10 Highest Paid Female Gamers!!AWOSOME

When video games were first developed, the industry was not expected to be a lucrative career option. But over the years, the scenario changed. Though video games are not considered by sports enthusiasts as any kind of sport, the truth is, the video gamers walk away with big moolah, enough to put them at par with some of the greatest sports stars in the world. The scenario in gaming has not only changed in terms of the money that the players of gaming companies earn, but also in the image of the players. The general stereotype that video gamers are just obese bespectacled nerds does not apply anymore. They are cool and dashing. Even women are taking up gaming as a profession, and there are numerous professional gamers. They are among the highest-earning in the industry. Let us take a look at the 10 Highest Paid Female Gamers in the world.

10. Alice “Ali” Lew

Alice Lew goes by the name Ali in the community, and is a strong contributor to the SK-Ladies Counter Strike Team, which is one of the most well-known names in the game. Lew has helped her team in beating every big contender in Counter Strike. Her first tournament was in 2006, in which she won $800. Two years from then, she partook in the competition again, this time to earn $4,000. She has played in five tournaments, and has shown great potential. Her current worth is $8,000.

9. Alana “Ms. X” Reid

Alana Reid is recognized by the name Ms. X in the gaming community, and is considered one of the fiercest women to watch out for in the gaming arena. This Canadian woman, who is just one tournament old, is still a potential force to reckon with. She participated in the game Quake III Arena in 2005, and successfully secured the position of a runner-up, facing tough competition. Her total earning from gaming worth $10,000 was won by her in this single tournament, showing great skill.

8. Livia “Liefje” Teernstra

Livia Teernstra assumes the name Liefje when she enters the virtual world of the games. She left her fellow gamers with surprise with her stunning performance in a competition held in New Zealand where she played Quake and Unreal Tournament. She then dominated a tournament which was held in Europe. She played Dead or Alive 4 in the competition, and gave a tough time to her competitors. She played two tournaments and placed 3rd in both, and bagging her career earning of $14,000.

7. Jamie “Missy” Pereyda

Jamie Pereyda, a simple-looking girl from the United States, is not so simple once she has a hands and mind in the game of QuakeCon III. Pereyda is known in the world of video games by the name Missy, a strong contender in the game of her choice. Back in the year 2005, she played in one tournament of the game, and successfully destroyed the fellow competitors in the Ms. QuakeCon II competition. In just one tournament, she won a whopping sum of $15,000, her total prize money.

6. Rumay “Hafu” Wang

Rumay Wang goes by the name Hafu in the gaming world, and is a World of Warcraft world champion. In just 4 tournaments of the world’s most reputed role playing game, she has been able to earn herself more than $14,000. While the rest of the world – well, the gaming world, at least – wants to step into her shoes, she has chosen to explore other areas, and taken up Bloodline Champions, in which she has made $2,000 from one tournament. Her total earning is $16,000.

5. Vanessa Arteaga

Vanessa Arteaga is considered a superstar in the field of video games and was picked first in the draft of the Championship Gaming Series’ list of players for the video game league. She is known to excel in the arena of fighting games, with Dead or Alive 4 being her beat. She took home a cash prize worth $15,000 as the championship prize money in 2008. A year before she had bagged her bulk winnings, she was also awarded $5,000 for her win in a tournament. Her earning is worth $20,000.

4. Sarah “Sarah Lou” Harrison

Known in the gaming community as Sarah Lou, Sarah Harrison is the only woman from Britain who have secured a position among the top earning professional gaming women. She chose Dead or Alive 4 because of its simplicity and cleanness and emerged champion in the one tournament she played, all thanks to the perfect collaboration between her own skills and a strong team, backed by regular practices. As the prize money, she took home a whopping $50,000 which is her net worth.

