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Welcome ladies and gentleman to award season

As all of this year’s nominees prepare their acceptance speeches and practice their ironic surprised faces, there is one little girl who is a winner in everyone’s heart, even if she doesn’t win.

Her name is Quevenzhané Wallis, and she has made history by being the youngest girl to be nominated for an Oscar for best leading actress.

Wallis stars in the film ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ that premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival where she plays a lively and highly imaginative little girl named Hushpuppy.

Taking place in a Louisiana swampland known as “the Bathtub,” Hushpuppy lives alongside her father, played by Dwight Henry, in a community that lives opposite of the modern structure of society.

In recent interviews with Quvenzhané, she expressed her feelings about the movie and how much fun she had while filming.

She recounts her favorite part of the experience, eating seafood, and eating all of the crabs that she could.

She also really enjoyed working with her co-star Henry.

While they had a skeptical beginning, she knew it was love when he wooed her with a box of brownies, cookies, and buttermilk drops, or as Quvenzhané put it, “anything that was considered sweets!”

Many great women and girls have been recognized with a best actress in a leading role nomination such as Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Anne Hathaway to name a few.  This year is no different.

 Along with Quvenzhané, Jennifer Lawrence, Jessica Chastain, Emmanuelle Riva, and Naomi Watts are also in the running for this award.

If Wallis does take home the award she will beat out Tatum O’Neal, who is the current youngest winning child ever to win an Oscar winning best best-supporting actress for Paper Moon.

As time winds down to the big day, Quvenzhané continues to remain humble and hardworking as she finishes another film entitled Twelve Years A Slave where she works alongside Henry for a second time.

This year’s 85th Academy Awards debuts Sunday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

Be sure to tune in and watch as some of your favorite actors, actresses, directors, and producers grace the stage of the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif.

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• Paul Johnson, Contributor