Karamo Brown
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Rankings
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Covers
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Records
Brown's work on Queer Eye has earned him a share of seven Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Structured Reality Program, a streak that ran from 2018 through 2024. The show has also won six consecutive Critics' Choice Real TV Awards and six NAACP Image Awards. He was named to the Time 100 Next list in 2019, recognizing him as an emerging leader. In 2021, his alma mater Florida A&M University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. These honors reflect his impact not just as a television personality but as a cultural figure advancing conversations around mental health, race, and LGBTQ+ acceptance.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
Awarded for his contributions to media and social work.
Time 100 Next
Included in the inaugural list of 100 rising stars shaping the future.
Out100
Named one of the year's most influential LGBTQ+ people.
Rankings & Lists
Time 100 Next
The Root 100
The Root 100
The Root 100
Magazine Covers
The Advocate
March 2018
The Fab Five: A New Kind of Hero
Out
November 2019
The Power of 100: Karamo Brown
Essence
March 2020
The New Black Masculinity
Variety
June 2022
The Talk Show Hosts: Karamo Brown on Bringing Therapy to Daytime
Men's Health
September 2022
The Therapy of Hard Work
Records & Feats
First openly gay Black man on The Real World
In 2004, Brown became one of the first openly gay Black men to appear on MTV's The Real World, a milestone for LGBTQ+ representation on reality television.