RuPaul Wins Second Consecutive Emmy Award As Host Of "RuPaul's Drag Race"

Last night, RuPaul won his second consecutive Emmy Award for Outstanding Host of a Variety, Nonfiction Or Reality Program for RuPaul’s Drag Race.

The reality competition was nominated for 7 Emmys. In addition to Outstanding Host, the show took home the awards for Outstanding Costumes (duh) and Picture Editing.

Still to come - the Primetime Emmy Awards show on September 17 on CBS where Drag Race is up for Best Reality Competition Series.

This follows the most successful season yet for Drag Race after moving from LOGO to VH1.

From the floor of the DragCon convention, Ru expressed his gratitude and thanks closing with "Thank you, Television Acedemy. You make this queen so proud! Mwah!"

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Mama's thankful 🙏 @RuPaul #Emmys pic.twitter.com/lIZ8DNrY0c

— RuPaul's Drag Race (@RuPaulsDragRace) September 10, 2017

was nominated for a total of seven Emmys—taking home awards for Outstanding Costumes and Picture Editing. The show is also up for Best Reality Competition Series at the Primetime Emmys, airing September 17 on CBS.