JK Rowling: Honoured as influential. Pic: © Marco Secchi/Rex Features
Stars including Harry Potter author JK Rowling and singer Sharleen Spiteri have been honoured as some of the most influential women in Scotland.
Violinist Nicola Benedetti, runner Liz McColgan and Stagecoach co-founder Ann Gloag were also on the list of 10 women recognised at the charity event, which raises funds to help disadvantaged children.
They were honoured at the Action for Children Scotland Woman of Influence Awards, which celebrate women who have had a major impact on Scottish society.
Normally only one woman is honoured, but this year 10 were chosen to mark the 10th anniversary of the awards.
Hundreds of guests gathered in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow city centre for Sunday's ceremony, which was hosted by radio presenter Fred MacAulay.
The "Perfect 10" also included actress Elaine C Smith, Bridget McConnell, the chief executive of Culture and Sport Glasgow and lawyer Baroness Helena Kennedy, QC.
Business woman Vera Weisfeld OBE and Candace Currie, Professor of Child and Adolescent Health at the University of Edinburgh were also honoured.
Elaine C Smith said: "I am thrilled to have been voted one of the 'Perfect 10'. Action for Children Scotland is an extremely worthwhile charity that makes a real difference to lots of children's lives.
"I have been lucky enough to attend a number of Woman of Influence lunches over the past 10 years and they have always been fantastic events - loads of fun and hugely successful in raising a ton of cash for the charity."
A final award, the Action for Children Scotland Community Award, was presented to a young person who has been helped by the charity to overcome difficulties and turn their life around. It was won by Rachael McGuire from Clackmannanshire who had a difficult childhood and found herself homeless at the age of 16.
With support from Action for Children's PATH project in Alloa and her own determination, she recently moved into her own flat and has a job in a local supermarket.
Kelly Cooper Barr, founder and chairwoman of the Woman of Influence committee said: "These awards allow us to help some of the most vulnerable children and young people in Scotland and we've been blown away with everyone's generosity and support both in the lead up to, and at today's event.
"The awards are also about honouring women in Scotland who have achieved significant influence through their life, work or passion. Being able to honour the Perfect 10 here today at our tenth anniversary in 2010 has been really significant and a day that we will always remember."
All the money raised at the event will go towards Action for Children's Neglect appeal, which aims to raise £17 million nationwide to help the country's neglected children. All money raised in Scotland will stay in the country.
The awards have raised more than £600,000 since the inaugural event in 2001, and the money has helped support some of the country's most vulnerable and excluded children and young people in over 60 projects throughout Scotland.
Previous winners Helen Liddell, Scotland's first female secretary of state, and Olivia Giles, a motivational speaker and charity campaigner, were also at the event, as was Elish Angiolini, Scotland's first female lord advocate.
