The 10 most influential teenagers in the world today.
(Baonghean.vn) - Time magazine selected 10 outstanding teenagers of 2017 based on their influence on the community through social media, their ability to attract press and media attention.
1. Millie Bobby Brown
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| Millie Bobby Brown was a breakout star in Hollywood in 2016 with her role as Eleven in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” She received a SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Award nomination in 2017, showcased her rapping talent at the Golden Globe Awards, signed a modeling contract with IMG Models, and appeared on the covers of Entertainment Weekly and InStyle magazines. |
2. Mikaila Ulmer
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| Mikaila Ulmer founded the honey lemonade company Me & The Bees using a recipe passed down from her grandmother. She donates 10% of her business profits to organizations that protect honeybees in the US. She also runs the non-profit Healthy Hive Foundation to raise awareness about conserving honeybees from extinction. She will soon publish a book sharing her entrepreneurial experiences with children. |
3. Salvador Gómez Colón
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| Salvador Gómez Colón launched the "Light and Hope for Puerto Rico" campaign, raising $80,000 to help 1,000 residents of the impoverished town of Loíza purchase essential supplies and recover from Hurricane Maria. He also collaborated with several organizations to help Loíza residents switch to clean energy sources like solar power and improve their unsanitary living conditions. |
4. Maddie Ziegler
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| Maddie Ziegler is one of the world's most famous child dancers, as well as an entrepreneur, model, actress, and author. She was the youngest judge in the history of Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance" at the age of 14. She has partnered with the Starlight Children's Foundation to raise funds for children with life-threatening illnesses and with Dancers Against Cancer to raise funds for children with cancer. She has amassed 10 million followers on Instagram. |
5. Kaia Gerber
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| Kaia Gerber is the daughter of "90s beauty icon" Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber. She has done photoshoots for Vogue, been the face of Marc Jacobs Beauty, and promoted brands like Miu Miu and Alexander Wang. She dominated "Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2018," appearing in 18 shows for leading fashion houses. She won the Breakthrough Model award from The Daily Front Row. |
6.Han Hyun Min
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| Han Hyun Min is the first Black model in South Korea (she is half Nigerian). She rose to fame on Instagram, breaking down stereotypes about "mixed-race" people to become a beloved model. She received 20 shows at Seoul Fashion Week 2017. She has always strived to fight for the recognition of multi-ethnic beauty in South Korea. |
7. Chloe Kim
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| Chloe Kim is a star of the US national skiing team. She was the first female athlete in the world to successfully perform a 1080-degree spin in a skiing competition. She won two gold medals at the 2016 Youth Winter Olympics and is a strong contender for the gold medal in skiing at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. |
8. Krtin Nithiyanandam
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| Krtin Nithiyanandam won a $25,000 prize at the 2015 Google Science Fair for his method of detecting Alzheimer's disease 10 years in advance. He discovered a method to disable the genes that produce the ID4 protein, aiming to bring triple-negative breast cancer to a less dangerous stage. Scientists consider Krtin's discovery a breakthrough in breast cancer treatment. |
9. Yara Shahidi
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| Yara Shahidi appeared in television commercials for McDonald's, Disney, Guess Kids, and more from the age of six. She rose to fame thanks to "Black-ish," an ABC sitcom that highlighted racial discrimination. She signed a contract with a modeling agency in New York to affirm the diversity of women of color in various fields. She is about to become a sociology student at Harvard University, partly thanks to a letter of recommendation from Michelle Obama. |
10. Brooklyn Beckham
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| Brooklyn Beckham is the eldest son of designer Victoria Beckham and former football star David Beckham. He is a photographer who shot advertising campaigns for Burberry's perfume line, published the photo book "What I See," is the face of the Pull & Bear fashion brand, and signed a £100,000 advertising contract with a Chinese phone company. He is known as the "Prince of Social Media," attracting 10 million followers on Instagram. |
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