Stylist Magazine looks back at the women who have made headlines in 2011

Stylist's Women of the Year 2011

Beyoncé

Angela Merkel

Sarah Burton

Rebecca Black

Miranda Hart

Sakineh Ashtiani

Louise Mensch

Kate Middleton

Tracey Emin

Amy Winehouse

Jane Austen

Lady Gaga

Danica May Camacho

Camila Batmanghelidjh

Katie Piper

Jill Abramson

Victoria Beckham

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman

Amanda Knox

Julia Donaldson

Elizabeth Taylor

Yingluck Shinawatra

Military Wives

Sally Bercow

Florence Welch

Rushanara Ali

PJ Harvey

Natalie Portman

Jemima Khan

Jessica Ennis

Iris Apfel

Aung San Suu Kyi

Tilda Swinton

Stella McCartney

Britney Spears

Lauren Taylor

Carey Mulligan

Adele

Meryl Streep

Kate Winslet

Rihanna

Emma Watson

Miranda Kerr

Rosie Huntington Whiteley

Blake Lively

Nicki Minaj

Kristen Stewart

Jessie J

Grace Dent

Susie Bubble

The names that have hit the headlines this year

Stylist's Women of 2011