"Turn around sweetie…yes, just like that."

"Can I go now daddy?"

"Just a few more shots honey, we are almost done."

"Ugh!"

Hi! My name is Tasha, and this is the story of my crazy life. From the moment I was born, I was doomed. My parents set their eyes on me and saw nothing but a beautiful baby they could use to make a lot of bucks with. They signed me onto a modelling agency as soon as I could walk, and I wasn't allowed to do much else than pose for crazy photos all the time.

"I'm hungry mom! Can you stop the stupid photos and come give me food!?"

That was my older sister by one year, Morgan. For some reason I didn't understand then why she was always super angry. She threw tantrums any time she was present during my photoshoots.

"Oh, Morgan, just a little more, we need to have perfect shots of your cute sister."

Suddenly, I felt something cold all over the front of my beautiful dress! I looked down to see the mango juice Morgan had been sipping all over my body.

"Morgan! Why would you do that!?"

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"Hi I am Raven and..... "

"Ahhhhhhh...Raven help me...my eyes are on fire!"

That's my sister.... 

"I told you not to play with the soap Regina!"

I'm only nine years old, but my baby sister makes me feel like her parent, since she's always getting herself into trouble and if I don't help her, then who will, since mom is always so busy. 

"Raven, Regina- You're going to be late for school!"

Let me introduce myself properly, I am Raven and I am from New York. Please don't forget to like and subscribe. Now back to my story. 

Growing up I learned to be the responsible big sister. Regina is three years younger than me and we both live with our mom who works extremely hard as a real estate agent. Besides mom being busy, Regina has always been such a difficult child. 

"Mommy, my clothes are all messed up."

"Oh Regina! Why can't you be more responsible like your sister? The bus will be here any moment now. Raven, please help."

I didn't mind helping mom out with my sister, but as I helped her change into a clean T- shirt, she suddenly bit my hand. 

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Emma and I laughed as we ran along the beach and splashed each other in the ocean. Suddenly we heard a howl like a banshee.

“Quick, run!”

We disappeared into a cave as the owner of the howl searched for us.

Hi, my name is Jasmine and this is my best friend Emma. If you want to find out why we are hiding here, make sure you stick til the end of my story.

Growing up in a desert was fun. Everyone praised me for the unique blue-green colour of my eyes. But I didn’t care about that, I was always a more outdoorsy type. Out of all the kids on our campsite, I could build the tallest sand castle and all the other kids would have a blast kicking it down. That was the fun part. 

While I was this fun popular kid, there was this one day that really made my blood boil where I saw a shy girl sitting by herself and then two other boys threw sand all over her hair so I went to her rescue.

"Hey what is wrong with you rugrats?"

"Leave us alone Jasmine or else we will dig a hole and put you in it."

"Oh yeah? I dare you."

The boys looked into my fierce eyes and then changed their minds because they knew how crazy I could get.

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“WOO! TURN UP THE MUSIC!”

We all got lit as the music got louder and the party got crazier. I was dancing my butt off when suddenly a waiter tripped over and caviar covered me from head to toe. There was even some caviar in my nostrils!

“UGH! WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING!”

“I’m so sorry Sir!”

Suddenly everyone started laughing and pointing at me. I was so embarrassed. I turned to my girlfriend, Siri, for help.

“Babe! Please help me clean up.”

“What, are you kidding? I’m not getting anywhere near you, you reek of fish eggs.”

“But.. but..”

Siri got up and walked away, leaving me all alone.

Hey guys, what’s up? My name’s Marlo and I’m from Italy.

My mother came from nothing, but she was a very smart woman and managed to become a billionaire by the time she was 30. When I graduated from high school my mom sat me down and asked me what I wanted my career to be.

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"Hello! I'm Selene and I'm from Greece."

As I grew up my parents realised something was different about me. I was very, very, very, gullible. 

One day I was playing in the field with my neighbour Clio. 

"Hey Selene, did you know if you cover your face in flour you can fly?"

"Really? I wanna try!"

"Daddy look!"

"Selene, no!"

The girl who had tricked me laughed with tears rolling down her eyes at my stupidity. 

"Hmph. That wasn't very nice of her."

"Don't pay her any mind, Selene. Sometimes in this world people will try to trick you and take advantage of you, but it's up to you to decide who you can trust, and who you can't trust."

"I can trust you, Dad!"

"Of course you can my darling."

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"Come on, girl! We're almost there." 

