"I became really excited about this idea of mediation and conflict resolution," she said.

The profile also included Hochman's words of wisdom to first-year women: "Don't let guys make or break your self esteem," she said.

Harvard students have fared well in previous Glamour competitions, with 8 of the last 11 years' awards including at least one student from Harvard.

"We have one just about every year," said Linda Laux-Bichane, Glamour's reader services editor. "Harvard's a popular choice."

Past winners from the contest's 42-year history include home decorating guru Martha Stewart, Cosmopolitan editor Kate White and speech-pathologist-to-the-stars Lillian Glass.

This year's winners will spend three days in New York and will be honored at a luncheon that features feminist Naomi Wolf as keynote speaker.

"We fly them into New York, we put them up, they meet Naomi Wolf, they meet the editors of Glamour," Smalls said.

And, of course, there's the $1,000, for which Hochman said she already has plans.