At the 2012 MTV Europe Music Awards , Del Rey received nominations in the categories Best Alternative , Best Push , and Best New Act . Winning Best Alternative , Del Rey presented the award for Best Female to Taylor Swift . At the 2013 BRIT Awards , she won the award for International Female Solo Artist , making it her second BRIT Award to date . Her win surprised critics who highly anticipated Taylor Swift to win the award . In March 2013 , she recited Walt Whitman 's poem " Song of Myself " for the French fashion magazine , L'Officiel Paris
2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
2012 MTV Europe Music Awards
Lana Del Rey