On Friday night, World of Wonder held their 2019 WOWie Award ceremony at the WOW Gallery in Hollywood.
The awards, which were streamed live on WOW Presents Plus, honored โthe very best in entertainment, LGBTQ+ artistry, glamazonian realness, and thirst traps, including all the things that made us go WOW in 2019,โ and not surprisingly, the Mama Ru and queens of RuPaulโs Drag Race were among the honorees.ย
Seen on the ceremonyโs pink carpet, which was hosted by Monique Heart, was World of Wonder co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, Eureka OโHara, Soju, Aisha Tyler and the always amazing Love Connie.
The ceremony featured a dazzling performance from Monique and a special appearance from Trixie Mattel, who not only won the Dragumentary Award but also gave the audience a preview of her documentary, Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts, which is now available on VOD platformsย worldwide.
Among the other winners from the Drag Race universe, the always outspoken Jasmine Masters took home the โAmericaโs Next Top Memeโ award, Trixieโs makeup collection won the โThat Face is Beatโ award and RuPaul went home with two awards โ one for his Met Gala fashions and the other for his podcast with Michelle Visage, โWhatโs the Tee?โ Former Drag Race producer, the late Jacqueline Wilson, was also memorialized with the โRest in Powerโ award.
Other winners included Aisha, who won the โAllied Forcesโ award, DragCon guest Whoopi Goldberg, who won the โLibrary is Openโ award for her book, The Unqualified Hostess: I Do it My Way So You Can Too! and Alan Cumming, who took home the โDrink Ticketsโ award for being the fiercest party person.
You can check out all of the winners here. Congrats to all of the winners and nominees who certainly did WOW us in 2019.
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