Who will you choose? From a tennis star to an environmental activist, we look at four teenagers from around the world who have made a real impact in 2023.
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Your chance to vote for teenager of the year
Who will you choose? From a tennis star to an environmental activist, we look at four teenagers from around the world who have made a real impact in 2023.
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Teenagers have achieved some amazing things. This year we celebrate four of them.
The girl trying to become Serena Williams Coco Gauff started playing tennis at six. At 14 she became the No.1 junior women's tennis player, and at 15 qualified for WimbledonAn international tennis tournament held in London every year..
This year, at aged 19, she won the US Open - the first American teenager since Serena Williams.
The boy who wants to save the oceans Seven years ago, Haaziq Kazi had an idea while washing his hands. After watching films about ocean plastic pollution, he imagined a boat that cleared rubbish.
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Now aged 17, Haaziq has started a group teaching young people about the plastic crisis. "They tell us kids not to daydream," he says. "But I'm not one to listen."
The girl teaching children about AI Neha Shukla is 18, but she's already given workshops to over 70,000 students and written bestselling books encouraging young people in STEMScience, technology, engineering and maths. STEM is a term used to group these academic disciplines. subjects.
The girl educating teenagers about social media At the age of 13, Jimin Lee founded SELFidence, a charityAn organisation that helps people in need. It does not make money as a business does. Most people who work for charities are volunteers. This means they are not paid. that helps young people with their mental health. It teaches them about subjects like spending too much time online.
Choose which of these impressive young people is your teenage of 2023. Come back tomorrow to see who has won.
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Wimbledon - An international tennis tournament held in London every year.
STEM - Science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM is a term used to group these academic disciplines.
Charity - An organisation that helps people in need. It does not make money as a business does. Most people who work for charities are volunteers. This means they are not paid.
Your chance to vote for teenager of the year
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Wimbledon - An international tennis tournament held in London every year.
STEM - Science, technology, engineering and maths. STEM is a term used to group these academic disciplines.
Charity - An organisation that helps people in need. It does not make money as a business does. Most people who work for charities are volunteers. This means they are not paid.