We all know who Kylie Jenner is by just the mention of her first name. She's one of the five sisters belonging to the infamous Kardashian family. And we all probably know about her huge birthday bash last month, whether you wanted to or not. Rising to fame by being a reality television personality, she has recently been receiving attention for getting lip injections and celebrating her 18th birthday. It was attended by A-list celebrities and was covered on all social media outlets and every gossip magazine and site. In case you don't remember, she got a $320,000 Ferrari from her boyfriend and a huge party in which she got paid $200,000 to just show up to the venue. Even when she got lip injections, it was plastered all over social media.

But do you remember Malala Yousafzai, or seen her in the news lately? She turned eighteen less than a month before Kylie, but do you know what she did to celebrate her transition into adulthood? She opened a school for Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon. She gave a few hundred girls a chance to get a formal education despite being displaced from their home due to violence. She gave them a safe place to learn at a time when they could not even find a safe place to live. She called for leaders to "invest in books instead of bullets ... on [her] first day as an adult, on behalf of the world's children".

Malala is most notable for being the youngest person to win the Noble Peace Prize at seventeen years of age in 2014. Although Kylie has been on TV since she was nine years old, Malala was secretly writing a blog for BBC around the same age. She wrote about her life in Pakistan under Taliban occupation and promoted education for girls. She often gave interviews in which she was brave enough to share her support for a woman's right to education in a place where such views were oppressed and violators were severely punished. There was even an attempt to assassinate her in 2012 where she nearly survived despite having a bullet shot through her head. She even spoke at the UN on her sixteenth birthday, her first speech after the attack. She spoke to promote worldwide access for education of all ages and genders. This day was dubbed, "Malala Day". However, she so humbly said in her speech that "Malala day is not my day. Today is the day of every woman, every boy and every girl who have raised their voice for their rights".

So if Malala is so inspiring and influential, why does Kylie get more attention for having a huge birthday bash and receiving a fancy car? She has over 36 million followers on Instagram, but how many of those followers do you think even know who Malala is?

As a society, we put so much focus on such superficial aspects of humanity. A celebrity gets over a hundred thousand likes for posting a selfie, while an article about a teenager opening a school for underprivileged girls gets about half of that number in views. So many young pre-teens and teenagers follow these celebrities on social media and idolize them. They're extremely susceptible to images of thin models and perfect-looking celebrities. They get this ridiculous notion in their head that they have to look and be this certain way, when in reality the looks of celebrities are so unattainable due to filters, air-brushing, and plastic surgery. These girls believe they must strive to achieve this image of someone that doesn't really even exist.

But the acts that girls like Malala do, should be more celebrated and shared with girls all over the world. Young girls should aspire to help others and stand up for what they believe in despite adversity and controversy standing in their way. They should be inspired to achieve their best selves intellectually and mentally, rather than stress over their looks or status which media tend to promote. With so many teenagers suffering from depression and eating disorders caused in part by these filtered images, why haven't we changed this culture yet?

Girls around Kylie and Malala's age are at a time where they are just finding who they are and who they want to be in life. They should have role-models that inspire them to speak up for what they want to see and be in the world. We as a society should lead by example and put more emphasis on the deeds done by Malala rather than meticulously covering one teenager's thousand-dollar birthday party. We need to let our sister, daughters, and friends know what strong women resemble. We have a responsibility to guide the next generation in the hopes that they will one day make this world a place with less social pressures to be perfect and one with more acceptance.