3. Marjorie “Kasumi Chan” Bartell

Marjorie Bartell, a Software Engineering major, assumes the avatar of Kasumi Chan, inspired by Dead or Alive’s Kasumi. She herself is a Dead or Alive 4 player, and she was on the team that became the Dead or Alive 4 champion in 2007. She walked out of the tournament $50,000 richer. Just a year before that, she emerged runner-up for the same game, and walked with $5,000. She has worked with several companies as an intern or gamer. Her total earning from gaming alone is $55,000.

2. Sasha “Scarlett” Hostyn

Sasha Hostyn from Canada plays with the name Scarlett, and is one of the most popular women in the world of gaming, participating at most major competitions. Her skillset is sharp especially in StarCraft II, and is a diligence gamer. She has partaken in about 30 tournaments since 2011, and is not only renowned in the gaming community but is also a wealthy gamer, winning huge cash prizes that sum her worth up to $100,000. She is considered one of the world’s best StarCraft II players.

1. Katherine “Mystik” Gunn

Katherine Gunn, who goes by the name Mystik in the world of games, is the highest paid female gamer. Dead or Alive 4, a popular game with big money tournaments, is her forte. In just 3 years, she defeated top contenders in both Dead or Alive 4 and Halo: Reach. She placed 3rd in 2007, and bagged $15,000, and obtained 3rd position with $7000 in 2008. In 2010, she played Halo: Reach and became the champion, earning $100,000, besides fame. In her short career, she is already worth $120,000.

Other women who have earned themselves quite a firtune through a professional career as a gamer are Christopher “Potter” Chi with winnings worth $7,800, Jennifer “Jso” So and Samantha “Ricochet” Whale who have earned $7,000 each, Mirlet “Hitomi 1” Delgadillo whose earning from gaming so far is worth $6,000 and Seo “ToSsGirl” Ji-soo with $5,753.13 worth of winning from gaming. Women are thus showing great potential in the field of gaming, and though their earning is still less than their male counterparts who still constitute 70% of the contenders, it is likely that more and more women will be interested in this profession and soon give some tough competition to the men.

Top 10 Hackers Who Wrote the History

In our hit-list, we are presenting the 10 most famous people, which can be described as a hacker. They entered either in computer or telephone systems and used these systems according to their own wishes, due to their knowledge and technical skills.

The top 10 Hackers of the world Who Wrote the History:

1. Konrad Zuse

 

It all started with Konrad Zuse, the very first computer hacker. He might not be in the literal sense, but no hacker could make a difference without his work at all.

Zuse Z3 has developed the first programmable computer in the world. He actually began with the Z1, which he constructed in the living room of his parents and completed in 1938. The Z3 was completed in 1941. Often regarded as inventor of modern computer.

2. John “Captain Crunch” Draper

 

John Draper started hacking computers before they really went up the hill.  He implemented the programming language Forth and the first word processor for Apple computers, called “Easy Writer”.

In the 1970s, Draper worked with hacking techniques and was a pioneer of circumvention of technical barriers. He made ​​the phone – phreaking using the well known Blue Box, so one could make free calls to analog telephones. At that time the system was controlled by analog tone sequences, with which one could also initiate free long distance or international calls. This hack technique was called “phreaking”. One of the most important tools for phone hacking is a Pennywhistle from the cereal box of Cap’n Crunch.

Draper developed the Blue Box, a device with which one could produce numerous control sounds of telephone companies.

3. Steve Wozniak

 

Wozniak is a contemporary of John Draper and knew phreaking as well. After Draper published on a computer club meeting the details of his Blue Box, Wozniak built his own version.

Steve Jobs recognized the market potential of the device and the two Steves started their first company. From the sale of Wozniak HP calculators they gained enough revenue to build the Apple I.

4. Robert Tappan Morris

 

A graduate student at Cornell University, Robert Morris developed the first computer worm. According to his own statements, he wanted to capture the size of the Internet. After he set  the software on November 2, 1988 free, he infected 6,000 computers -which were then about 10 percent of Internet-connected computers.

Due to a programming error, the worm multiplied excessively and made sure that many computers were overloaded. 1989, Morris was the first to be convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

5. Mark “PhiberOptik” Abene

 

Most computers experts probably know Mark Abene,. He had the phone company AT &T. As a member of the hacker group Masters of Deception Abene played often around at the AT & T systems.

Through his hacking skills, he crashed the AT& T system and 60,000 customers remained without a phone for about 9 hours, Abene was quickly identified as the culprit. The Secret Service confiscated his equipment. AT & T had to later admit that the crash was due to an error. Nevertheless, Abene was convicted and landed for a year in jail.He was the first hacker who was detained.

6. Kevin “Dark Dante” Poulsen

 

Poulsen led by one of the coolest hacks of all time. All the radio lines of L.A radio station KIIS-FM. This radio station promised the 102nd caller of the program would win a Porsche 944 S2.

Poulsen took over all telephone lines and the transmitter and thus ensured that his call was the right one. The telephone line went out later on during the broadcast.

Later, he went into hiding and was wanted by the FBI. He even landed in the American so called unsolved “File number XY … unsolved.” . 1991 Poulsen was under arrest and numerous offenses against him pleaded guilty.

Later he made a 180-degree turn and worked for the elucidation of many computer crimes.

7. Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick is probably the most famous hacker in the world. He managed to be the first to get on the FBI’s list of most wanted people in the world. He broke into the systems of Nokia and Motorola.

He hacked the punch card ticketing system of Los Angeles bus system through which he could travel in any bus throughout the state. Through a phone number given by his friend he hacked DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) main software.

In 1979, at the age of 16, he hacked a computer for the first time and copied proprietary software. After two and a half years, he was arrested and spent five years in prison. He now runs his own security company.

8. Tsutomu Shimomura

Not all hackers are “evil”. Tsutomu Shimomura made sure that Kevin Mitnick was convicted. He helped and collaborated with FBI to get the famous hacker Mitnick arrested.

In 1994 Mitnick stole some personal files of Shimomura and published them online. Shimomura managed to trace it back to Mitnick. Some authors consider his involvement in Mitnick case/arrest as dubious.

9. Richard Stallman

Stallman was a student and programmer at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab. He was already open source and retaliated at MIT against the restriction of computer use in the laboratory. In the university a password-protected computer system was established for students. He decrypted the passwords and sent to the users in plain text, and proposed to give up the password to again in the future to enable anonymous access.

Later Stallman developed the GPL General Public License and the GNU operating system, a completely free Unix system.

10. Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds began his hacking career on an old Commodore VIC-20 and the Sinclair QL, which he greatly improved. On the QL, he programmed his own Text Editor and even a Pac-Man clone named Cool Man.

In 1991, he got hold of an Intel 80386 PC and started working on Linux, which he first published under its own license, but later, under the GNU GPL. He was the principal force behind the development of Linux Kernel.

Top 10 Best Fiction TV Series

TV has come a long way from being a just a silly idiot box to décor our drawing to now an almost necessity – It served as one of the early modern inventions which helped us get connected through the entire globe. Being one of the first electronic medium, it has presented us with news, sports, entertainment and what not. Speaking of entertainment, one of TV’s way of filling that gap is through the various TV series – Comedy, drama, suspense, thriller, period, costume, science fiction, horror, courtroom subject, political etc; which have enthralled viewers then and now. So, here’s a laydown on what is presently being catered to us and which one is the best among them. This is a list countdowning the best fiction TV series of the 2010s:

The 10 Best Fiction TV Series of The 2010s:

10. Episodes

Kicking off the list at Number 10 British/American television sitcom ‘Episodes’, created by David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. Premiering in 2011, the show is about a British husband-and-wife comedy writing team, played by Matt LeBlanc and Tamsin Greig, who travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results. According to Robert Bianco of ‘USA Today’, ‘Episodes’ is “A riotously, often scathingly funny showbiz satire that proves LeBlanc is smart enough to know self-mockery can be a potent weapon, and talented enough to wield it properly”. The Series has already completed 3 seasons as of 2014. Besides critical appraise, the series has won the Golden Globe Award in Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy category for Matt LeBlanc, 2 other Golden Globe nominations, 8 Primetime Emmy nominations and a BAFTA nomination.

9. The Big C

By drawing the largest audience for a Showtime original series premiere, the 9th spot in this countdown has been captured by ‘The Big C’. Created by Darlene Hunt, the show is about a suburban wife and mother – a high school teacher, who is diagnosed with melanoma, and how she deals with it humour and happiness while finding new ways of expressions. Since its start in 2010, the series has completed 4 seasons as of 2013. Starring Laura Linney, the series has so far won 2 Satellite Awards, 1 Primetime Emmy Award and 1 Golden Globe Award. Alessandra Stanley of ‘The New York Times’ writes about the show, “The Big C works because most of the writing is strong and believable”.

8. Sherlock

British Crime TV series ‘Sherlock’ places itself in 8th position amongst the best fiction TV series. The show projects of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes in a never before seen cocky avatar in the early 21st century in his mission to put down robbers, thieves, burglars, serial killers, smugglers and blackmailers. It has Benedict Cumberbatch in the shoes of the lead role. The series which saw the lights of the day in 2010 has already completed three seasons and a Christmas mini-episode and has been renewed for a fourth season in 2015. The series has been highly praised by critics and has created a huge fan base for itself. It has also won 1 Peabody, 3 BAFTA, 2 Critic’s Choice Television, 7 Emmy Awards, besides 42 other nominations. The series has often been hailed as Smart, unpredictable, and terrifically written.

7. Raising Hope

Landing in at number 7, is the American Sitcom ‘Raising Hope’. Created by Greg Garcia and premiering in 2010, ‘Raising Hope’ tells the story of 24 year old James “Jimmy” Chance, who encounters a one-night stand with a serial killer, who is on a death row, and who becomes impregnated by him and dies shortly after giving birth to the baby. Now, Jimmy is faced with the tough job raising the baby with the help of family all alone. Recently completing its fourth season in 2014, the series has won various awards including Satellite and Jamison Awards, among numerous nominations. The series has been successful in both making the audience laugh and get teared up, which in itself says a lot about the show.

6. True Detective

Number 6 in this countdown goes to the pulp detective fiction inspired, anthological crime drama ‘True Detective’, created by Nic Pizzolatto and starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in lead roles. The show, which premiered in 2014 has already been renewed for a second season in 2015 due to high critical acclaim and huge popularity. Spreading over a timeline of over 17 years, the show follows the lives of two detective in Louisiana as they hunt down a serial killer. The TV series has already garnered 5 Prime Time Emmy, 1 Critic’s Television Choice award, beside 9 other nominations in its first year of running. ‘Los Angeles Times’ in its praise for the show wrote “True Detective runs slow and steady without ever seeming to drag. Even minor characters get room to breathe, and seem independently alive; the briefest scenes seem to imply life beyond the frame”.

5. Girls

HBO’s smart, sassy and funny TV series ‘Girls’ grabs the 5th position in the list of best fiction TV series, which follows a group of young people in their 20s in NYC. Creator Lena Dunham, who is also the lead star of the show, has been inspired from some of her own real life experiences. The show has been highly praise for its portrayal of female comradeship and friendship; and has won 9 awards including 1 Primetime Emmy, 1 Writers Guild of America, among 26 other nominations. Premiering in 2012, it has completed three seasons with a fourth season on the way in 2015. The series has also been adapted into books, recently.

