Teen Choice Awards winners 2019: Taylor Swift urges fans to take a stand for gender equality

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Taylor Swift asked her fans to get behind US football player Alex Morgan's campaign for gender equality in a passionate speech as she received the inaugural Icon Award at the 2019 Teen Choice Awards in Los Angeles.

The 20th annual award ceremony took place in Hermosa Beach, California on Sunday night and features categories in film, TV and music.

The awards are voted for by fans aged 13 and over.

The singer used her acceptance speech to support Morgan, who presenter her with the award, and her US Women's football teammates in their "historic stand" for gender equality and the pay gap.

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"First I want to talk about Alex Morgan," she said. "The fact that she's here presenting this to me is such an honour. Not only winning the World Cup with her amazing teammates, right?

"But while they were winning the World Cup, they were also taking a historic stand in terms of gender equality, gender pay gaps.

"Please, pleasure support her and her teammates because this isn't over yet. It's not resolved."

Swift was handed a surfboard personalised with photos of her three pet cats, Olivia Benson, Meredith Greg and Benjamin Button.

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Swift also used her speech to look back on what she has learned since her teenage years, and told the audience that she wished she had known it is "normal" to make mistakes

"One thing I wish I would have known when I was a teen is mistakes are inevitable," she said.

"You think you can possibly ace life, but it's normal to make mistakes... it's normal. That's what's going to happen in life."

It was also a successful night for former One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson, who picked up the award for Choice Song: Male Artist for Two Of Us, an emotional track inspired by the death of his mother Johanna.

Meanwhile the Jonas Brothers were handed the Decade Award in recognition of their evolution over the past 10 years.

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In the film categories, Avengers: Endgame was the standout winner, with stars Robert Downey Jr, Josh Brolin and Scarlett Johansson all recognised for their performances. The film was also crowned Choice Action Movie.

​The winners included:

​Movies

Choice action movie - Avengers: Endgame

Choice action movie actor - Robert Downey Jr (Avengers: Endgame)

Choice action movie actress - Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame)

Choice sci-fi/fantasy movie - Aladdin

Choice sci-fi/fantasy movie actor - Will Smith (Aladdin)

Choice sci-fi/fantasy movie actress - Naomi Scott (Aladdin)

Choice drama movie - After

Choice drama movie actor - Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After)

Choice drama movie actress - Josephine Langford (After)

Choice comedy movie - Crazy Rich Asians

Choice comedy movie actor - Noah Centineo (The Perfect Date)

Choice comedy movie actress - Laura Marano (The Perfect Date)

Choice movie villain - Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame)

Choice summer movie - Spider-Man: Far From Home

Choice summer movie actor - Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home)

Choice summer movie actress - Zendaya (Spider-Man: Far From Home)

TV

Choice drama TV show - Riverdale

Choice drama TV actor - Cole Sprouse (Riverdale)

Choice drama TV actress - Lili Reinhart (Riverdale)

Choice sci-fi/fantasy TV show - Shadowhunters

Choice sci-fi/fantasy TV actor - Jared Padalecki (Supernatural)

Choice sci-fi/fantasy TV actress - Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters)

Choice action TV show - MacGyver

Choice action TV actor - Stephen Amell (Arrow)

Choice action TV actress - Gabrielle Union (LA's Finest)

Music

Choice male artist - Shawn Mendes

Choice female artist - Billie Eilish

Choice R&B/hip-hop artist - Cardi B

Choice rock artist - Panic! At The Disco

Choice song: female artist - Lauren Jauregui (Expectations)

Choice song: male artist - Louis Tomlinson (Two Of Us)

Choice pop song - Ariana Grande (thank u, next)

Choice R&B/hip-hop song -Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus (Old Town Road [Remix])

Decade award - Jonas Brothers

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