Several K-Pop groups and artists received recognition at the 2020 Asia Model Awards!
Due to the COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, this year's Asia Model Awards was held in an untact (non-face-to-face contact) setup, meaning there was no audience. The ceremony took place on Dec. 5 at Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention (SETEC). It was broadcast live via the "Asia Model Festival" YouTube channel and Naver's live video-streaming service V LIVE. The event marked the 15th anniversary of the Asia Model Awards, which recognizes Asia's top celebrities, models, and K-Pop stars, as well as celebrates Asia's beauty, model, and fashion industries.
AMF Organizing Committee was the host for this year's ceremony, which was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, the Seoul Tourism Organization, and the Seoul city government. Throughout the ceremony, video acceptance speeches of the winners were played.
Rookie groups CRAVITY and Weeekly both received the "New Star Award" in the "singers" category. LOONA and ATEEZ took home the "Popular Star Award" in the female and male artist categories, respectively. Solo artist Ong Seong Wu also claimed the same award under the male actor category.
Alternative pop band LEENALCHI also earned recognition, particularly the "Rising Star Award" in the singer category. Meanwhile, Block B's P.O was one of the winners who attained the "Fashionista Award." Lastly, MONSTA X got the "Asia Star Award" in the singer category.
Many South Korean actors, actresses, and models were also honored at the 2020 Asia Model Awards, including Lee Shin Young, Shin Ye Eun, Son Dam Bi, Yang Kyung Won, and Jeon Mi Do. The event also recognized celebrities from other countries such as Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Laos, China, Myanmar, Singapore, Hong Kong, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, and Thailand.
Last year, (G)I-DLE and Stray Kids won the "New Star Award," while Lovelyz and PENTAGON were the ones who received the "Popular Star Award." INFINITE's L also received a similar award in the actor category. Former WANNA ONE members Lai Kuanlin and Park Jihoon also took home an award, specifically the "Special Asia Award" and "Asia Star Award," respectively. Meanwhile, boy group D-Crunch was one of the winners who received the "2019 Rising Star Award."
In other news, some winners at this year's Asia Model Awards were also recognized at the 2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA). Rookie group Weeekly took home the "Best New Female Artist" award, while CRAVITY won the "Best of Next." ATEEZ and MONSTA X both gained an award as well, particularly "Discovery of the Year" and "Best Stage," respectively.
Meanwhile, during 2020 MAMA, Mnet teased the upcoming appearances of ATEEZ, along with Stray Kids, on their new idol competition show "Kingdom" through a collaboration performance with the "Road to Kingdom" winner The Boyz. These three boy groups, alongside other male acts, will be competing on "Kingdom" that will air in the first half of 2021. The oncoming program is the male counterpart of Mnet's "Queendom" in which six K-Pop girl groups competed with each other and MAMAMOO finishing in first place.
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Written by Mhaliya S.
