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Amanda Mena, 15, triumphs over bullies on 'America's Got Talent' singing 'Natural Woman'

Amanda Mena, a 15-year-old who had been bullied at school for not knowing English as a child, soared on Tuesday night's "America's Got Talent."

Mena belted a version of Aretha Franklin's classic "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" that brought the house down and left the celebrity judges searching for words.

“My gosh, where do I start? That was just incredible," said judge Mel B.“I got goose pimples all over. I love you, I love your voice, and this is what I’m going to say to all those bullies.”

Mel B then pressed the show's Golden Buzzer, sending Mena directly on to the show's live rounds.

"Do you know what you have, Amanda?" asked judge Simon Cowell. "You have genuinely natural soul. You really, really do. I mean, that's not an easy song to sing. This is an audition we're going to remember for a long time, Amanda."

Mena was raised in the Dominican Republic until she was four. When she returned to the U.S., outside of Boston, she says was bullied in school for not knowing English. But music and her mother pulled her through.

“Wow, I am just blown away with your beautiful voice,” said judge Heidi Klum. “You have a beautiful voice and you’re a beautiful girl.”

An "AGT" Instagram post called it "the most magical moment" of Mena's life.