Name: Malala Yousafzai takes first ever Instagram selfie with Lilly Singh
Uploaded: 2019-12-19T13:05:09+00:00
Description: Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls' education advocate Malala Yousafzai has taken her first ever Instagram selfie with 'A Little Late' host Lilly Singh.

Malala Yousafzai takes first ever Instagram selfie with Lilly Singh

Iconic.

Lilly Singh is very observant. While trawling through Malala Yousafzai's Instagram feed, she spotted that the Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls' education advocate had never posted a selfie on the grid.

When asked why that was while appearing on Singh's show, A Little Late, Yousafzai replied, "I don't have a friend who can be there with me to take a selfie with me."

Singh saw this as an opportunity. "Are you saying if I come over there, we take a selfie that you would post and it would be the first selfie you post?" she asked. To Singh's delight, Yousafzai said yes.

And here's a look at that glorious first #instaselfie:

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Best friends forever, I reckon.

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