Meet the ladies of the night

Some of the fiercest women in the nightlife scene

By Alexandra Le Tellier, Metromix  

Meet Tricia La Belle. Not only is she an outspoken director of the Hollywood Hospitality Association, the Boardner's maven is also the only female who has sole ownership of a Hollywood club. Is she as enamored with celebrities as her neighboring club owners? "A celebrity's name doesn't mean anything to me," she says. "They have more money than God—to come in here and pay for the services that I provide to them—then to come in and insult me and ask me to give it to them for free when this is what I do for my living—" That tough attitude is one of the many reasons we heart La Belle. Click in for more women revolutionizing L.A.'s nightlife scene.