed with.

As a gay, Christian sports presenter, Balding is a much-needed breath of fresh air in the most shamefully misogynistic sector of an ageist, sexist broadcasting industry. It’s hard to imagine greater dignity in the face of Twitter jibes, cruel criticism and general prejudice.

The first female Bishop for the Church of England, we reckon this saxophone-playing, Manchester United-supporting Oxford graduate is just the person to end centuries of male domination within the CofE.

The director of Liberty, the British civil liberties advocacy organisation[2] – in the last decade she has been assessed as one of the ten people who may run Britain and included in the 100 Makers of the 21st Century list. She’s got our vote.

The British charity leader and author has consistently put the needs and plight of thousands of disadvantaged children at the forefront our minds with her charity the Kids Company. Her flair for capturing the public’s attention with her amazing work (and wardrobe!) has been nothing less than monumental.

As founder of the Everyday Sexism project, Bates was one of the first women to harness the power of social media to challenge sexism, misogyny and give millions of young women a voice.

In 2011 she became the first woman to run the International Monetary Fund, the world sighed with relief that finally there was someone we would trust taking aim against a ‘new mediocre’ (and let’s face it, male-dominated) period of the global economy.

When her teenage son, Stephen, was murdered in a racist attack in South East London in 1993, Lawrence began a lifelong campaign for justice for the victims of racist crime. Now a Baroness, she continues to sit in on panels for the Home Office and the Police Service.

A Somali-born psychotherapist and youth outreach worker, in 2010 Hussein co-founded the charity Daughters of Eve. She’s the UK’s most tireless campaigner against FGM, which she experienced herself at the age of seven.

One of the world’s most prominent political prisoners, Suu Kyi remained under house arrest in Burma for 15 years until her release in 2010. She’s since announced her intent to run for the presidency in Myanmar’s 2015 elections. Unstoppable.

When an 11-year-old, Chicago fashion blogger suddenly found herself front row at NYFW, critics insisted it was a flash-in-the-pan. Now, at 18, Tavi Gevinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Rookie magazine, an actress, a singer and a political activist. She’s a staple rather than a trend.

A decade ago, according to model lore, Mossy’s career should have been over. Instead she’s become even more of a British icon, effortlessly proving that party girls can be good mothers, shrewd businesswomen – and still look good at 40.

Ten years ago, nobody would have predicted that this tomboyish public schoolgirl would become the UK’s most beloved young model, scooping Model of the Year at last year’s British Fashion Awards. Officially the Kate Moss of her generation.

As a shy 16-year-old, she began appearing on international runways in early 2007; in February 2008, she was the first black model to walk a Prada runway in over a decade. Last year, Forbes listed Dunn in their top-earning models list, the first black British model to make the list. With every success, she further highlights the fashion industry’s failure to embrace diversity.

In 2006, she started her blog, Style Bubble; by 2010 it had tens of thousands daily visitors, and she’d landed a role as commissioning editor of DazedDigital.com. The original self-made queen of British fashion blogging, she’s only going to get bigger.

In 2005 she was still ‘Posh’, famous for being the most thinly characterised Spice Girl and marrying a footballer. A decade on, she’s a global style icon and respected fashion designer. Ain’t nobody calling her Posh no more.

It can’t be easy to make a name for yourself when you’re former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney’s daughter, but Stella has gone from rock-star sprog to one of Britain’s most cherished fashion designers. Her zero-tolerance attitude to animal cruelty has never faltered.

As a fashion graduate in 1996, she became Alexander McQueen’s personal assistant, and was soon creating dresses for Michelle Obama, Cate Blanchett, Lady Gaga and Gwyneth Paltrow. After McQueen’s untimely death in 2010, she took over as creative director, creating Kate Middleton’s wedding dress in 2011 and evolving a trailblazing British brand that would have faltered in lesser hands.

A Harvey Nichols board member before she turned 30, Portas is a whip-smart retail consultant who was simply too good at her job to remain behind the scenes. Having transformed the fortunes of numerous businesses, she set up Mary’s Living and Giving charity shops for Save The Children, which now total seven nationwide.

As uber-stylist and editor of self-launched LOVE magazine, Grand is a major influencer within the British fashion industry, and we love her for her determination to keep fashion fun.

After years designing accessories alongside Luella Bartley, Hillier set up her own design consultancy in 2004, and went on to collaborate with Victoria Beckham, Asprey, Joseph, Jonathan Saunders, Giles, House of Holland, Hogan, Stella McCartney, Salvatore Ferragamo, and Loewe. In July 2013, Katie was appointed creative director of Marc by Marc Jacobs. Perfect match.

Born in Paris to British parents, the impossibly chic and prodigiously talented fashion designer started out her career as Stella McCartney’s design assistant at Chloe, rising through the ranks to become creative director. But it’s in her current role as creative director of Celine that she’s spearheaded the shift towards more minimalist, pared-back, liveable fashion.

She’s been called ‘the fashion industry’s Simon Cowell’ for talent-spotting Roksanda Ilincic, Richard Nicoll and Jonathan Saunders. A tireless, talented champion of young British designers, LFW would be grey without her.

In 2000, a fashion journalist launched Net-a-Porter from her flat in Chelsea, where the trademark black delivery boxes were stacked up in the bath. And changed the face of fashion retail forever.

In 2006 this shrewd American businesswoman became CEO of Burberry, deftly taking the company out of decline and from £2 million to £7 million in value. Last year she left Burberry to become an executive at Apple, earning over £70 million – more than CEO Tim Cook.

As a 24-year-old self-made millionaire, you’ve got to hand it to the Brighton-dwelling vlogger, writer and social media behemoth, whose (ghostwritten) debut novel, Girl Online, broke the record for highest first-week sales since records began.

The first woman to serve on Facebook’s board, and undisputed queen of Silicon Valley. An astonishingly rare female role model in the notoriously male-oriented tech sector, she’s a fierce advocate of women in business, urging us all to ‘Lean in’ and for the world to ‘ban bossy’.

As co-founder of Decoded, a Silicon roundabout technology academy that teaches coding, Parsons is on a mission to demystify the tech realm - and get more women into the industry.

A beauty obsessive since she first met mentor Mary Greenwell at the age of 11, Charlotte quickly became known as Britain’s queen of backstage beauty, working with Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen for Vogue, Vanity Fair and LOVE. Today her YouTube tutorials and eponymous range have made beauty fun and accessible to a whole new generation of lipgloss addicts.

Probably the most innovative make-up artist in the industry, continuing to influence everything from couture shows to street style – and being global creative-design director for Procter & Gamble in her spare time.

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