South African actress Charlize Theron was honored as the Hasty Pudding Theatrical’s Woman of the Year at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday.

She had to prove she was worthy. That meant dancing to disco music, striking modeling poses and wooing someone wearing an elephant suit and a pink sparkly bra ““ all to delight of the cast members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University, the nation’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe.