Kendall And Kylie Jenner Named Most Influential Teens Next To Malala Yousafzai; Twitter Reacts To Time's 2014 List

Time magazine recently named Kendall and Kylie Jenner two of the 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014, but some readers aren’t pleased. While the Jenner girls have impressive careers for teenagers, many Twitter users don’t understand how they compare to some of the other people on the list, including Malala Yousafzai, a 17-year-old Pakistani education activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last week.
Both Jenner girls have established careers outside of their E! reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians.” Kendall, 18, has modeled for Givenchy, Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger and more, while her sister Kylie, 17, has started a line of hair extensions with Bellami Hair, E! Online reports. The sisters also wrote a dystopian young adult book called “Rebels: City of Indra,” and have a clothing line at PacSun.
They have accomplishments, but many fans don’t think they’re comparable to Yousafzai, one of two winners of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. Yousafzai was on a school bus when the Taliban shot her in the head. She survived and has gone on to start the Malala Fund, which she uses to advocate for girls' rights to an equal education. Pakistan's National Youth Peace Prize was even renamed in her honor to be the National Malala Peace Prize, according to CNN.
Alongside Yousafzai and the Jenners, Sasha and Malia Obama, actress Chloe Grace Moretz, singer Austin Mahone, Vine star Nash Grier, Vlogger and “Dancing With the Stars” competitor Bethany Mota were included on the list. It seems that Grier -- who, according to TMZ, shouted a homophobic slur on his popular Vine channel earlier this year -- is the only other name sparking as much controversy as the Jenners.
See what fans had to say about the list below:
Nash Grier, Kendall and Kylie for most influential teens, can't stop laughing! Can someone please tell me how are they bloody influential?
— Carli the Great (@fatimabedier) October 14, 2014
Wtf Nash Grier and Kendall and Kylie Jenner don't even compare to Malala. Time magazine is wack
— Kacie (@kaciessnyder) October 14, 2014
the fact kendall and kylie jenner and nash Grier made the 'top 25 most influential teens' makes me really angry and upset
— emily (@emilyalexandrax) October 14, 2014
Kendall And Kylie Jenner were named TIME’s most Influential teens next to Malala Yousafzai… ugh time how could you
— ☀️ (@ValerieNova) October 13, 2014
someone tell me how Malala Yousafzai and Kendal and Kylie Jenner are under the same category for most "influential" teens
— Miss Jane☼ (@jframps_) October 13, 2014
The fact that Kylie and Kendal Jenner are even on the same list for influential teens as Malala Yousafzai makes me question society.
— Kacie Sanderson (@KacieLiz15) October 14, 2014
@TIME Kendall Kylie and Nash Grier are all absolutely ridiculous
— DEMI ANSWERED ♡ † 4 (@oxoxddlovato) October 14, 2014
Do you think Time should have included different names on the list, or are these the most influential teens of 2014? Sound off in the comments section below!
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