PHOTO OP: Serena joined by Tyra at Glamour Women of the Year Awards

Serena Williams was spotted on the grey (?) carpet with Tyra Banks at the 2009 Glamour Women of the Year Awards held at Carnegie Hall in New York City last night.

The 11-time Grand Slammer was honored alongside Rihanna, Maria Shriver, Stella McCartney, Amy Poehler, Marissa Mayer, Jane Aronson, Susan Rice, Euna Lee & Laura Ling, the women of Iran's One Million Signatures campaign, and Maya Angelou. A special recognition was given to First Lady of the U.S. Michelle Obama.

At least ReRe kept her clothes on for the awards ceremony. Phew.

(Photo: Getty)

Venus + Serena get gussied up for Glamour magazine

Venus + Serena Williams are meeting up again but this time it's not for a place in tennis history.

The Sisters Sledge, looking strong + confident wielding racquets in designer gowns, are appearing together in the pages of Glamour magazine for their "The 11 Greatest Bodies on Earth" feature which spotlights 11 of the top female athletes heading to Beijing for the Summer Olympics.

About V, the magazine says:

Venus Williams made history when she won her fourth Wimbledon last July: She became the first woman in the 123-year-old event to earn the same prize money as the guys. (The year before, the pay gap was nearly $60,000). Williams, who had been seeded twenty-third in the tournament, was thrilled. "It wasn't about the money," she says. "It was just about being treated as equals." Heading into Beijing, she's playing as strong as ever--last year she set a new record with a 128.8 mph serve. "I'm glad I never had to play Venus," tennis legend Martina Navratilova once said. "She's just too long, too fast."

The mag had this to say about ReRe:

She's won eight Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold, but Serena Williams believes she hasn't "accomplished all that much" in tennis. "I feel like I'm just getting started," she says. After an injury forced her to pull out of the 2004 Olympics, she publicly vowed not to miss Beijing. But by 2006 her ranking had plummeted due to injuries. Still, Williams never gave up. Now she's ranked fifth and headed to Beijing. "What defines a person's character is not how you are when you're on top. It's how you are when you're on the bottom and working your way back," she says. Besides, she adds, "I love proving people wrong."

Love, love, love it...

(images courtesy of Glamour magazine via TennisWTA)