- Francia Raisa presented Selena Gomez with Billboard's Woman of the Year Award.
- Raisa, one of Gomez's best friends, recently gave the singer a kidney for a transplant.
- Gomez needed a kidney transplant earlier this year due to her lupus diagnosis.
- "Francia should get this award," Gomez said when she got on stage. "She saved my life."
- Fighting back tears, she continued on to say how honored she was to receive the award.
- "I'm so grateful for all the older women who have lifted all of us up because I couldn't be here without any of you," Gomez said."So thank you for all of you that have inspired so many girls who don't feel like they have a voice."
- Gomez has released a stream of hit singles this year, including "Bad Liar,""Fetish," and "Wolves."
- Watch Raisa's introduction of Gomez and the singer's acceptance speech below.
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