Photo Coverage: Inside the 35th Kennedy Center Honors - The Women

At a ceremony held in the East Room of the White House prior to the official presentation of this year's Kennedy Center honors last night, President Obama welcomed the guests and praised the recipients of this year's distinguished award.

The honorees included the surviving members of Led Zeppelin John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant; ballerina Martina Makarova, Dave Letterman, Dustin Hoffman and Buddy Guy. Check out photos of the female guests below!

The Honors recipients are recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts – whether in dance, music, theater, opera, motion pictures or television – and are selected by the Center’s Board of Trustees. The primary criterion in the selection process is excellence. The Honors are not designated by art form or category of artistic achievement; the selection process, over the years, has produced balance among the various arts and artistic disciplines.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

Tina Fey

Robert A. Altman & Lynda Carter

Lynda Carter

Mary Hart

Norah O'Donnel

Julie Chen

Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber

Naomi Watts

Laura Osnes

Laura Osnes & husband Nathan Johnson

Laura Osnes

Nancy Pelosi

Paul Pelosi & Nancy Pelosi

Debbie Allen

Norm Nixon & Debbie Allen

Hilaria Thomas

Tina Fey

Hilaria Thomas

Hilaria Thomas & Alec Baldwin

Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson (HEART)

Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson & husband Geoff Bywater

Nancy Wilson & husband Geoff Bywater

Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson & husband Geoff Bywater

Nancy Wilson (HEART)

Ann Wilson (HEART)

Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson (HEART)

Tracy Chapman

Aretha Franklin

Laura Osnes

Bonnie Raitt

Fred Rappoport & Michele Lee

Michele Lee

Montego Glover

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As a 14 year old youth, Walter was transfixed by his first Broadway Show, the original production of 'GREASE'. His Journey to celebrity photojournalism began that fateful night. Meeting, photographing and getting to know the cast inspired him to spend his professional life doing what he loved. Walter moved to Manhattan and for a leading role as a Photographer & Photo Researcher. Currently headlining in New Jersey with his partner Richard and family members Dali (Jack Russell) & Gala (Schnoodle). Recently he made his Broadway debut sharing the stage with Hugh Jackman in 'Hugh Jackman on Broadway' as well as receiving the Actors' Equity Association Gypsy Spirit Award. Walter McBride Photography is syndicated worldwide by Corbis/AP.

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