Time Magazine has announced the 25 nominees in the running for the award of the Most Influential Teenager 2014.
So what does it take to make it onto the list? Their accomplishments range from winning the Nobel Prize (Malala Yousafzai) to staring in critically acclaimed films (Chloe Grace Moretz and Jaden Smith) to having one of the worlds’ biggest social media followings (Kendall and Kylie Jenner), to winning two Grammy Awards (Lorde) to calling President Obama ‘Dad’ (Sasha and Malia Obama). And all before the age of 20…
These are the teens are leading the way (ordered from youngest to oldest):
Mo’ne Davis, 13 – Little League World Series baseball player
Sasha, 13, & Malia Obama, 16 – daughters of the President of the United States, Barack Obama
Kiernan Shipka, 14 – actress, Mad Men
Jazz Jennings, 14 – inspirational writer on transgender rights
Flynn McGarry, 15 – chef and owner of supper club, Eureka
Erik Finkman, 15 – founder of Botangle.com, offering online teaching tutorials for teens
Nash Grier, 16 – Vine sensation, over 9.6 million followers and 1.1 billion loops of his comic videos
Rico Rodriguez, 16 – actor, Modern Family
Ciara Judge, 16, Emer Hickey, 17, and Sophie Healy-Thow, 17 – budding scientists, winners of Google Science Fair
Shawn Mendes, 16 – singer, youngest artist to be featured on the top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100
Jaden Smith, 16 – actor and son of Will Smith, with over 5 million social followers
Becky G, 17 – singer-songwriter, Becky From the Block
Salma Kakar, 17 – female cyclist, Afghan National Cycling Team
Lorde, 17 – Grammy winning singer-songwriter
Lydia Ko, 17 – pro golfer, ranking third among women golfers worldwide
Chloe Grace Moretz, 17 – award-winning actress, Carrie
Kylie, 17, & Kendall Jenner, 18 – reality TV stars, models, social media sensations
Malala Yousafzai, 17 – inspirational youth activist, youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner
Rachel Fox, 18 – stock trader and founder of blog, Fox on Stocks
Bethany Mota, 18 – fashion and beauty blogger, 7.4 million subscribers
Joshua Wong, 18 – peace activist for the Hong Kong protests
Austin Mahone, 18 – singer, 7 million Twitter followers
Tavi Gevinson, 18 – writer and founder of Rookie, online magazine
Megan Grassell, 19 – owner of bra company for teenagers, Yellowberry
Troye Sivan, 19 – musician, TRXYE, and actor, X-Men