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Selena Gomez Wins Equity Award at THR Women in Entertainment Gala, Calls for More Representation & ‘True Inclusion’

Selena Gomez won an equity award and called for more representation in the entertainment industry. Watch parts of her speech.

After an introduction from her Only Murders in the Building co-star Molly Shannon, the 32-year-old singer/actress took the event stage at the The Beverly Hills Hotel to formally receive the honors — which recognized her advocacy for underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry — and deliver remarks on the subject of equity. The Rare Beauty founder also shared the moment she first realized the full scope of her position as a role model: when the mother of a young girl went up to her at a live taping of Wizards of Waverly Place and said she was grateful her daughter had a Latina actress to look up to on TV. While at the event — which comes just a couple of weeks after Emilia Perez starring Gomez, Karla Sofía Gascón and Zoe Saldaña arrived on Netflix — the “Lose You to Love Me” singer also stopped to talk with Billboard on the red carpet about how the film serves to advance equity in the entertainment industry.

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