Meghan Markle: Since marrying into Britain’s royal family in May, the American actress has vowed to shine a light on women’s rights. She was also snapped wearing “slave-free” jeans from Outland Denim in Australia, which sparked a run to buy the trousers, and collaborated with survivors of London’s Grenfell Tower fire to produce a community-led cookbook.

Emma Watson: Best known as Hermione in the Harry Potter films, Watson used 2018 to campaign for the #MeToo movement, donating a million pounds (S$1.73 million) to a fund that supports charities fighting sexual abuse. In October, Watson wrote an open letter to end restrictive abortion laws from India to Ireland. She was also photographed wearing a earrings fashioned from shrapnel and undetonated bombs from Laos.

David Attenborough: The nonagenarian broadcaster of nature documentaries used 2018 and the annual United Nations’ climate talks in Poland to stand with young people and voice the need for urgent progress on climate action.

Amitabh Bachchan: Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan cemented his popularity in India when he spent more than 40 million rupees (S$782,890) to clear the loans of farmers after an agricultural crisis left many of them in extreme poverty.

Elton John: The British singer-songwriter called for more to be done to support those living in poverty to gain better access to HIV/AIDS medical treatment, describing the lack of access a “disgrace”.

Millie Bobby Brown: The teen star of hit Netflix series Stranger Things became the United Nations’ children’s agency Unicef’s youngest goodwill ambassador this year, vowing to raise issues around children’s rights, education, poverty and work to end bullying. “It’s a dream come true,” Brown said.

Michelle Obama: The former US first lady has been promoting her memoir globally and speaking up for women’s rights and girls’ education. Obama, who grew up in a working class household in Chicago, said she wanted to empower women to seek hope in a difficult political and social climate.

David Beckham: The former English football captain joined a campaign to reinvigorate the global fight against malaria, launched by charity Malaria No More UK. The retired athlete starred in a short film in which he was swarmed by mosquitoes to highlight that malaria continues to kill about 445,000 people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Cate Blanchett: The Australian actress and United Nations’ refugee goodwill ambassador spoke out about the Rohingya crisis, urging nations to do more to support refugees fleeing Myanmar for Bangladesh. Blanchett, who has won two Oscars, warned of a “race against time” to protect Rohingya refugees.

Princess Beatrice: The British princess, eighth in line to the throne, campaigned to tackle online abuse and cyber-bullying, especially against young women and girls. She is part of a wider anti-bullying movement promoted by celebrities such as Kendall Jenner and Cara Delevingne to “Be Cool Be Nice”.

This article originally appeared on Business Times.

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Watson picked up Best Actor in a Movie for her performance as Belle in Beauty and the Beast.

Thank you for your beautiful Best Actor in a Movie acceptance speech at the #MTVAwards, @EmmaWatson pic.twitter.com/iGN3nQQylL

— MTV (@MTV) May 8, 2017

MTV hasn’t had men and women competing against each other in the Best Actor category since 2007.

Beauty and the Beast certainly was the belle of the ball (pun intended). Not only did the live-action Disney remake score an individual victory for Watson, but the film was also recognized as Movie of the Year and was spoofed in an opening number medley by host Adam Devine, Hailee Steinfeld, Rebel Wilson, and Josh Gad (reprising his role as LeFou from the movie).

On the TV side, Millie Bobby Brown won for Best Actor in a Show for her role as Eleven in the Netflix original sci-fi series, Stranger Things.

The teen actor broke into tears thanking her family during her acceptance speech before giving props to the show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer.

“Lastly I want to thank the Duffer Brothers because they’ve created a bada** female, iconic character that I’ve got the honor to play,” she said.

So, so proud of you @milliebbrown | the 2017 #MTVAwards are airing right NOW pic.twitter.com/pnRpzKwcQk

— MTV (@MTV) May 8, 2017

Stranger Things was also recognized as Show of the Year.

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Check out the entire list of winners from the MTV Movie & TV Awards below.

