Forty Under 40 Making History

See the ladies blazing a path in sports, music and more.

Girl Power - We're celebrating the fierce females under 40 who have blazed a trail, broken new ground or otherwise made us proud. Each of these women are making history — right now. Here are our picks for 40 Under 40...  (Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Smashbox Studios, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Architectural Digest, Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)
Misty Copeland - In 2007, the 32-year-old became the third African-American female soloist in the history of the American Ballet Theatre, the first in nearly 20 years. In 2014, she starred in a powerful Under Armour ad campaign empowering women to “will what they want.” She will dance the lead role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., this April. (Photo: Jeffrey R. Staab/CBS /Landov)
Mankofit - Massiel Arias, or more widely known as Mankofit, became Insta-famous due to her large following on Instagram. Each day, the celebrity personal trainer and online coach, 25, encourages her more than one million followers to lead a healthy lifestyle with exercise tips, nutritious recipes and fit-spirational selfies. You also might recognize the Dominicana as the fit chick lifting weights in Trey Songz's "Na Na" video.  (Photo: Rob Loud/Getty Images for JBL by HARMAN)It's Just Keke Time! Keke Palmer Steps in Looking as Fierce as Ever - (Photo: Tracylynne Williams/BET)                                                              

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Girl Power - We're celebrating the fierce females under 40 who have blazed a trail, broken new ground or otherwise made us proud. Each of these women are making history — right now. Here are our picks for 40 Under 40... (Photos from left: Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Smashbox Studios, Larry Busacca/Getty Images for Architectural Digest, Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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