Celebrities certainly are great role models in some cases.

Attending the first award ceremony since she was diagnosed with breast cancer, Christina Applegate looked stunning on the Emmy red carpet on Sunday night in a powder blue dress with golden highlights and seemed really happy.

“It’s a great day … I’ve got a pretty dress on and lipstick, and [it’s] something I haven’t done in two months,” the actress who won the battle with the disease declared, according to PEOPLE.

Describing the things she has gone through during her treatment, which included a double mastectomy, the 36-year-old “Samantha Who?” star said that in spite of the things that get you down, you have to “really, really embrace your life.”

Although she did not win the Best Actress in a comedy prize, Christina Applegate told “Access Hollywood” that her presence at last night’s award show was “a victory” and that she was delighted she was able to attend the event.

“One thing my mother always used to say when she was going through cancer, was she said cancer is a word, not a sentence, and being here and being in a dress and feeling good, it’s such a victory,” the actress reportedly said. “You can get past this thing and all of those things that defines you as a woman. There’s so many other things that define you as a woman, so you know, I’m alive and I feel fantastic.”

Last month, Christina Applegate’s representative disclosed that the actress had been diagnosed and was receiving treatment for breast cancer. After undergoing the double mastectomy, she declared that she was 100 percent cancer-free.

Christina Applegate also said that her colleagues had been there for her, that they offered all their help and support and that she’s happy to be working again.