Hayley Kiyoko just won her very first Video Music Award and she gave one of the most heartfelt speeches of the night.
While walking the red carpet and doing interviews at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards, Hayley learned of the big honor. Throughout the year, MTV shares a Push artist once a month and they all are nominated to win the Push artist award during the VMAs. She beat out top names like SZA, Noah Cyrus, and Khalid.
"This validates any queer woman of color that you can follow your dreams. And I love my fans! My fans gave this to us! We did it! 20GayTeen! 2018!," she said.
Fans were really excited to see her win the big award and they weren't afraid to share it on social media.
"Hayley Kiyoko dedicated her award to all queer women of color and screamed 20GAYTEEN in front of the world LESBIAN JESUS STRIKES AGAIN."
"Hayley Kiyoko screaming “20GAYTEEN” on the VMAs red carpet is the energy I need to finish out this year."
"Hayley Kiyoko won the moon person and her reaction was so cute and her acceptance speech mentioned LGBT POC and she screamed 'we did it 20GAYTEEN' into the microphone multiple times. omfg I love her."
Hayley is also currently up for Best New Artist and made it to the top two, where she is battling against Cardi B for the Moon Person. Other nominees included Bazzi, Chloe x Halle, Lil Pump and Lil Uzi Vert.
She also got to perform at the big show, where she sang her hit song "Curious."
Before the award show, she opened up to Billboard about the important night saying, "I’m really excited to be there and I’m excited to be nominated. It makes me feel like I’m finally invited to the popular table. I’m ready to sit down and hang out."
Win or lose, it certainly is #20GayTeen.
Tamara Fuentes is the Entertainment Editor at Seventeen.com. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram!
Tamara Fuentes is the current Entertainment Editor at Cosmopolitan, where she covers TV, movies, books, celebrities, and more. She can often be found in front of a screen fangirling about something new. Before joining Cosmopolitan, she was the entertainment editor over at Seventeen. She is also a member of the Television Critics Association and the Latino Entertainment Journalists Association. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
