Time Magazine Slammed For Naming Kendall And Kylie Jenner To Their 25 Most Influential Teens List
Posted on Tue Oct 14th, 2014 12:30pm PDT By X17 Staff
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner earned the number seventeen spot on Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 list, but a number of critics and youngsters alike are slamming the mag for including the reality stars with youngsters like Malala Yousafzai, who is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. And for the record, Yousafzai was behind the Jenner girls on the list at the number eighteen spot. Sigh.
Time notes that the girls have "hosted red-carpet events, released clothing and nail polish lines and even published a dystopian young-adult novel this past summer." Well, lets not forget that the girls had another writer helping them, and the only reason their apparel and beauty collections got picked up was because they are reality TV stars!
And we're not the only ones who feel this way! As far as comments on the social media, one Twitter user wrote, "What’s wrong with this magazine?" and another teen wrote, "If I live in a world where Time names Kendall & Kylie Jenner as the most influential ppl of 2014 I don’t want to be a part of it any longer."
Click thru to see the complete list of teens who made the cut!
Kendall and Kylie Jenner earned the number seventeen spot on Time Magazine's 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014 list, but a number of critics and youngsters alike are slamming the mag for including the reality stars with youngsters like Malala Yousafzai, who is the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. And for the record, Yousafzai was behind the Jenner girls on the list at the number eighteen spot. Sigh.
Time notes that the girls have "hosted red-carpet events, released clothing and nail polish lines and even published a dystopian young-adult novel this past summer." Well, lets not forget that the girls had another writer helping them, and the only reason their apparel and beauty collections got picked up was because they are reality TV stars!
And we're not the only ones who feel this way! As far as comments on the social media, one Twitter user wrote, "What’s wrong with this magazine?" and another teen wrote, "If I live in a world where Time names Kendall & Kylie Jenner as the most influential ppl of 2014 I don’t want to be a part of it any longer."
Click thru to see the complete list of teens who made the cut!
1. Mo’ne Davis, 13, Baseball player
2. Sasha Obama, 13, and Malia Obama, 16
3. Kiernan Shipka, 14, Mad Men actress
4. Jazz Jennings, 14, Transgender activist
5. Flynn McGarry, 15, chef du jour
6. Erik Finman, 15, Founder of Botangle.com
7. Nash Grier, 16, Social media king
8. Rico Rodriguez, 16, Modern Family actor
9. Ciara Judge, 16, Émer Hickey, 17, and Sophie Healy-Thow, 17, Google Science Fair winners
10. Shawn Mendes, 16, Social media musician
11. Jaden Smith, 16, Confucius for the Internet age
12. Becky G, 17, Youtube musician
13. Salma Kakar, 17, Cycling star
14. Lorde, 17, Singer-songwriter
15. Lydia Ko, 17, Golf champion
16. Chloë Grace Moretz, 17, Movie actress
17. Kylie Jenner, 17, and Kendall Jenner, 18
18. Malala Yousafzai, 17, Youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
19. Rachel Fox, 18, Reality Star turned day trader
20. Bethany Mota, 18, Fashion and beauty blogger
21. Joshua Wong, 18, Leader of Hong Kong civil disobedience movement
22. Austin Mahone, 18, Pop star
23. Tavi Gevinson, 18, Publisher of online magazine for teenage girls
24. Megan Grassell, 19, Bra designer
25. Troye Sivan, 19, Actor turned musician