4. Fargo

Dark comedy crime drama ‘Fargo’ takes the 4th position on the list of best fiction TV series, which is loosely based on the 1996 film of the same name. It follows Deputy Molly Solverson (Allison Tolman) as she teams up with Duluth police officer Gus Grimly (Colin Hanks), her comrade to solve a series of murder. The show premiered in 2014 and has been renewed for a second season in 2015. With three Critic’s Choice Television, 2 Primetime Emmy and countless nominations already, ‘Fargo’ has been touted as one of the best TV show of 2014. ‘Fargo’ has been applauded for presenting quirky characters, fresh storyline that has been executed with dark humour and odd twists.

3. Orange is the new black

Netflix’s ‘Orange is the new black’ comes into the top 3 by finding itself on the 3rd spot on the list of best fiction TV series. Created by Jenji Kohan, the show is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir, ‘Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison’. Premiering in 2013 and starring Taylor Shilling, ‘Orange is the new black’ put forwards the experiences of Piper Kerman, a bisexual, who is sentenced to prison for 15 months for a crime she was not aware of doing until very late. With two seasons completed and a third season on the pipeline in 2015, the show has already managed to collect 3 Critic’s Choice Television, 3 Primetime Emmy, 4 Satellite, 3 Young Hollywood Awards, beside many other wins and nominations. In its praise for the series, ‘San Francisco Chronicle’ said, “In every case, there is an abiding feeling for character and authenticity that helps elevate Orange Is the New Black to a new definition of television excellence.”

2. Downton Abbey

ITV’s costume period drama ‘Downton Abbey’ finds itself in the second spot in the list of best fiction TV series. The series created by Julian Fellowes premiered in 2010 is currently airing its 5th season as of 2014. It follows the lives of the Crawley Family and their staff in the fictitious Downton Abbey in Yorkshire in the post-Edwardian era. The show has been highly praised and has received accolades from worldwide. Besides, gathering the most nominations in the history Primetime Emmy Awards, it has also found itself in the Guinness World Records Book for being the most critically acclaimed English-language television series of 2011. It boasts of an eccentric ensemble cast including Maggie Smith, Laura Carmichael, Jessica Brown Findlay, Penelope Wilton, among others. “The next great “Masterpiece Theatre” series has arrived”, says ‘New York Daily News’ about the show.

1. Game of Thrones

Clinching the numero uno title in this list is HBO’s fantasy drama series ‘Game of Thrones’. Based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series novel ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’, ‘Game of Thrones’ was created by D.B.Weiss and David Benioff and premiered in 2011. The show is set in fictitious continents of Westeros and Essos and through its various plot lines and ambiguous multi-dimensional characters covers themes of religion, power, loyalty, war, corruption, sex, hierarchy, societal roles, among many others. The Show has achieved instant success across the globe and so far has garnered 182 nominations and 59 wins. The show has already been renewed for a fifth and a sixth season to be aired in 2015 and 2016 respectively. It has created a loyal strong and huge fandom which is ever increasing, who make it is one of the most highly appreciated TV shows ever. ‘Time’ magazine in its praise for the show said “Watching Game of Thrones is like falling into a gorgeous, stained tapestry. This epic, unflinching fantasy noir takes our preconceptions of chivalry, nobility and magic and gets medieval on them.”

Top 10 Tattoo Fanatics You Can’t Comprehend

In the past decade tattoos have become more popular and accepted as compared to before. It is a costly affair and takes a long time to complete even a palm sized tattoo. But, there are always people who take their interest to a whole new level and want to stand out. The world has much place for them and fancies their interest! Here are 10 people who took their tattoo interest to an extreme that you cannot figure out what drove them and why, even if there is a justified reason.

Have a look at 10 Tattoo Fanatics and decide if you can comprehend!

10. Face name tattoo

Apart from all the fully covered tattoos, Lesya Toumaniantz from Saransk, Russia took the wildest decision in the tattoo world. Lesya agreed to tattoo the name of Ruslan Toumaniantz, the man she met only 24 hours back. This was a blind step without the certainty of their relationship in the future. The tattoo read RUSLAN in calligraphy across her face in thick bug letters. However, they now plan on getting married to each other, which saves her face from the laser.

