We want to give you a word of warning before you go on. These teens might make you feel bad about where you are in life now. After all, they have already accomplished so much even though they are still so young. Instead of making you feel hopeless, we hope that it gives you inspiration instead! Many of these teens will make you think that you took your life for granted. They all have unique features and incredible talents that separate them from any other teen that we know. We have twins that look nothing alike, the most buff Barbie out there, and a tongue that can break records. Who would have ever guessed that people like these exist?
Be Inspired By These Young People Have Already Done And Lived Through Unbelievable Things As Teenagers
Adrianne Lewis
Wouldn’t it be great to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records? Adrianne Lewis might be young, but she is already set to make this a reality! She is hoping to become the girl with the longest tongue in history. The record to beat stands at 3.9 inches, but she claims that hers is 4 inches long. She can touch her own elbow, nose, and eye with her tongue. This probably makes for a really sweet party trick!
Adrianne Lewis
Lucy And Maria Aylmer
It must be difficult and frustrating to convince other people that you really are twins when you look so different. Needless to say, the two of them are fraternal twins and not identical ones. We know that it can be difficult to believe but Lucy and Maria Aylmer really were born to the same set of parents even though they do not look anything alike. While Lucky has orange hair and freckles, Maria has darker skin and curly hair. “Now we have grown older, even though we still look so different, the bond between us is much stronger,” explained Lucy. “Now we are proud of the fact that we are each other’s, twin sister.”
Lucy And Maria Aylmer
Isa-Bella Leclair
One of the most inspiring young ladies out there would be Isa-Bella Leclair. It is hard to stay true to who you are, especially when you were born with a very unique and rare condition. She has always had a genetic condition by the name of Parkes Weber syndrome. Aside from that, she also has lymphedema. Her right leg sometimes swells to nearly double the size of the other leg and weighs as much as 40 pounds. This is a side effect of her condition, which makes lymph fluid pool in the leg.
Isa-Bella Leclair
Timothy Doner
At the age of 13, Timothy picked up a new language. He had an interest in the Middle East and began to study Hebrew by himself. He started listening to an Israeli funk group and learned the lyrics to a song by heart in only a span of a month. However, he still had no idea what the words meant! After translating the song, he managed to learn hundreds of Hebrew words and phrases without even opening a book.
Timothy Doner
Alexandra Allen
“When you’re allergic to the most common substance on Earth, you can’t look at the world through the lens of what might be untouchable or unachievable. I learned not only to take shorter showers but also that we are bigger than our problems,” Alexandra said. She was talking to her condition and one of the weirdest allergies to ever exist! Who would have thought that it was possible to be allergic to water?!
Alexandra Allen
Ciera Swaringen
A lot of people would agree with us that Ciera Swaringen is gorgeous. It is up to you to decide whether her killer smile or unique skin coloration makes her shine even more. She has always had congenital melanocytic nevi, which are birthmarks or moles. Usually, they are already there at the time of birth and grow bigger as the years go by. She had been bullied when she was young, but it was a good thing that her parents have always been supportive of her. In fact, her mother used angel kisses to refer to the birthmarks!
Ciera Swaringen
Elisany Silva
This Brazilian girl was only a teenager when she reached a height of 6 feet and 9 inches. It made her the tallest teenage girl on the planet back then! The photo below shows her with her fiancé, who is 5 feet and 4 inches tall. It is clear that the height difference did not come between their true love! She is an aspiring model, so we wish her the best of luck.
Elisany Silva
Georgia Green
Can you imagine dozing off and only waking up a week or two later? This sounds like a vacation that some of us can use. However, this is the reality for Georgia Green, who says that it is not as relaxing as you will think. The Flagstaff Hill resident has regular “episodes,” which for her means sleeping for 12 to 18 hours each day. There are also times when she falls into a sleep-like trance in which she barely functions. She can go to the toilet, eat, and move but nothing more than that. According to her, she has been through around 35 episodes ever since the age of 15. She has lost almost a year thanks to them!
Georgia Green
Julia Vins
Here is one more inspirational lady on the list. Julia Vins is also known as Muscle Barbie. At first, she started going to the gym because she wanted to become stronger and become more confident. She trained for a year without following a program when a powerlifting coach offered to train her. Julia has not looked back since and has turned into a social media personality of sorts. She once said, “Many people ask me, why I do this sport? I like the way my body is changing. I’m enjoying the process as well as having more opportunities and I gained confidence in myself.”
Julia Vins
Winnie Harlow
In the past, Winnie Harlow had a hard time fitting in at school because of her appearance. You see, she has a condition called vitiligo. At the age of 19, she caught the attention of Tyra Banks. The supermodel saw her Instagram profile and asked the teen to enter America’s Next Top Model. In the end, she finished 5th during the 21st season of the show. She is now the face of a Barcelona-based brand called Desigual, a position she shares with Adriana Lima.
