When it comes to finding the ultimate teen role model one can’t go past Taylor Swift - talented, beautiful, gracious and still the same grounded and sweet girl she was before she became one of the most successful and popular young country artists of the decade. But seeing the thousands of teenage girls crying with excitement at seeing the 19-year-old at the sold-out Staples Center in Los Angeles on Friday night makes it hard to comprehend that she was far from being popular in her own junior high school days.

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t have friends in junior high,” Swift said as she kicked off her first ever headlining “Fearless” tour. “Being an outsider gave me time to think … But there was a time when my greatest fear was not fitting in at school; I never thought I would be here with a sold-out Staples Center.”

Swift was clearly overwhelmed by the attention — at one point the crowd drew such a long thunderous applause that the songstress couldn’t get a word in so instead she covered her mouth with her hand in utter disbelief, her eyes filling with tears.

“I’ll never forget this,” she eventually said, her voice cracking with emotion.

Swift was also joined on-stage with a surprise cameo by John Mayer (who often twitters about his enthusiasm for the young starlet) and the two sang Mayer’s hit “Your Body is a Wonderland” before launching into Swift’s “Whitehorse.”

But despite being worth more than an estimated $18 million according to Forbes.com, Taylor’s true star-power stems from still being relatable to her young fanbase and her trademarked approach to dealing with dates who do her wrong.

“If you break my heart, hurt my feelings or mess with friends I’ll have to write a song about you,” Swift said, also adding that she’s not the “only girl that burns ex boyfriends’ pictures.”

But boys aside, the pop-country crooner also left us on a high note with a montage of inspirational pictures, including Britain’s “You’ve Got Talent” Susan Boyle.

“It’s been a tough year for a lot of people,” Swift said. “When you get knocked down it is hard to imagine anything different.”

And as much as this gorgeous girl is skilled at performing, she is even more skilled at writing. So where does her secret song-writing material pretty much all come from?

“I’ve written in a diary every night since I was 13,” she admitted.

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