GIRLS Aloud - due to play the McAlpine Stadium with boy band Blue next month - have clinched a top award.

The girls won Band of the Year at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards last night.

Lindley-born actress Zoe Lucker was reunited with Footballers' Wives co-star Susie Amy at the glitzy bash in a marquee in Berkeley Square Gardens, central London.

Pop star Christina Aguilera picked up the top honour. She was named Woman of the Year by the glossy magazine.

Keira Knightley won Film Actress of the Year for her performances in Pirates of the Caribbean, Bend It Like Beckham and Love Actually.

Cat Deeley won Television Personality of the Year and Denise Van Outen was named Theatre Actress of the Year for her one-woman West End show Tell Me On A Sunday.

Stella McCartney won Fashion Designer of the Year and Elizabeth Jagger was named Model of the Year.

Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall won US TV Actress of the Year while Joely Richardson won the British equivalent.

Sportswoman of the Year went to Serena Williams while Sharon Osbourne was named Entrepreneur of the Year.