On the worldwide list of the most admired women, entertainers are extremely popular. The majority of women featured are having a career in acting, television or music. Angelina Jolie, Taylor Swift, Madonna and Emma Watson all feature in the top lists. However, humanitarian work also features more prominently, with Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson all in the top 8.
A woman is known to be the delicate creature, but sometimes she proves herself a powerful politician, economist, celebrity and social person. The role of the women in making this planet a peaceful place to live in cannot be ignored. Either she is a mother, a professional female or doing a business, a woman is always powerful and owns specific characteristics which make her different and prominent from the men.
Let us see the list of 8 most admired women in the world.
Angelina Jolie
Academy Award-winning actress and humanitarian, Angelina Jolie top the “most admired women” list. Jolie is a wonderful lady as well as one of the most beautiful women of all time.
According to an annual survey conducted by YouGov – a market research company based in London, Jolie remains the most admired woman in the world. Also, Jolie has topped the poll in each of the annual surveys, since it introduced separate rankings for the sexes in 2015. Jolie beat out several influential leaders and personalities including Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and more.
Anne Frank
Although Anne Frank is not much known by many of us, but I name her to be one of the most admirable women in the world because she wrote a personal diary which is considered to be an ancient piece of work, reminding us the times of Nazis. Anne was born in Netherlands. When she grew old, her parents with Anne and the rest of family members were threatened by Nazis.
As a result they started hiding themselves but unfortunately could not save themselves. During her life in a camp, Anne wrote a diary which has now been kept in a museum as the oldest diary in the world. This Jewish girl is still reminded as an admirable woman of the world.
Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was born in 1830 in USA. She is known to be a successful and one of the most famous American female poets. Emily wrote various poetries such as “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”, “Heart, we will forget him!”, “I’m Nobody! Who are You?”, and “Wild Nights! Wild Nights!”. She is now dead but still reminded widely by her poetry lovers the world over.
Benazir Bhutto
Benazir Bhutto, the first female Prime Minister of Pakistan and the first female leader of Muslims, was born in 1953. She was the daughter of a famous politician, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. She was murdered by terrorists in 2007 when she was busy in her party’s public meeting. Menazir was a brave and courageous woman and is admired for her services.
Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi was born in 1917 in India. She was the 3rd Prime Minister of India and worked hard to serve her nation from 1966 to 1977, and 1980 to 1984. Indira was a highly influential politician and one of the fewer female politicians of her time. She was died in 1984.
Taylor Swift
A successful singer and songwriter, who has gone from country star to pop icon. Taylor Swift is also one of the world’s highest paid female singers. She has 32 American Music Awards and 23 Billboard Music Awards. Best known for her charitable donations to various causes and helping others when possible via generous acts.
Emma Watson
A vocal supporter of the Time’s Up movement, Emma Watson ranked the 10th most admired woman in the world. The beautiful actress also served as an advocate for UN Women’s HeForShe campaign in promoting gender equality.
Scarlett Johansson
Scarlett Johansson is the world’s highest-paid actress as per Forbes. According to a survey conducted by YouGov America, Scarlett Johansson ranked at No. 5 place among the most admired women in the world.