9. Isobel Varley

Isobel Varley From Yorkshire, United Kingdom held the Gunnies World Record for the most tattooed senior. In the year 2000, she was named as the world’s most tattooed senior woman. In 10 years, Varley got over 200 designs inked on 76% of her body. Contradicting to how it may seem, it’s not just men who take it to extremes, and it takes a lot more strength to withstand the pain.

8. Zebra man

Horace Ridler was a professional freakshow and sideshow performer calling himself The Great Omi or The Zebra Man. Ridler left behind a wonderful story of his journey through the world wars to the performance phase in the later part of his life.

7. Julia Gnuse

Julia Gnuse from California is commonly known as the illustrated lady. She holds the Gunnies World Record for the world’s most tattooed women. Julia was one of the victims of porphyria. Her doctors suggested her pale skin tone color tattoos as they prevent blistering, which did not work out. But, ultimately she resorted to covering herself with colorful tattoos with things that she likes and cherishes.

6. Lizard man

Erik Sprague also known as The Lizard Man is a freak show and side show performer from Texas, who now performs all around the world. He had his lips dyed to green, teeth sharpened like fangs, stretched his earlobes and was the first person to split his tongue in two. All of his tattoos took around 700 hours of work and were worth his freak lifestyle.

5. Zombie Boy

Rick Genest is a Canadian actor, artist and model who is also known as Zombie Boy for his corpse body tattoo. He mentioned that “The closest thing I could get to becoming a zombie was to get tattooed like one.” Rick spent over $16,000 for his tattoos and now build for himself a brand and established a reputation in his field of interest, freak shows.

4. Tom Leopard – Leopard Man

Tom Woodbridge the tattoo fanatic is an English-born former soldier. He is also known as Tom Leopard- the Leopard Man. Before Luck Diamond Rich, Tom set the record for the world’s most tattooed man, and he spent £5,500 to ink himself like the cat. The Leopard Man is now 79 years and has been staying away from society for years.

3. The Enigma

Paul Lawrence is an American actor and performer, also known as the Enigma. Paul has a unique full body jigsaw puzzle tattoo design along with ear reshaping and horn implants. This became a very popular tattoo design and is found in many galleries. More than 200 tattoo artists worked on the Enigmas body, and he still seems to be counting.

2. Etienne Dumont

Etienne Dumont from Geneva is another tattoo fanatic who is completely covered with tattoos all over his body. Added to the extreme tattoo level, he also has plexiglass piercings under his lower lip and on the nose; titanium rings on both his hands, rings of 70mm diameter on his ears and two silicon implants as horns on his head which he plans to grow bigger by replacing them with bigger ones.

1. Lucky Diamond Rich

Lucky is the world’s most tattooed man. He holds a Gunnies Record for being 100% tattooed, even inside his foreskin, ears and mouth. This astonishing tattoo passion made him spend over 1000 hours with hundreds of artists to get his tattoo done.

10 Most Influential Teens of 2016

10. Shawn Mendes, 17

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer who earned quiet a following in 2013 after he began posting song covers on the video sharing application Vine. He soon caught the attention of an artist manager and signed a deal with the record label. His debut single “Life of the Party” was a hit. Mendes was part of the opening acts for Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour. He also recorded a song called “Believe” for Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants. He is the youngest artist to debut in the top 25 of the Billboard Hot 100. In 2014 he won the Teen Choice award.

9. Malia Obama, 17

Malia Obama is the eldest daughter of Barack and Michelle Obama. Being the daughter of one of the most powerful man in the planet, the President of United States of America, automatically draws attention to Malia and whatever she does becomes news. Well bred and groomed, Malia according to Obama is being taught to become committed women who will help build that world. Along with her sister she attends the private Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. Malia is also a style icon and her style is religiously followed and appreciated by many.

