“I can’t believe all of the things I’ve been blessed to do this year, and I know it would not be possible without my family,” she said, looking over to her parents, Matthew and Tina Knowles, her cousin and former assistant, Angie Beyince, and former Destiny’s Child bandmate Michelle Williams. “I’ve been working with my parents since the beginning of Destiny’s Child, when I was nine years old. I am the luckiest young woman in the world to have my parents and that connection and genuine love and people that tell me when I’m wrong and people that always support me and love me unconditionally.”
Video: Beyoncé Accepts Woman Of The Year Award
