Last night, Emmy-winning Production Company World of Wonder (RuPaul's Drag Race, Million Dollar Listing) recognized the best of pop culture in 2017 at its 13th annual WOWie Awards. Full list of winners and their categories is below.
The star-studded event was hosted by James St. James with guest Traci Braxton, and featured performances by Drag Race Superstars, Laganja Estranja and Gia GUnn. Attendees included World of Wonder co-founders Randy Barbato & Fenton Bailey, Trixie Mattel, Adore Delano, Kimora Blac, Manila Luzon, Ongina, Mariah Balenciaga, Venus D'Lite, and Chris Crocker.
WINNERS LIST:
Best Blog or Website AKA The Dear Electronic Diary Award
Teen Vogue
Trixie Mattel - Mama Don't Make Me Put On The Dress Again
Alaska 5000 - Come to Brazil
Adore Delano - Negative Nancy
Best Earworm AKA Can't Get You Out Of My Head Award
Bodak Yellow - Cardi B
Luke Austin/Michael Todd
Best Meme/GIF AKA the 'I Gotta Send This To Everyone' AwardAbout World of Wonder
For more than two decades, award-winning Production Company World of Wonder has introduced audiences to new worlds, talent and ideas that have shaped culture. WOW is home to multi-platform programming from established and emerging talent, provocative documentaries, award-winning specials, and more. Programming highlights include: Emmy® Award winning "RuPaul's Drag Race" (VH1/Logo), "Million Dollar Listing" LA & NY (Bravo), "Big Freedia: Queen of Bounce" (Fuse), and "Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric" (National Geographic); award-winning films and documentaries including "Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures," "Menendez: Blood Brothers," "Inside Deep Throat," "The Eyes of Tammy Faye," "I Am Britney Jean," "In Vogue: The Editor's Eye," "Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking," "Monica in Black and White," Emmy-winning "The Last Beekeeper," and Emmy-winning "Out of Iraq". Seven of their films have premiered at the Sundance Film festival including "Becoming Chaz" and "Party Monster." World of Wonder has created a substantial digital footprint with its Youtube channel WOW Presents, SVOD digital platform WOW Presents Plus, along with an award-winning blog, The WOW Report. Co-founders Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey authored The World According to Wonder, celebrating 21 years of production, which can be found online at http://worldofwonder.net/. Randy and Fenton were honored with the IDA Pioneer Award in December 2014, celebrating exceptional achievement, leadership, and vision in the nonfiction and documentary community. World of Wonder creates out of a historic building/gallery space in the heart of Hollywood.
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