The 16 Best Selfies From 2014

July 2024 ยท 3 minute read
2014-12-20T21:07:31Z

The end of December is near and as we look back on the last 12 months, it felt fitting to roundup our favorite selfies of 2014.

BuzzFeed completed a list of 25 selfies and from there, we chose some of the best from their picks and added some of our own. You can see their full roster of front-facing camera shots here.

From Ellen and pals at the Oscars to the guy who survived a plane crash, these are some of the best, most hilarious, and popular selfies of 2014.

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This guy who tried to take a selfie as a train was passing by. We thought it was a hoax at first, but it ended up being real.

YouTube / Jared Michael

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Ellen took a selfie with her famous friends at the Oscars.

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This guy survived a plane crash, then took a selfie while floating in the ocean.

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Joe Biden and Barack Obama took this very patriotic selfie.

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Oprah got Idris Elba to smile for her first selfie ever.

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Colin Powell claimed he "was doing selfies 60 years before you."

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This teen caught a lot of flack after posting this smiley selfie in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

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Was this the world's first elfie? (Elephant Selfie, duh.)

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Queen Elizabeth photobombed this selfie.

Twitter/Jade Templeton

BuzzFeed says this teen from Nebraska went viral after snapping this selfie with Sir Paul McCartney and Warren Buffett.

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This running with the bulls selfie seemed to be taken nonchalantly.

A participant runs in front of Jandilla's bulls as he takes a selfie during the fifth bull-run of the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, on July 11, 2014. RAFA RIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

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Kim Kardashian was accused of photoshopping this selfie when people noticed wavy lines in the tile, indicating it had been played around with.

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This was the year of the rise of the YouTube star, when taking selfies with celebrities became the new "autograph book."

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The people who took selfies while participating in the Tour De France.

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This F16 pilot who took this selfie while flying.

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The man who traveled around the world for 3 years to take this 360 degree selfie.

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Now meet this amazing family...

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Who bought an Airstream and Instagrams life out on the road.

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