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ALMA Award
Presented by UnidosUS
Country United States
First awarded December 9, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-12-09)
Last awarded November 4, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-11-04)
Television coverage
Network Fox (1995–1996)
ABC (1998–2009)
NBC (2011–2012)
MSNBC (2013–2015)
Fuse (2018–present)

The American Latino Media Arts Award or ALMA Award, formerly known as Latin Oscars Award, is an award highlighting the best American Latino contributions to music, television, and film. The awards promote fair and accurate portrayals of Latinos. In Spanish and Portuguese the word alma means "soul".

History

Constance Marie with ALMA
Constance Marie kissing her trophy at the ALMA Awards

The awards were created by UnidosUS (formerly the National Council of La Raza). The first ceremonies were held in 1987 under the name "BRAVO Awards" and broadcast on Univision. In 1995, they were televised on Fox. The name was changed to the "American Latino Media Arts Awards" in 1997 and ABC became the network venue. However, ABC faced a boycott which forced the award ceremonies to be postponed until 1998.

From 2003 to 2005, the ceremonies were not held for undisclosed reasons. In 2008, the NCLR and New York firm Society Awards redesigned the trophy statuette. ABC stopped airing the ceremonies in 2009.

The ceremonies were canceled in 2010, to "focus on a bigger and better show in 2011".

The awards started up again in 2011, on a new network, NBC.

They were canceled for 2015.

In 2018, Fuse announced that it had acquired the rights to the award show in partnership with UnidosUS.

Award ceremonies

Year Date City Host(s)
1995 December 9, 1995 Los Angeles Smits, JimmyJimmy Smits
Jennifer Lopez
1996 December 14, 1996 Marin, CheechCheech Marin
Giselle Fernández
1997 No ceremony
1998 April 19, 1998 Pasadena Smits, JimmyJimmy Smits
Daisy Fuentes
1999 April 11, 1999 Bratt, BenjaminBenjamin Bratt
2000 April 15, 2000 Rodriguez, PaulPaul Rodriguez
2001 April 22, 2001 None
2002 May 18, 2002 Los Angeles Rodriguez, PaulPaul Rodriguez
2003–2005 No ceremony
2006 May 7, 2006 Los Angeles Longoria, EvaEva Longoria
2007 June 1, 2007 Pasadena
2008 August 17, 2008 Los Angeles
2009 September 17, 2009 Santa Monica Lopez, GeorgeGeorge Lopez
Eva Longoria
Selena Gomez
2010 No ceremony
2011 September 10, 2011 Santa Monica Lopez, GeorgeGeorge Lopez
Eva Longoria
Selena Gomez
2012 September 16, 2012 Pasadena
2013 September 27, 2013 Longoria, EvaEva Longoria
Mario Lopez
2014 October 10, 2014
2015–2017 No ceremony
2018 November 4, 2018 Los Angeles Valderrama, WilmerWilmer Valderrama
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