Rihanna for Marie Claire, December 2010

Smouldering in a Givenchy by Riccardo Tisci dress, Carol Kauffmann earrings and gorgeous nude Christian Louboutin heels, our December cover girl looks every inch the international star. You'd certainly never guess it has been such a hard year for Rihanna.'Eventually, I remember waking up one day and I knew I was over it,' she says of her much publicised romance with singer Chris Brown. 'One day. I remember I was in New York at the Trump Hotel and I woke up and I just knew I was over it.'