12 Female celebs you actually want your kids to follow (With Pictures)

9. Lorde

This New Zealand-born singer born Ella Marija Yelich O’Connor, has been rapidly gaining in popularity since her big debut just a few years ago. Only 19, she’s become a huge proponent of positive body image for women. Her work has also landed her a spot in one of Time’s “Most Influential Teenagers Of The Year” list. She has been known to post images of herself before and after photoshop, drawing attention to the fact that the little flaws don’t make us any less beautiful. “I was just thinking it’s so unhealthy for girls to be listening to, you know, ‘I’m nothing without you.’ This sort of shirt-tugging, desperate, ‘don’t leave me’ stuff. That’s not a good thing for young girls, even young people, to hear,” she said about her music.