Movie of the Year

“Beauty and the Beast” — Winner
“The Edge of Seventeen”
“Get Out”
“Logan”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

Best Actor in a Movie

Daniel Kaluuya — “Get Out”
Emma Watson — “Beauty and the Beast” — Winner
Hailee Steinfeld — “The Edge of Seventeen”
Hugh Jackman — “Logan”
James McAvoy — “Split”
Taraji P. Henson — “Hidden Figures”

Show of the Year

“Atlanta”
“Game of Thrones”
“Insecure”
“Pretty Little Liars”
“Stranger Things” — Winner
“This Is Us”

Best Actor in a Show

Donald Glover — “Atlanta”
Emilia Clarke — “Game of Thrones”
Gina Rodriguez — “Jane the Virgin”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan — “The Walking Dead”
Mandy Moore — “This Is Us”
Millie Bobby Brown — “Stranger Things” — Winner

Best Kiss

Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome — “Moonlight” — Winner
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling — “La La Land”
Emma Watson and Dan Stevens — “Beauty and the Beast”
Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard — “Empire”
Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick — “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates”

Best Villain

Allison Williams — “Get Out”
Demogorgon — “Stranger Things”
Jared Leto — “Suicide Squad”
Jeffrey Dean Morgan — “The Walking Dead” – Winner
Wes Bentley — “American Horror Story”

Best Host

Ellen DeGeneres — “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”
John Oliver — “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”
RuPaul — “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
Samantha Bee — “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee”
Trevor Noah — “The Daily Show” — Winner

Best Documentary

“13TH” – Winner
“I Am Not Your Negro”
“O.J.: Made in America”
“This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous”
“TIME: The Kalief Browder Story”

Best Reality Competition

“America’s Got Talent”
“MasterChef Junior”
“RuPaul’s Drag Race” — Winner
“The Bachelor”
“The Voice”

Best Comedic Performance

Adam Devine — “Workaholics”
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson — “Broad City”
Lil Rel Howery — “Get Out” — Winner
Seth MacFarlane — “Family Guy”
Seth Rogen — “Sausage Party”
Will Arnett — “The LEGO Batman Movie”

Best Hero

Felicity Jones — “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”
Grant Gustin — “The Flash”
Mike Colter — “Luke Cage”
Millie Bobby Brown — “Stranger Things”
Stephen Amell — “Arrow”
Taraji P. Henson — “Hidden Figures” – Winner

Tearjerker

“Game of Thrones” — Hodor’s (Kristian Nairn) Death
“Grey’s Anatomy” — Meredith tells her children about Derek’s death (Ellen Pompeo)
“Me Before You” — Will (Sam Claflin) tells Louisa (Emilia Clarke) he can’t stay with her
“Moonlight” — Paula (Naomie Harris) tells Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) that she loves him
“This Is Us” — Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Randall (Lonnie Chavis) at karate — Winner

Next Generation

Chrissy Metz
Daniel Kaluuya — Winner
Issa Rae
Riz Ahmed
Yara Shahidi

Best Duo

Adam Levine and Blake Shelton — “The Voice”
Daniel Kaluuya and Lil Rel Howery — “Get Out”
Brian Tyree Henry and Lakeith Stanfield — “Atlanta”
Hugh Jackman and Dafne Keen — “Logan” — Winner
Josh Gad and Luke Evans — “Beauty and the Beast”
Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg — “Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party”

Best American Story

“Black-ish” — Winner
“Fresh Off the Boat”
“Jane the Virgin”
“Moonlight”
“Transparent”

Best Fight Against the System

“Get Out”
“Hidden Figures” — Winner
“Loving”
“Luke Cage”
“Mr. Robot”

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UN Women executive director, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on Watson’s cause: “Her commitment to the issues that we work on at UN Women multiplies our ability to reach and engage more young people- who are key to advancing gender equality.” Emma’s responded to her win by tweeting:

Thank you @ObserverEthical for awarding me Campaigner of the Year! Honoured! I want to share this w every @HeForShe out there #ethicalawards

— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) July 2, 2015

Special thanks to the brilliant team at @UN_Women and to @liviafirth who accepted the award on my behalf. #heforshe #ethicalawards

— Emma Watson (@EmWatson) July 2, 2015

To learn more about Emma Watson’s HeForShe campaign, please visit www.heforshe.org.

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