ALMA Award

See also: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

ALMA Award
2012 ALMA Awards
Country	United States
First awarded	1995
Official website	http://www.almaawards.com
Television coverage
Network	Fox (1995-1996) ABC (1998-2009) NBC (2011-present)

The American Latino Media Arts Award, or ALMA 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, the word alma means spirit or soul.

History

Constance Marie holding the award she won in 2012

The awards were created by the National Council of La Raza. The first ceremonies were held and televised on Fox in 1995 under the name, "BRAVO Awards". In 1997, the name was changed to the "American Latino Media Arts Awards" and to switch channels to ABC. However, ABC faced a boycott which forced the award ceremonies in 1997 to be postponed until the next year.

From the years 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 cancelled in 2010, to "focus on a bigger and better show in 2011."

The awards started up again in 2012, on a new network, NBC.

Award ceremonies

Year	Date	City	Host(s)
1995	December 9, 1995	Los Angeles	Jimmy Smits Jennifer Lopez
1996	December 14, 1996		Cheech Marin Giselle Fernandez
1998	April 19, 1998	Pasadena	Jimmy Smits Daisy Fuentes
1999	April 11, 1999		Benjamin Bratt
2000	April 15, 2000		Paul Rodriguez
2001	April 22, 2001		None
2002	May 18, 2002	Los Angeles	Paul Rodriguez
2006	May 7, 2006		Eva Longoria
2007	June 1, 2007	Pasadena
2008	August 17, 2008	Los Angeles
2009	September 17, 2009		George Lopez Eva Longoria
2011	September 10, 2011	Santa Monica
2012	September 16, 2012	Pasadena

External links

• Official website
• ALMA Award at the Internet Movie Database
• 2011 ALMA Awards Nominees Announced