i joined wattpad back in 2012, and i specifically remember one of the first books i read used nina dobrev as the face claim. unknowingly at the time i was perfectly okay with this. four years later everytime i see nina used... i scream. she's actually 1 of the 5 people that really made me start this book. so without nina we wouldn't be here today!

for this reason, i've asked around, googled, stalked, and contracted a list of 10 girls that look like elena gilbert .k.a. nina dobrev.

before i start, i want to point out the whole "victoria justice thing". i will not be adding her to the list and you can read more on why near the bottom.

without further ado, my list of girls to please use as elena gilbert's sister/nina dobrev look-a-likes/any face claim that you were going to use nina as. here is the alternative route instead of using one of the most overused face claims on all of wattpad. please take this into consideration!

in no particular order:

#1 soledad miranda

suggested by brokefeminist

#2 jessica lee keller

#3 amanda ware

#4 alexandra chando

#5 megan nicole

#6 katrina law

#7 emmanuelle chriqui

okay so emmanuella is like in her 40's. i mean she can pull of nina, otherwise she wouldn't be on this list, but she would be a great cast for a mom figure.

#8 ella purnell

#9 valerie anne poxleitner

#10 nataniele ribiero

*UPDATE 10/28/16*

#11 alexandra krosney 

*UPDATE 10/29/2016*

#12 lis giolito

#13 isabella arriaga

*UPDATE 11/19/16*

stranger_wxlkers

#14 chrissy costanza

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look i've not even seen the vampire diaries and i know that nina and victoria look super super alike. so it's pretty common knowledge that the two are almost "twin" like.

i feel though in the spirit of the book that i will not add victoria to this list. don't get me wrong, i like victoria and all, but i feel like she's too overused and my goal with this list is to stray away from the faces that are too popular like that.

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okay so i have had about 4 of these faces as pinned tabs on my laptop for about 2 weeks now and i'm so happy to finally close them all. maybe i'll post tommorrow. maybe i won't we'll just have to wait and see.