PETA has announced that Ellen DeGeneres is its "Woman of the Year" for 2009. The 2008 award winner was Oprah Winfrey.
PETA decided to give this award to DeGeneres after she used her television show to talk about veganism and giving up animal products. PETA also named as "Man of the Year," Tim Gunn, who is an on air "fashion designer" on Lifetime's program "Project Runway."