Scarsdale Student Wins Glamour Magazine's Top Ten College Women Award

Scarsdale native and Colgate University student Maggie Dunne won Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women competition and a $20,000 grand prize award.

At a special celebration sponsored by L’Oréal Paris on Tuesday night in New York City, Dunne received the award and will be featured in an editorial feature in the May 2012 issue of Glamour.

A native of Scarsdale, Dunne is currently studying Native American studies at Colgate University. She started the Lakota Pine Ridge Children’s Enrichment Program to address Native American poverty in South Dakota. She even traveled to Bangladesh to learn aid techniques they could use on the reservation, and has so far distributed more than $100,000 worth of coats, boots, and books to the people there.

In honor of this year’s competition, Glamour hosted a panel, Defining Success Your Way: The New Secrets of Getting Ahead, which took place on Tuesday, April 3 at New Museum in New York City. Moderated by the magazine’s Editor-in-Chief, Cindi Leive, this panel of successful women in diverse fields—including Allison Williams, actress (HBO’s Girls), Jennifer Hyman, chief executive officer of Rent the Runway, Tika Sumpter, actress (Gossip Girl), Sarah Hurwitz, White House speechwriter, and Aimee Mullins, actress, athlete and L’Oréal Paris spokeswoman —offered advice and insight on being successful while still doing what you love in your career. To watch video from the event and check out glamour.com’s coverage, click here.

Glamour’s Top 10 College Women Competition has recognized 10 students from across the country for the past 55 years for their campus leadership, scholastic achievement, community involvement and unique, inspiring goals. The 10 winners are also profiled in an editorial feature in the May 2012 issue of Glamour, which hits newsstands nationally on April 10.

Glamour awarded one $20,000 grand prize to Dunne and each of the other winners also received a cash prize, a trip to New York City, introductions to top professionals in a variety of fields, national recognition in the magazine and a gift bag from L’Oréal Paris.

Additionally, Kristen Comings, Vice President of Media, Content, Consumer Promotions and Philanthropy at L’Oréal Paris presented its Beauty of Giving award to one of the 10 honorees, Yali Derman. The award, a $2,500 donation to the charity of the winner’s choice, was given by L’Oréal Paris to the woman who exemplifies the strongest charitable spirit.  

Glamour’s 2012 Top 10 College Women:

• Kaylee Marie Radzyminski, Tennessee Tech University, “She makes life better for our troops.”
• Annie Ryu, Harvard University, “She’s saving babies, one text at a time.”
• Jasmine Mans, University of Wisconsin, “Her poetry will send chills down your spine.”
• Maggie Dunne, Colgate University, “She’s making difference for Native Americans.”
• Ola Ojewumi, University of Maryland, “She’s a survivor. Period.”
• Keeley Tillotson, University of Oregon, “She invited your favorite snack.”
• YaliDerman, University of Pennsylvania, “Her cute bags help kids heal.”
• Colleen Gulick, University of Maryland, “She’s the fastest thing on two wheels.”
• Sarah Stern, University of Kansas, “Everywhere she goes, her camera goes too.”
• DéaJulien, New York University, “She’s a triple threat on Broadway.”

-Contributed by Glamour Magazine.