10 year old Kheris Rogers from Los Angeles was bullied for her skin colour. Her 22 year old sister, Taylor Pollard,  posted two photos of Kheris on Twitter with the hashtag #FlexinInMyComplexion which received 83 000 likes. Kheris decided to start her own fashion label selling t-shirts with the hashtag.  Taylor said, "I just hope that especially for younger kids, people start to feel more confident in their skin. It doesn't matter how dark or light you are, just knowing that it's beautiful and that your complexion doesn't determine your beauty."  

17 year old singer/actress Sabrina Carpenter released her album, Revolution late last year.  The song, Mirage, is about how everything in Hollywood (the media) is an illusion - it's not real.

Love this Aussie chick!

22 year old Bridie Duggan lives in Katherine in the Northern Territory.  She is a national finalist for the Young Australian of the Year this year for her work in mental health awareness and suicide prevention.  When a friend of hers committed suicide, Bridie travelled around Darwin every day for a month and raised $27000 for the Livin Foundation.  Their motto is It Ain't Weak to Speak and encourages people to talk about mental illness. Bridie is also a qualified life coach and personal trainer who regularly volunteers in her community and runs fitness classes for kids with autism.

12 year old Grace VanderWaal won America's Got Talent.  I love this song of her new album.

Anoyara is an 18 year old from a poor region in Bengal, India.  She was sold to do domestic labour when she was 12 but returned to her home at age 13 and campaigned against child labour and trafficking with the Save the Children Organization.  She formed 40 children's groups in her village which initiated discussion about their needs and educated them about child marriage and trafficking. In 2012 she was nominated for the Children's Peace Prize.  Last year she was a child delegate at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, along with teens from other countries. Her dream is for a world free from child abuses, a world wherein children from the lower strata of society get equal opportunities of health, hygiene, education, protection from violence and exploitations as enjoyed by those belonging to higher echelons.

18 year old Californian musician, Em Rossi, hasn't has it easy.  Her father was a talented musician and artist. He was also her inspiration and champion but he passed away when she was 15 years old.  Her single, Earthquake, is a beautiful song about hope after hurting.

Mihaela Noroc is a 30 year old Romanian who has been backpacking around the world for 3 years photographing women for her blog Atlas of Beauty.  Her work shows that beauty is not limited by race or age or pop culture.  She wants to inspire women to be themselves, natural and authentic. You can find her blog at http://theatlasofbeauty.com.