--- description: 3 Selfie Tips From Malala Yousafzai. title: Malala Yousafzai's 3 Tips for Taking Stellar Selfies image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc5e376d6a2aa2b/69876e460b72e365b86dc8d8/malala-selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malala Yousafzai's 3 Tips for Taking Stellar Selfies  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 6:30 PM CUT  Malala Yousafzai poses for a selfie with admirers at the National Academy for the Performing Arts on July 30, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. Malala Yousafzai poses for a selfie with admirers at the National Academy for the Performing Arts on July 30, 2014 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.Sean Drakes/CON—LatinContent/Getty Images  by [Jack Linshi](/author/jack-linshi/)  ## Jack Linshi Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2014 6:30 PM CUT Sure, Malala Yousafzai just became a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, but she’s also a 17-year-old. And that means the Pakistani education activist knows a thing or two about selfies, and — believe it or not — takes selfies, too. Here are three of Malala’s best practices for taking great selfies: **1\. Use selfies for good.** In an [interview with the New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/11/world/asia/malala-yousafzai-youngest-nobel-peace-prize-winner-adds-to-her-achievements-and-expectations.html?smid=tw-share "undefined"), Malala explained her approach to taking selfies. And it has nothing to do with angles or lighting: --- > “” --- One of those selfies-for-good was one _GMA_ anchor Amy Robach snapped this summer of Malala, Ban Ki-moon and herself for the [#showyourselfie campaign](http://www.unfpa.org/news/un-secretary-general-and-malala-yousafzai-join-showyourselfie-campaign "undefined"). The campaign, launched by the United Nations Population Fund, brought awareness to the importance of including young people in decision-making processes: > [](https://twitter.com/arobach/status/501386196191563776) **2\. Learn from selfies.** Malala doesn’t think that selfies and hashtag activism should be dismissed as useless forms of advocacy. In fact, she credits the #BringBackOurGirls photo campaign for bringing awareness to the public — and to herself — of the Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram earlier this year. “I came to know about Bring Back Our Girls because it was on Twitter, you could see it,” Malala told the _Times_. “I think this is the way we can highlight what’s happening and we can speak for our rights.” She even was inspired to take her own “selfie:” **3\. Don’t be above taking selfies.** While Malala champions selfies-for-good, that doesn’t mean she won’t take one just to take one. But make sure to bring your own cellphone — [Malala still doesn’t have one.](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/get-phone-malala-admits-she-has-no-cell "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/"},"headline":"Malala Yousafzai's 3 Tips for Taking Stellar Selfies","datePublished":"2014-12-11T18:30:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:14.385Z","description":"She's still a 17-year-old, after all","url":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/","keywords":["Tech","Newsfeed","Social Media"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc5e376d6a2aa2b/69876e460b72e365b86dc8d8/malala-selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jack Linshi","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jack-linshi/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6cc5e376d6a2aa2b/69876e460b72e365b86dc8d8/malala-selfie.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Malala Selfie","caption":"Malala Selfie","creditText":"Sean Drakes/CON—LatinContent/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/","name":"Malala Yousafzai's 3 Tips for Taking Stellar Selfies"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Malala Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize","description":"The teen who survived an attack from the Taliban and has fought relentlessly for women’s right to education received the Nobel Peace Prize along with India’s Kailash Satyarthi.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/lDLaRX04/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-10-10T12:43:14.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/lDLaRX04.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/","duration":"PT1M35S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3630080/malala-selfie/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```