WOMAN OF THE YEAR: College network mtvU salutes Malala Yousufzai; rap star Frank Ocean is its Man of the Year

In this handout photo provided by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Malala Yousafzai sits up in her hospital bed with her father Ziauddin and her two younger brothers, Atal Khan (right) and Khushal Khan (centre), on Oct. 26, 2012 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Getty Images/Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK — The mtvU network is honouring a rap superstar who detailed his love for another man and a Pakistani girl shot for her education advocacy as its Man and Woman of the Year.

Frank Ocean, who earned six Grammy nominations Wednesday, published a letter online about his first love, a man, just as his “channel ORANGE” disc was being released. MtvU on Thursday called it “an incredibly brave move for an artist on the verge of superstardom.”

Fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai blogged about her support of education for girls in Pakistan. For that, Taliban militants stormed her school bus and shot her in the head and neck, but she survived.

The mtvU network is geared toward college students and is seen on more than 750 campuses.





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