Streamy Awards 2014 Honors YouTube Stars; Michelle Phan, Tyler Oakley Among Winners

Streamy Awards 2014 has come and gone and winners have been named, including favorite YouTube stars Michelle Phan and Tyler Oakley.

Held at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Streamy Awards 2014 honored the best of online video. But honors were lauded before the actual show as Pitbull, Michelle Pahn, Tyler Oakley and Shay Carl were given the award-giving body's first Icon Awards.

The Icon Award is reportedly the Streamy Awards' highest honor. The show's executive producer Drew Baldwin said the purpose of the award is to give honor to "creators who have made tremendous contributions to their communities through online video and social media."

Pitbull won under the music category. Phan was lauded for inspiring beauty enthusiasts. Shay Butler, also known as Shay Carl, was given praise for entrepreneurship. And Tyler Oakley, an LGBT advocate was awarded for his activism.

Some other awards were also given on Thursday at the YouTube Space in Playa Vista, Los Angeles. The pre-awarded winners were Brittany Fulan as Viner of the Year, "Video Game High School" for Ensemble cast, Tyler Oakley for audience choice for Entertainer of the Year, and "EnchufeTV" for audience choice for Show of The Year.

The fourth run of the annual awards show was hosted by Grace Helbig and Hannah Hart.

A tribute for Joan Rivers was also reportedly given during the show.

Apart from the pre-awarded honors, there were reportedly 14 awards given during the live show.

The winner for the Beauty Program category was Missglamorazzi, while Bethany Motha won the Fashion Program category. Kids React was chosen for the Kids and Family Series category and Smosh Games took home the award for the Gaming category. My Drunk Kitchen won the Comedy category while The Lizzie Bennet Diaries was hailed the best in the Drama Series category. Video High School bagged the Action/Sci-Fi Series Award. Jenna Marbles won the First Person Channel Award and "Whistle While I Work It" by Chester See won Best Original Song.

Streamy Awards 2014 was produced by Dick Clark Productions.

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