GQ Men of the Year Awards 2019 after party: David Beckham, Kylie Minogue and Phoebe Waller-Bridge let their hair down after ceremony

The magazine's annual event is now in its 22nd year 
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Megan C. Hills|Lucy Pavia4 September 2019

On Tuesday night stars including Richard Madden, Rita Ora, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Campbell and more celebrated the achievements of GQ’s Men of the Year at the magazine's annual awards.

After the gongs were handed out, A-listers got up from their tables to mingle and catch up over drinks.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who presenter her Fleabag co-star Andrew Scott with the standout performance of the year, was spotted chatting to David Beckham, while David's wife Victoria caught up with Nicole Kidman, whose actress of the year award was presented to her by Elle Fanning.

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Kylie Minogue, who performed on the night, also chatted with Kidman and cosied up to her boyfriend, GQ creative director Paul Solomons.

Stormzy and Maya Jama, who recently announced their split, attended the awards separately.

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GQ Editor-in-Chief Dylan Jones also caught up with man of the year David Beckham. Ahead of the event, Jones spoke exclusively to Evening Standard Insider about the long-running awards ceremony and party. Jones explained that the team had been working on the lavish Hugo Boss-sponsored event for nine months, explaining that it was a “hell of a lot of work”, but that they were “very proud of it.”

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The party was hosted by former GQ Man of the Year and PR guru Matthew Freud.

Earlier on in the night, environmental activist Greta Thunberg was recognised with the first ever game changer of the year award.

Last year’s winners included Prince Charles, Dua Lipa, Chadwick Boseman, Naomi Campbell, John Legend, Elisabeth Moss, Jeff Goldblum and Daniel Kaluuya.

GQ Men of the Year Awards 2019 arrivals

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