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#GirlsCan - COVERGIRL’s #GirlsCan campaign is a movement with a mission to help young women overcome barriers and break boundaries, empowering them to be the next generation to rock the world. At the Dorothy Height Luncheon during BET Networks’ Leading Women Defined 2015, that mission was in full effect. Click ahead to be inspired.By Jazmine A. Ortiz

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It's a Movement - Leading Women Defined guests participate in the #GirlsCan icebreaker activity, where they wrote down inspirational messages of female empowerment, at the Dorothy Height Luncheon presented by COVERGIRL.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Let's Get Started! - Esi Eggleston-Bracey, vice president global cosmetics at Procter & Gamble, provides opening remarks and shares more about COVERGIRL's #GirlsCan initiative. Being a previous Butterfly Award recipient, she is the perfect woman for the job.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Girl Boss - BET Networks Chairman and CEO Debra L. Lee shows off her #GirlsCan statement: "[Girls Can] be president of the USA." Well, she definitely knows a thing or two about running things.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Straight Facts - A guest participates in the #GirlsCan icebreaker by writing, "Girls can be anything they want to be!" Ain't that the truth!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Positive Message - The message of positivity and #GirlsCan inspired a provocative conversation. To think it all began with a video starring COVERGIRLs Queen Latifah, Katy Perry, Janelle Monáe and more. (Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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I Am Woman - COVERGIRL celebrates strong, confident women who don’t let anyone or anything stand in their way. Cheers to that!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Women for Women - Debra L. Lee presents Michele A. Roberts, executive director of the National Basketball Players Association, with the Butterfly Award at the Dorothy Height Luncheon presented by COVERGIRL.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Leading Example - Michele A. Roberts is the first woman to hold the NBPA executive director position and the first woman to head a major professional sports union in North America. She exemplifies COVERGIRL's #GirlsCan campaign in every way.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Unite - It's all about women coming together for a great cause! The bonding that happened during the event was undeniable.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Ladies Who Lunch - Not only was the conversation good at the Dorothy Height Luncheon presented by COVERGIRL, but the eats were just as delightful!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Yes We Can - Along with BET, proud supporters of the #GirlsCan initiative include Girls Who Code, the Soledad O’Brien + Brad Raymond Starfish Foundation and Procter & Gamble. Let's help them keep this message alive.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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The Motto - Challenge the norm. Break boundaries. Rock the world. That's the COVERGIRL way.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Power Pic - Debra L. Lee has a photo op with speaker Laila Ali at the Dorothy Height Luncheon presented by COVERGIRL. We adore these women!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Chatting with a Champ - Mrs. Lee has an open discussion with women's boxing champion Laila Ali about how she takes the lead in her own life.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Our COVERGIRL - Doesn't our CEO look like a COVERGIRL herself? Work it!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Fired Up - Laila Ali gets amped up on stage at the Dorothy Height Luncheon. Her talk with Debra L. Lee was inspiring.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Keep It Real - #GirlsCan "move mountains" and "be imperfect" This duo has the right idea. (Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Be a Voice - Throughout COVERGIRL’s activations for #GirlsCan, the brand has committed to providing a megaphone to the voices of women and their stories of breaking boundaries.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Share Yours - Will you join the #GirlsCan movement? Share your story on social media using #GirlsCan.(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)

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Slay the Game - COVERGIRL has always been in the business of empowering women to rock their beautiful. So B*Girls, what does your beautiful look like? An entrepreneur, a mother, an educator, a doctor?  Whatever may it be, slay it!(Photo: Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images)