- OUR FIRST GUESTS ARE THREE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
WHO ARE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT REALLY MEANS
TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
TAKE A LOOK.
- IT WASN'T THE CROWN THAT STOLE THE SHOW
AT A RECENT HIGH SCHOOL HOMECOMING.
INSTEAD, IT WAS A SELFLESS ACT.
- A TOUCHING SHOW OF FRIENDSHIP AT A TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL
IS THE TALK OF SOCIAL MEDIA.
- IT STARTED WHEN A GROUP OF MEAN GIRLS
TELL AN INNOCENT SENIOR SHE'D BEEN NOMINATED
FOR HOMECOMING COURT.
- THAT'S WHEN TWO OF LILLIAN'S FRIENDS
WHO WERE NOMINATED HATCHED A PLAN.
- WE PROMISED EACH OTHER, NO MATTER WHAT, NO BACKING DOWN,
IF ONE OF US WINS, WE'RE GIVING LILLIAN THE CROWN.
- AND YOUR QUEEN IS
ANAHI ALVAREZ.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, TONIGHT, ANAHI IS HONORING
A VERY HARDWORKING SENIOR WITH HER CROWN.
LILLIAN SKINNER, PLEASE STEP FORWARD
AND RECEIVE THIS HONOR.
- WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE LILLY.
WE NEED PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD LIKE LILLY.
AND WHEN THEY ASK ME, "WERE YOU HOMECOMING QUEEN?"
I SAY, "NO."
I SAY, "LILLY'S HOMECOMING QUEEN.
I JUST RAN IN HER PLACE."
[cheers and applause]
- FROM GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS,
PLEASE WELCOME ANAHI, LILLIAN, AND NAOMI.
THIS IS AN AMAZING STORY.
YOU ARE EXACTLY WHY I SAY, "BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER"
EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S WHAT I HOPE THAT PEOPLE DO,
AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
YOU'RE ANAHI? - YES.
- OKAY. LILLIAN AND NAOMI, OKAY.
SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU ALL BEEN FRIENDS?
- SINCE SEVENTH GRADE.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE SEVENTH GRADE.
- OKAY, SO, AND THEN WHEN THIS HAPPENED--
WHEN DID YOU FIND OUT THAT THIS PRANK WAS GOING ON?
- UM...
- WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW
UNTIL WE SAW THE BALLOT-- THAT LILLY WASN'T ON THERE.
SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS GONNA BE NOMINATED,
SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED, AND WE WERE LIKE, "YEAH."
YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, WE WERE LIKE,
"WE'RE GONNA DROP OUT OF THE COMPETITION
AND HELP HER CAMPAIGN."
BUT WHEN WE SAW THE BALLOT, SHE WASN'T ON THERE.
SO WE WENT TO OUR CHOIR DIRECTOR,
AND WE WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO WE DO?"
AND SHE WAS LIKE, "WHY DON'T YOU GIVE HER THE CROWN?"
YOU KNOW, "WHY DON'T YOU CAMPAIGN HARDER"--
- WHICH WAS PLAN B, TO GIVE LILLIAN THE CROWN.
- RIGHT, IF YOU DIDN'T DROP OUT.
SO YOU THOUGHT-- THEY MADE YOU THINK
THAT YOU WERE NOMINATED.
AND THEN HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU WEREN'T NOMINATED?
- I FELT-- I WASN'T MAD OR ANYTHING.
I DON'T JUDGE PEOPLE, BECAUSE MY MOM TAUGHT ME
TO LOOK AT THE INSIDE OF THE HEART.
DON'T LOOK AT THE SKIN,
BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SKIN, IT'S BAD.
JUST TRUST SOMEONE YOU BELIEVE, AND IT'LL MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, NOT--
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE UPSET.
IF I'M UPSET, THEY UPSET.
SO I WANT TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY.
- YOU'RE AMAZING.
[applause]
SO IS YOUR MOM.
YOU'RE AMAZING.
- THANK YOU.
I'LL LET MY MOM KNOW THAT.
- YEAH, LET YOUR MOM KNOW I THINK SHE'S AMAZING.
BUT THAT IS THE TRUTH.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT SOMEONE'S HEART
AND SEE WHAT THEY ARE AS A PERSON.