Winnie Harlow
Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova
Many people have pointed out how much Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova looks like a Barbie doll. We can see where they are coming from! In fact, she actually uses contact lenses and makeup to make the resemblance even stronger. People from across the world found out about her, but some accused her of getting surgery to attain those proportions. According to her, she achieved this thanks to a controlled diet and a strict fitness regimen.
Valeria Valeryevna Lukyanova
Fu Wengui
At the age of 15, the world found out about Fu Wengui and his struggle with his very long neck. Most people have 7 vertebrae, but he has 10 instead. When his father talked about the difficulties of the young men, he said, “These vertebrae press on the nerves in his neck and make it difficult for him to walk.” What makes it worse is the fact that Fu suffers from rare congenital scoliosis as well. The good news is that a charity decided to pay for the surgery needed to remove the extra cartilage and bone in his body. Based on reports, doctors are now trying to figure out how to carry out a process like that.
Fu Wengui
Haley Smith
This has to be one of the weirdest entries on the list! By the time Haley Smith was 17 years old, she was of the belief that she was already dead. She had Cotard’s Syndrome, a kind of delusional psychosis. Those who have the rare condition usually talk about the loss of body parts, organs, and/or blood. When talking about the ordeal, she explained, “I’d fantasize about having picnics in graveyards and I’d spend a lot of time watching horror films because seeing the zombies made me feel relaxed, like I was with family.” We are glad to hear that she was able to recover from the condition after getting help!
Haley Smith
Venus Isabelle Palermo
The young woman in the photo is a Swiss YouTuber who goes by the handle VenusAngelic. She looks just like a doll with her facial features and huge eyes! It did not take long before she went viral on the internet. She made it big as a “living doll” when a video of hers called “How to look like a doll” made rounds on the internet in March 2012. By 2018, the video already had more than 15.9 million views! In 2014, she also appeared on a TLC docuseries called My Strange Addiction.
Venus Isabelle Palermo
Daniel Browning Smith
We are sure that Daniel Browning Smith is very flexible. After all, they do not call him the Rubberboy for no good reason! He is a TV host, sports entertainer, contortionist, actor, comedian, and stuntman. As a teenager, he learned that he was extraordinarily flexible. In fact, he is considered the most flexible person in all of history. He has a total of seven Guinness World Records to his name.
Daniel Browning Smith
Jackson Oswalt
Jackson Oswalt is most definitely not an average teenager. The Tennessee local has not been busy watching TV or playing video games like his peers. No, he was already working on setting up a nuclear laboratory in his old playroom ever since he was 12 years old. He managed to finish the project on the 19th of January 2018, mere hours before he turned 13. With the use of 50,000 volts, he allegedly combined two atoms of deuterium gas and fused the nuclei in the plasma core of his reactor.
Jackson Oswalt
Hunter Steinitz
Now 24 years old, the woman below is believed to be the oldest woman in the United States with a certain condition. She suffers from a super rare condition called Harlequin Ichthyosis. It is actually so rare that a number of doctors had no idea what she had when she was born. A lot of babies with this condition do not survive the infancy stage, which might explain why there are fewer than a hundred known cases across the globe. As a way to raise awareness, she worked with other people in the group to work on a performance that would help people understand the condition better. At the time, she was only a teen. “I wish this was my full-time job,” she once shared, “Because I think this is by far the most wonderful thing I’ve ever done with my talent, my time and my resources.”
Hunter Steinitz
Zara Hartshorn
You might think that this is an older lady in the image below, but the truth is that it is a photo of Zara at the age of 7. Zara, together with her mother, suffers from a rare disease known as lipodystrophy. At the age of 16, she was offered a 4-hour facelift to change her appearance. She decided to take this opportunity to change this aspect of her life. She flew from the United Kingdom to the United States to undergo the procedure and met with a lipodystrophy expert by the name of Dr. Abu Garg. This was how they found out that the two women were suffering from an even rarer condition called Cutis Laxa.
Zara Hartshorn
Yanira Guzman
Spina bifida is a condition that affects the spine. Yanira Guzman has been suffering from it ever since she was born. The condition makes it almost impossible to even walk. She has been getting physical therapy from the Wolfson Children’s Rehabilitation and made it her goal to stand by her 15th birthday. In the end, she achieved this goal of hers! According to her, she will not let the condition prevent her from living life to the fullest. She said, “Just keep trying and never give up and just reach for the stars.”
