Rihanna Glamour Magazine December 2009

Besides Michelle Obama, Rihanna has also been named one of Glamour Magazine’s 2009 Women of the Year.

Check out some highlights from her interview with the mag below.

On the highly publicized assault she went through roughly 8 months ago with then boyfriend Chris Brown:  “My friends and family have been extremely supportive, and everyone has been there for me.  But at some point you are there alone. It’s a lonely place to be—no one can understand.”

On dealing with the leak of the shocking photo of her beaten and bruised after the assault:  “It was humiliating; that is not a photo you would show to anybody.  I felt completely taken advantage of. I felt like people were making it into a fun topic on the Internet, and it’s my life. I was disappointed, especially when I found out the photo was [supposedly leaked by] two women.”

On what she has learned after her brush with domestic violence: “I’m stronger, wiser and more aware. You don’t realize how much your decisions affect people you don’t even know, like fans.  My story was broadcast all over the world for people to see, and they have followed every step of my recovery. The positive thing that has come out of my situation is that people can learn from that. I want to give as much insight as I can to young women, because I feel like I represent a voice that really isn’t heard. Now I can help speak for those women.”

On Domestic Violence: “Domestic violence is a big secret. No kid goes around and lets people know their parents fight. Teenage girls can’t tell their parents that their boyfriend beat them up. You don’t dare let your neighbor know that you fight. It’s one of the things we [women] will hide, because it’s embarrassing.

On finding love: “I hope I find love in the next 10 years – that will be pretty annoying if I am 31 and still have never been in love! But yeah, I’d like to be in a great place in both my personal life and my career. I still want to be doing what I love. Whatever that is in 10 years, I don’t know.”

On her new album Rated R set to be released November 23, 2009:  “I put everything I’ve wanted to say for the past eight months into my music.”

Rihanna will give her first TV interview since the attack on ABC’s Good Morning America this Thursday.

There are a lot of people that don’t agree with Glamour Magazine’s decision to name Rihanna one of their Women of the Year. They say she hasn’t done much at all for domestic violence and that she dresses too slutty, etc…

What do you think?  Does she deserve the title?

Her Glamour Magazine issue hits stands November 10, 2009.