SO THEN-- SO YOU WON, RIGHT?
- YES.
- SO WHEN YOU WON,
WAS THERE A HESITATION?
IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BE HOMECOMING QUEEN, RIGHT?
DID YOU THINK, "WELL, I CAN MAKE HER FEEL GOOD IN ANOTHER WAY,"
OR DID YOU JUST IMMEDIATELY SAY, "I'M GIVING HER THE CROWN"?
- NO, THERE WAS NO HESITATION AT ALL.
HOMECOMING, IN TEXAS, IT'S A BIG DEAL,
BUT I WAS HONORED TO GIVE LILLIAN THE CROWN,
WHICH SHE HONESTLY DESERVED.
- WOW. AMAZING.
YOU'RE AMAZING.
[applause]
SO, LILLIAN, THEY KNEW THAT THAT WAS WHAT
THEY WERE GONNA DO, BUT YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT,
SO YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SO SURPRISED
WHEN SHE ALL OF A SUDDEN GAVE YOU THE CROWN.
- YES, I WAS REALLY SURPRISED,
BECAUSE I ALWAYS HELP PEOPLE--
TEACHER AND MY FRIENDS-- BECAUSE I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE.
IT'S WHAT I DO.
I LIKE TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE MORNINGS, AFTERNOONS.
AND I WAS SURPRISED.
I HAD SUCH A HAPPINESS, BECAUSE I, LIKE--
IT BROUGHT ME TO SEVENTH GRADE AGAIN, LIKE, SURPRISE--
THEY GAVE ME THAT BIRTHDAY PARTY.
AND I DIDN'T HEAR MY NAME CALLED
BECAUSE I WAS SO BUSY DOING DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU SAW THE VIDEO EARLIER.
I WAS OUT HELPING PEOPLE.
AND THEN, REALLY, I WAS LIKE,
"WELL, GUYS, I DON'T WANT IT,
"BECAUSE I DON'T DESERVE IT BECAUSE MY NAME'S NOT ON IT,"
BUT THEY SURPRISED ME.
- SHE DID DESERVE IT.
- YEAH, YOU CERTAINLY DID DESERVE IT.
AND THAT WAS NOT-- WHOEVER STARTED THAT PRANK,
THAT'S JUST NOT NICE.
PEOPLE DON'T NEED TO BE LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S A BIG DEAL TO BE HOMECOMING QUEEN,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S A BIGGER DEAL?
THIS IS OUR FIRST-EVER ELLEN HOMECOMING QUEEN,
SO ALL THREE OF YOU...
- WOW.
- ARE ELLEN HOMECOMING QUEENS TODAY.
[cheers and applause]
- OH, MY GOD!
- [laughing]
- WOW.
- OH!
- YOU HAVE A SASH. YOU HAVE A CROWN.
- OH, MY GOD.
- I'M SHAKING. - WOW. THANK YOU.
- SO YOU WERE BACKSTAGE.
YOU SAW THE HALLS ARE LINED
WITH ALL OF OUR FAVORITE GUESTS.
- ABSOLUTELY.
WE WERE TAKING SELFIES BACK THERE.
- YEAH, THE PRESIDENT'S BACK THERE
AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE AND THE FIRST LADY
AND COLDPLAY AND JENNIFER ANISTON.
ANYWAY, WE HAVE SAVED A SPOT ON THE WALL.
BECAUSE ALL OF OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE SHOW ARE ON THAT HALLWAY,
SO WE ARE NOW GONNA PUT THE THREE OF YOU
ON THAT HALLWAY.
[cheers and applause]
- OH, WOW. - OH, MY GOD.
- SO YOU'RE SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S RIGHT? - YES, MA'AM.
- SO YOU'RE PLANNING ON GOING TO COLLEGE, I ASSUME.
- YES. - YEAH, OF COURSE.
- OKAY, WELL, WE WANT TO HELP THAT HAPPEN.
OUR FRIENDS AT SHUTTERFLY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
SHARE LIFE'S JOY.
THEY WANT TO GIVE YOU EACH $10,000 TOWARDS COLLEGE.
[cheers and applause]
- OH, YAY!
- SEE HOW IT PAYS TO BE KIND?