By Jessica Bennett
In May 2009, "60 Minutes" devoted a 13-minute segment to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, in which she was described as a woman who "strikes terror in some, loathing in others." In the show's intro, Morley Safer read an excerpt from Wintour's unauthorized biography, in which Vogue is described as the "bitch-eat-bitch world of fashion." "Bitch" is certainly the part of Wintour's reputation most of us know best. But in the process, Wintour has built an empire. So is it wrong that we choose to focus on her icy persona, rather than her success? From ball busters to bad girls to bitches to sluts, these 11 women have been called it all. Now you tell us if you think they're fair descriptions—or egregious slurs.