Yanira Guzman
Georgina McConnell
At the age of 19, Georgina McConnell was considered a rising star in the competitive field of female bodybuilding. To bulk up, the Tyne and Wear native followed a strict diet that involved eating six meals per day and a particular exercise routine. She began to weightlift at a younger age and built muscle mass five days in a week. Among other things, she bagged the gold medal at the United Kingdom Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation North East Championships not that long ago.
Georgina McConnell
Deepak Jangra
Let us just say that Deepak Jangra is a shocking young man! Pun totally intended, mind you. He learned of his unusual talent while he was working on fixing his mom’s heater. By the time he was 16, he was doing daredevil stunts that most people would never think of. He has been shot placing live wires right on his tongue and submerging his hands in water while there were cables inside. He has said that he can withstand an incredible 11,000 volts through his body. That is enough to power half a thousand houses!
Deepak Jangra
Grant Botti
It is not a stretch to say that Grant Botti already lived through what many would consider a nightmare. In 2015, he woke up and felt an intense ache in his ear. The only thing that the 14-year-old boy wanted was to stop the pain, so he poked inside the ear when the unbelievable happened. He started to pull out a bug from there. It was shocking to see how much of it there was. In the end, he pulled out a live centipede that was 4 inches long! His mom brought him and the bug to the hospital. After an examination, the doctor revealed that the centipede caused abrasions on his ear canal and eardrum.
Grant Botti
Hannah Kritzeck
Even though she has a rare disability, Hannah Kritzeck still managed to follow her dreams. She has a condition known as primordial dwarfism. This is a rare genetic condition that leads to a small body and other developmental abnormalities. She did not let this stop her from pursuing her dreams. In fact, she is now an actress that has a sizeable social media following. She has been acting ever since she was little. We are glad to hear that she has a supportive family who has always been there for her.
Hannah Kritzeck
Girija Srinivas
We know that the photo below seems like it shows a toddler. However, the truth was that Grijia Srinivas was already in her teens when it was taken! She has a medical condition known as congenital agenesis of the bones, which resulted in the failure of her body to grow and develop properly. This is the reason she is only 2 and a half feet tall and weighs no more than 12 kg. While she has to rely on her mother for her physical needs, she has been able to earn money by pursuing a career in art. Good for her!
Girija Srinivas
Chloe Kim
During the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang, Chloe Kim made a name for herself by winning a gold medal at the age of 17. Even though she is extraordinarily talented in her field, she said that she wants to pursue her other interests. This is the reason she did not aim to compete in the Olympics as long as she could. Her plan is to quit the sport after the 2020 Olympic Games. “I don’t know if I can do that for that long,” she explained. “It would be cool to go to the Olympics three times, but I feel like I did it once and I’m really happy.”
Chloe Kim
Robert Bobroczky
Do you want to know the height of the tallest teen basketball player on the planet is? It turns out that the answer is 7 feet and 7 inches. Robert Bobroczky has been the subject of numerous scientific researches. By the age of 8, he was already taller than his own mom, who is taller than average at 6 foot and 1 inch. Four years later, he also outgrew his dad, who is 7 foot and 2 inches tall. Scientists believe that it is genetic since both of his folks are already taller than average. We bet that his sports career will only improve in the future!
Robert Bobroczky
Ellen Lietzow
For years, Ellen Lietzow dealt with anorexia. However, she only started to get treatment when she fainted at school after not eating for a week at the age of 17. It has been a few years since then, and her recovery has been incredible. Many teens look up to her for this reason. She has since gained 30 kg. You can watch her progress by following her on Instagram. She said, “If you are struggling it’s so important that you seek out help. It’s so silent – I looked so happy but that’s because it’s so easy to put on a facade on social media, you don’t share sad stories.”
Ellen Lietzow
Winter Vinecki
“Never Give In! Never give up! Despite the critics, the naysayers, those that say it is impossible, you can’t, you won’t… Never give in!” said Winter Vinecki, who is an inspirational teen making a name for herself in triathlon. As a matter of fact, she has even been awarded the Annika Inspiration Award at Billie Jean King’s 2011 Annual Salute to Women in Sports Gala. Even when she was young, she was already passionate about raising awareness about prostate cancer. In November 2013, she became the youngest person to take part in marathons on all the continents on the globe.
Winter Vinecki
Lola Chuil
Even though she does not post all that much, Lola Chuil already has more than 400,000 followers on Instagram. Now living in Los Angeles, this young woman speaks eight languages. People have criticized her by saying that she only achieved her striking appearance through Photoshop, but she tells followers that it is all-natural. Her gorgeous dark skin and lovely features truly shine. Her followers have previously compared her to Naomi Campbell and believe that she will make it big as a top model in the future.