Two arrows whizzed passed my ears while another grazed my shoulder. I winced in pain, but we had to keep moving. I steered Gaia skillfully between the trees as the sounds of hooves closed in on us. 

"There she Is! Get her!"

Soon, we came upon a waterfall, which was one of many ways into our village, and rode right through it.

Hi, my name is Nalini and I’m from Hawaii.

I grew up in a village with my papa, Chief Matanui, and my older sister, Kimo. Kimo and I were best friends and we did everything together.  Our warriors are feared by many surrounding villages as we take their food, livestock and valuables for ourselves. We were the second strongest village on the island, the first was Chief Keanu’s village, who we steered clear of because their warriors overpowered us by ten to one. 

On Kimo’s 18th birthday, Papa told Kimo that she was going to get married. ™

“Papa! I’m not going to marry Chief Keanu’s son!”

“Kimo, as the daughter of the Chief, you are obligated to do whatever is required to ensure a better future for your village.” 

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Don't shout... Hi, I'm Sandra. And if you promise to stay real quiet, I will tell you a story about how I faced mummies and fought off a bear with my bare hands. You think I'm lying? Please like and subscribe to find out. Just remember, be quiet... 

"Argghhhh!!!!!!"

My love for antiques started ever since I was a child, mom worked at the biggest museum in the City, and with it came my hobby of playing make believe. 

"Begone! You monstrous bear!"

Just then, mom knocked at my bedroom door and walked in before I told her to. 

"Oh Mr Teddy!"

My mom behaves like a child stuck in an adult's body. 

It's so annoying. But when I noticed the dress she was wearing I felt steam come out of my ears. 

"My dress!? It's about to burst at the seams!"

"Time for my date, and make sure to make dinner!"

"Make dinner!? You were in the kitchen for hours!"

"Come on... "

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"Don’t you look sooo cute!"

"Wow you look like a princess, Sophie. You just need a crown. "

I just loved playing dress up with Sophie. Even though she’s a panda, she is my best friend. 

My name is Sue, and I’m from China. If you want to know more about my pandas, hidden treasure, and my life story, click the like button 

and also don’t forget to subscribe.

Believe it or not, my whole family has dedicated their lives to protecting these pandas. We crash landed here ages ago. 

My parents loved me a lot, but sometimes I felt they were so secretive especially about the locked treasure chest they have hidden away. 

"Sue it’s time for your math class. We are learning divisions today. "

"Come on Sophie. Time for school."

Mom teaches me everyday from home and I love all my subjects, since mom makes it soooo much fun to learn. 

"Should we count berries or cocoa beans for our math lesson today?"

"Cocoa beans!"

Going to school with a panda meant I had to count fast. Sometimes the lessons were over before they started. 

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Hello. My name is Karla from Miami.

When I was 5 years old, my astronaut dad went to space and never returned. His colleagues searched for him for weeks until they finally told us that he was gone for good. After that, I grew up with my famous fashionista mom who styled celebrities.

As you'd expect, I picked up fashion and make-up skills at a very young age. Mom thought I would be a fashionista like her until one day she walked in on me sitting on a pile of dad's books, reading to my dolls.

"Sweetheart, you can actually read that book?"

"Yes I can mom. Dad used to teach me!"

Few days later, mom put together a mini library for me but I finished reading all the children’s books there within no time.

In school, it didn’t take long for my teachers to realize that I was kind of a genius and by the time I was in 7th grade, I could solve senior year-level math problems within minutes. It was kind of my superpower.

As I grew older, I became prettier, much to mom's delight. She thought for sure I had a future in modeling but I told her I had other plans. 

"What plans? What could be better than becoming a famous model?"

"I want to be just like dad."

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Aloha! My name is Dawn and I live in the Amazonian rainforest.

Growing up, I lived in the jungle with my amazing nature loving dad. We didn't really have a house, we lived in makeshift tents near a local tribe that dad was filming for one of his numerous award winning documentaries. My mom was a famous talk show host in the United States and she only visited dad and I once or twice a year.

When I was 13 years old, dad was attacked by a caiman and passed away. A few weeks later, mom told me that we'd be moving to the United States.

I tearfully said goodbye to my best friend Hiro, as mom waited impatiently.

"Will I ever see you again?"

"I'll come back, I promise."

We quickly did our secret handshake then I turned and left.

From the moment we got off the 

plane, I felt like an alien. People pointed and stared at me.

"Mom, why are they staring?"

"Because you're dressed like a caveman. Why don't you ever wear the clothes I buy for you?"

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