Pictures: Forbes Most Powerful Women

Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Jordan Monarch is number 76 on the list.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned is the First Lady of Qatar.  (JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images)

Anchor Christiane Amanpour is number 73.  (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Chua Sock Koong is the chief executive at Singapore Telecommunications.  (THERESA BARRACLOUGH/AFP/Getty Images)

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi is the Minister of Economy in the United Arab Emirates.  (JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Anne Sweeney is the Co-chair of Disney Media Networks.  (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Cristina Fernandez is the President of Argentina.  (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Cathleen Black is the president of Hearst Magazines.  (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

Sheryl Sandberg is the COO of Facebook.  (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images)

Annika Falkengren is the chief officer of Sweden’s third biggest bank SEB.  (FREDRIK SANDBERG/AFP/Getty Images)

Mary McAleese is the president of Ireland.  (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)

Marjorie Scardino is the CEO of Pearson PLC.  (ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Tarja Halonen, the President of Finland, is number 62.  (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Author and personal finance guru Suze Orman comes in at number 61.  (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for WICT)

Tennis player Venus Williams is number 60.  (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is number 58.  (JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Andrea Jung is the CEO of Avon Products.  (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Anna Wintour is the editor-in-chief of Vogue.  (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Athlete Serena Williams ranks number 55 on the list.  ((Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Burberry)

First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, is number 53.  (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

Guler Sabanci (center) is the chair of Sabanci Holding.  (BERTRAND GUAY/AFP/Getty Images)

Carly Fiorina is the California Republican candidate for U.S. Senate.  (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Rachel Maddow, host of “The Rachel Maddow Show”, is number 50.  (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Stephenie Meyer is the author behind the “Twilight” books.  (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Marina Berlusconi is the chair of Mondadori and Fininvest Group.  (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Meg Whitman is running for governor of California.  (Photo by Eric Paul Zamora-Pool/Getty Images)

News anchor Diane Sawyer ranks number 46.  (Photo by Adam Rose/ABC via Getty Images)

Actor and fashion designer Sarah Jessica Parker is number 45.  (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Burberry)

Sallie Krawcheck (not pictured) is the head of Bank of America’s wealth management business.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde is number 43.  (AFP/Getty Images)

Carol Bartz is the CEO of Yahoo!.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Queen of England ranks number 41.  (Photo by Andrew Milligan-WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Co-anchor Meredith Vieira rounds out the top 40.  (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Model and producer Heidi Klum is number 39.  (THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Ana Patricia Botin is the CEO of Banesto Bank.  (PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Warren, assistant to the President and special adviser to the Secretary of Treasury, is number 37.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Lynn Laverty Elsenhans (not pictured) is the CEO of Sunoco.  (Photo By Darrell Ingham/Getty Images)

First Lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is number 35.  (LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images)

Tina Brown is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Daily Beast.  (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Talk show host and author Chelsea Handler ranks 33rd.  (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

Ho Ching is chief executive of Temasek Holdings.  (ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Founder and editor-in-chief of Huffington Post is number 28.  (Photo by Thos Robinson/Getty Images for Louise Blouin Group)

Melinda Gates is the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Patricia Woertz is CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Co.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is ranked 25th.  (Photo by Steve Petteway/Collection of the Supreme Court of Justice via Getty Images)

Anne Lauvergeon is chief executive of Areva.  (ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services is 23rd.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

News anchor Katie Couric is ranked 22nd.  (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie comes in at number 21.  (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

Ursula Burns is the CEO of Xerox as well as vice chair of President Obama’s Export Council. She rounds out the top 20.  (Photo by Gary Fabiano-Pool/Getty Images)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 19th.  (Photo by Craig Ruttle-Pool/Getty Images)

Ellen Kullman, CEO of DuPont, is 18th.  (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Mary Shapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is ranked 17th.  (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin comes in 16th on the list.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, is ranked 15th on the list.  (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)

Cynthia Carroll, chief executive of Anglo American, is 14th on the list.  (GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Secretary of Homeland Security Janel Napolitano ranks 13th on the list.  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Angela Brady (not pictured) is chief executive of health insurance company Wellpoint. She makes the list despite protests being held outside the companies New York office.  (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi comes in at number 11.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Inc.)

Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rounds out the top ten.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Singer and fashion designer Beyonce Knowles is ranked ninth on the list.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Gail Kelly (not pictured) is chief executive of Westpac.  (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Singer, performer and activist Lady Gaga makes the top ten.  (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Indra Nooyi is the chief executive of PepsiCo.  (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is number five on the list.  (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Time Inc.)

Angela Merkel is the Chancellor of Germany.  (PETER STEFFEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey is ranked third on the list.  (Photo by Christopher Polk/Getty Images for AFI)

Irene Rosenfeld is the chief executive officer of Kraft Foods.  (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

First Lady Michelle Obama ranks number one on the list.  (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)