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" On Saturday night more than 50,000 people filled Twickenham Stadium in London to unite their powerful voices and speak out for girls and women around the world at the Sound of Change benefit concert! As the winner of Seventeen&amp;#039;s 2012 Pretty Amazing contest, I was lucky enough to be one of them! Over the past few years I have &amp;quot;chimed&amp;quot; for girls&amp;#039; education and athletics in Nepal, Cambodia, and Kenya. I have worked with teenage girls who have been denied their most basic human rights, forced into child labor, and robbed of their chance to go to school. Chime for Change, founded by Gucci, with Beyonce and Salma Hayek serving on the founding committee, aims to raise international awareness and shed light on the hardships that these girls in Nepal, Cambodia, and Kenya\u2014as well as all around the world\u2014face on a daily basis. Co-founder Beyonce said, &amp;quot;Girls have to be taught from early on that they are strong and capable of being anything they want to be. It&amp;#039;s up to us to change the statistics for women around the world.&amp;quot; As she headlined the Sound of Change concert on Saturday night, Beyonce made it clear that she intends to set an example for the next generation of young ladies. &amp;quot;Who runs the world?&amp;quot; She belted to the crowd &amp;quot;GIRLS!&amp;quot; replied 50,000 screaming fans (including boys!). Incredible artists like Jennifer Lopez, Ellie Goulding, John Legend and more joined Beyonce, while actors and activists including James Franco, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, and Madonna took to the stage to shed light on major issues facing girls and women. For example, Madonna encouraged the crowd to join her in &amp;quot;chiming&amp;quot; for girls&amp;#039; education in Pakistan. In fact, Madonna pledged to match fans&amp;#039; donations to her Pakistani school-building project by 200 percent! As I left the concert late Saturday night, it was clear to me that this is just the beginning of the positive impact Chime for Change will have on girls around the world. And now it&amp;#039;s up to us to give a voice to the girls and women who have been denied their own. It&amp;#039;s time to take action and time for change! Together, I believe we can empower girls and women everywhere to realize their full potential. What do you chime for? If you&amp;#039;d like to get involved and make a difference, check out the organizations Chime for Change supports around the world! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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