8. Katie Ledecky, 18

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American swimmer. She holds a number of world records in the 400-, 800-, and 1,500-meter freestyle and the fastest-ever times in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles. Ledecky has broken ten world records. She is also a nine-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist. In total, she has won fifteen medals in major international competitions. She has been awarded the Swimming World’s World Swimmer of the Year (2013), the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award (2013), the American Swimmer of the Year awards (2014) and named the international female Champion of Champions by L’Équipe in 2014.

7. Joshua Wong, 19

Joshua Wong Chi-fung is a student activist from Hong Kong and founder of the student activist group Scholarism. Now studying at the Open University of Hong Kong, Wong was named as one of TIME’s Most Influential Teens of 2014. In 2015, he was listed by Fortune Magazine as one of the World’s Greatest Leaders. The son of middle-class, Wong was inspired by his father to take a stand for the underprivileged classes and for what is right. He was also featured in the 2014 Time Magazine Cover.

6. Zendaya, 19

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman is an American actress. Zendaya started her career at an early age with a dance group. She is best known for playing the role of Rocky Blue in the Disney Channel series Shake It Up. In 2013, Zendaya appeared in the sixteenth season of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. Her single releases have reached among Billboard Hot 100 and her self-titled album too reached at 51 on Billboard 200. Currently Zendaya is starring in the Disney Channel original series K.C. Undercover.

5. Maisie Williams, 18

When auditioning for the role of Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, Maisie Williams could never have known how big the show would become. In 2012, she earned the Portal Awards for Best Supporting Actress and the BBC Radio 1 Teen Award for Best British Actor in 2013 and the Saturn Award for Best Young Actor in a Television Series in 2015. She has received quite a few other nominations too. Arya was Williams’ first professional role and she received critical acclaim for her performance in the blockbuster series. Currently Williams is expected to star in the film adaptation of the video game The Last of Us.

4. Amandla Stenberg, 17

Amandla Stenberg is an American actress who was part of the film The Hunger Games (2012) and was praised for the portrayal of young Cataleya in Colombiana (2011). In Zulu and Xhosa, Amandla means “power or strength”. Stenberg began her career by doing catalogue modelling shoots for Disney. Today she has been called “one of the most incendiary voices of her generation” by the Dazed magazine. After posting her school project video, “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows” in 2004, she turned into a social activist and became pretty outspoken regarding racial discrimination against black people.

3. Ahmed Mohamed, 14

Mohamed was a 14 years old freshman at the MacArthur High School in Irving, Texas. Mohamed had brought an electronic clock to show his teachers but his English teacher thought it was a bomb and after confiscating it, he reported to the principal. The principal called in Local law enforcement who questioned him for an hour and a half and sent him to a juvenile detention facility. Mohamed was a victim of racial profiling and Islamophobia. The incident drew much attention and widespread criticism.

2. Rowan Blanchard, 14

Rowan Blanchard is an American actress who is best known for playing the character of Riley Matthews in the series Girl Meets World at Disney Channel. Blanchard began acting when she was only five years old. She has acted in a number of popular shows like Dance-A-Lot Robot, Best Friends Whenever, Invisible Sister and films like Spy Kids: All the Time in the World etc. Blanchard is pretty out spoken about issues like, feminism, gun violence and human rights. She was part of the #TeamHeForShe campaign and has spoken at the UN Women and US National Committee’s annual conference.

1. Malala Yousafzai, 18

Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan who for advocating education for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was shot in the head by the Taliban. The assassination attempt sparked a widespread outpouring of support for Yousafzai.  Yousafzai survived her assault and emerged as an activist for female education. In 2013, she was crowned as “the most famous teenager in the world” and also featured in the Time magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World,” three times in a row, in 2013, 2014 and 2015. She became a co-recipient of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.