Lola Chuil
Nastya Zhidkova
With her albinism, Nastya Zhidkova had a hard time fitting in during her teen years. She was born in Russia, and she is now considered to be the most gorgeous albino girl on the planet. Now a model, she has changed the world of beauty and fashion in her home country! She has also been blessed with a lovely voice, which you can hear through her YouTube channel.
Nastya Zhidkova
Nikia Phoenix
With her natural hair, freckles over her body, and dark skin, Nikia Phoenix definitely stands out. Thanks to her striking good looks, a member of the Alternative Apparel company noticed her while she was at a coffee shop. It is pretty incredible to think that this was how her modeling career started. Since that fateful encounter, the young woman has worked for big companies such as Target and Coca-Cola. Cool!
Nikia Phoenix
Khoudia Diop
Even though she now refers to herself as the ‘Melanin Goddess,’ it was not easy for Khoudia Diop to love her complexion. The model used to be bullied for her dark skin, after all. “Even though my complexion is quite common in Senegal and many parts of Africa, I was teased for my dark skin. Being teased and losing my self-value eventually ended up inspiring me to be a better version of myself,” she once said.
Khoudia Diop
Mathu-Andrew Budge
If you ever wanted to know which teen has the biggest pairs of hands and feet, the answer is Mathu-Andrew Budge of Dartmouth, UK. He does not only have one but two titles: Largest hands on a teenager and the Largest feet on a teenager. His hands are as big as bowling balls with the right one measuring 8.85 inches, and the other measuring 8.74 inches from the tip of the middle finger to the wrist. On the other hand, his left foot is 12.97 inches long, while the right one goes up to 12.93 inches. This means that they are even longer than the typical American football.
Mathu Andrew Budge
Cassandra Naud
Her parents were faced with two choices when they saw that Cassandra had a huge, dark birthmark on the right cheek. They could either have it surgically removed or leave it be. They decided to leave it there, which is a choice that Cassandra is thrilled about. According to her, this facial feature only “makes me unique and memorable, which is especially important for the career I’ve chosen.” However, it has not always been like this. When she was 13 years old, this professional dancer was bullied at school. “Their cruel remarks were hard to deal with and I’d often fight back tears. I felt ugly—even if only for that moment,” she shared. She now has 40,000 followers on Instagram! “People should appreciate their individuality,” she went on. “Times are changing, so don’t worry about looking normal. Don’t let bullies stop you and be proud of your uniqueness.”
Cassandra Naud
Sarah Taylor
“When I was really little, I didn’t even realize that I looked different from other kids around me,” said Sarah Taylor. “Growing older, it became more difficult, especially during middle school.” When she was a teenager, Sarah was bullied for what she now believes is her best feature. Everything change when she started high school. “Soon my birthmark became an afterthought when I considered traits that made me ‘me.’ Loving my birthmark really just went along with me learning to love myself—physically, mentally, and emotionally. I realized at some point that no one would ever look like me—and that was cool,” she explained. We are glad to hear that she is now using her platform to spread self-love among girls!
Sarah Taylor
Veronica Seider
We know that this is going to sound like a film plot, but it is true. With her eyesight, Veronica Seider has redefined what humans can do with their eyes. Many squint to be able to read certain writing, but she can see for miles on end. In 1972, people learned about her incredible abilities when the university revealed her unbelievable optical capabilities. In fact, the university even claimed that, according to the results of their tests, she could see as far as a mile away.
Veronica Seider
Hannah Kritzeck
This young woman was born with primordial dwarfism. It is such a rare condition that only a hundred people across the globe have this condition. Standing at a height of 39 inches, she weighs below 30 pounds. Her condition also means that while she is now in her mid-twenties, she still sounds and looks like a kid. While many people mistake her for a 5-year-old girl, she does not let this bring her down.
Hannah Kritzeck
Aurelien Hayman
We cannot even imagine what it must be like to have memory loss. However, it is even stranger to think about not having the ability to forget. At the age of 13, this happened to Aurelien Hayman when it comes to autobiographical events. He is now an adult, but he can still describe the past in great detail. He can tell you the weather, the music on the radio, the temperature, and more from any period in the past. In 2012, a documentary about him came out. It is called The Boy Who Can’t Forget.
Aurelien Hayman
Dominic Swanson
At the age of 15, Dominic Swanson already held five powerlifting world records. He started training at the age of 8, and we can see that. He was 13 years old when he snagged the first prize at the American Powerlifting Federation/Amateur American Powerlifting Federation Illinois Power Raw Challenge in his age range and weight class. Aside from that, he also has state and national records in the bench press, deadlift, and squat. He broke the world record for the bench press at the National Powerlifting Championships in Dearborn, Michigan. He managed to hoist 259 pounds and broke the previous record of 244.5 pounds.
Dominic Swanson