10 reasons we love Michelle Obama
The most charismatic First Lady leaves the White House and an unforgettable legacy behind her.
The most charismatic First Lady in the United States will leave her post in a few days. The eight years in constant media exposure have not made a dent in her, but quite the opposite, when Michelle was known the more, the more people loved her. Her popularity is greater today than at any time. There have been no scandals, not even mistakes.
Even Hilary Clinton turned to her to try to win the election at the end of her contest. And, of course, Michelle's speech was the most emotional and hopeful of the entire past presidential race; the problem is that she was not the one who introduced herself. Many have encouraged her to pursue a political career. She smiles and denies any intention. In an interview, Barack Obama said that he did not plan to do so because she, although she is a brilliant woman, she does not have the patience or predisposition to become a candidate. What he wanted to say to the president is that Michelle does not have the stomach, nor the large swallows that are needed for her position. And it is precisely that honesty of hers that is sensed from her that has dazzled half the world and they have undoubtedly made her a role model woman.
If Jackie Kennedy marked style with her dresses and her good taste, Michelle Obama did not stay alone there, but she has dedicated the eight years of her 'reign' to fight for the rights of women and girls . Also for improving her diet and making her healthier in a country where obesity is a tremendous epidemic. In addition, she has become a symbol for all because she is intelligent, fast, kind, loving, a mother not only with her daughters but with any minor who comes close to her, sensible, she is not operated on, nor thin as a spaghetti ... Michelle looks like a A real woman who, relentlessly and in her style, has shown the world that change is possible, always putting herself as an example. Thus, we have learned that he does not belong to a wealthy family, that it took him a great financial and personal effort to graduate in Law from Harvard University and in Sociology and African American Studies at Princeton, and also that he has felt racism on his own skin and that it hurts much. We have seen her sing and dance to promote healthy eating, or get very serious to replicate (not to mention) Donald Trump's misogyny. She has moved us with speeches as powerful, or more, than those of her husband. Of course, she always focused on education, health, women's rights or the importance of taking care of nutrition and playing sports.
There are many reasons why Michelle Obama has set an era and set the bar high for the next first ladies. These are our 10 favorites.
1. her intelligence. President Obama said in an interview that what he appreciated most about his marriage was that he was completely oblivious to the stupidity that abounds in political lies and Washington high society: "Michelle has never been part of that nonsense." . But intelligence is not only an attribute that the president values, she highlights it herself to set an example among young people. In a lecture with students, the First Lady confessed to them: “If I had spent my adolescence thinking about whether others liked me or worrying about whether I was pretty, I would never have gotten this far. Always put your education in the first place ”.
2. her sense of humor. It is anthological. Her responses in interviews used to be quick and brilliant, like her interventions in speeches she has given and in which she almost always used irony and humor. She defined it like this in an interview she gave to Variety: “I am a daughter of pop culture. My intention is to get them to laugh first and then they will listen to you. So I'm always ready for a good joke. "
3. her good sense. "You need an adult in the White House," Michelle Obama told Oprah Winfrey in her last interview as America's first lady. Good sense is another of her highlights. And precisely thanks to her he managed to leave Donald Trump at the height of the bitumen without even naming him. In addition, Michelle Obama has shown that she can be highly respected while remaining a normal person.
4. His lack of fear of ridicule. Both to answer with all the art to serious questions, and to "sell" the importance of any of her projects, Michelle Obama has been on television talking, dancing and singing without showing any shame. Her naturalness has helped him go through it all with honors. For proof, her dancing on the Jimmy Fallon show or the songs by Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder or Missy Elliott that she performed in the karaoke car of comedian James Corden. All without losing an iota of her First Lady might.
5. Mother example… When asked what she thought about her daughters appearing on Time magazine's list of 25 most influential teenagers, Michelle said: “They are not influential, they just live here,” she said referring to the White House. Furthermore, the Obamas have always tried to get their daughters to live like any other young American. For this reason, last summer the youngest, Sasha, worked last summer as a cashier in a restaurant (she was watched over by six bodyguards, yes).
6. her concern for girls and young women. Michelle has never hidden that she is most concerned about young women and girls. She does it by marking gender because she considers inequality to be a barrier that girls and adolescents around the world face from birth. That is why she has launched projects such as Let Girls Learn, her global campaign for girls' education with which she has already managed to build three schools for 25,000 students in Jordan or guarantee the teaching of 750,000 adolescent girls in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The First Lady has also said that she will not stop working on this project when Obama's term ends.
7. Healthy life. The first thing Michelle Obama did when she arrived at the White House in 2009 was plant a garden. She did it accompanied by several students and the plantation became a symbol of her fight for healthier food for all Americans. With figures that show that obesity is an epidemic in her country, where 400,000 people die every year, she Michelle created the Let's Move movement to change diets with special emphasis on children. Thanks to this, a multitude of companies have joined the bandwagon and have managed to update the nutrition standards of school meals for the first time in 15 years.
8. She shows her feelings without fear of her. The displays of affection between Obama and her have been frequent throughout these eight years, but Michelle has also shown other feelings, such as severity towards the attention of the Danish Prime Minister with her husband at the funeral of Nelson Mandela (it will never be known if what bothered the first lady was the flirtation or the lack of seriousness on such a formal occasion), affection without restrictions, as when she and the President invited an old black woman to visit the White House and ended up hugging her dancing. Or the famous oblique glances she puts at gala dinners and other events to those who make remarks she doesn't like. That sideways glance has become a recurrent thing in her births. The press jokes with them, but they serve to show that the First Lady does not stop showing her feelings even with her eyes.
9. She is a role model. She has become an example for many reasons, but perhaps the most important is that she has never forgotten what it is like to be a black, middle-class woman and to have been young in a white environment and with much more money than her. Perhaps her dresses by prestigious and other not so well-known designers (another of her successes is having opted for American fashion, which has served as a platform for many young creators) have attracted media attention, but she has never forgotten how much it costs to get to. end of the month for many families, how hard it can be to study if you don't have financial support from your parents or the challenge of being a woman in a men's system. And from there she has built her speech and her interests. For all this, Michelle has become a true ‘influencer’. So much so that even Melania Trump plagiarized a speech of hers to speak in public.
10. Do not forget yours. She never fails to mention his family but also never forgets his community. The ‘Black girls rock’ (which translated would come to be something like black girls cool or are the most) that claimed at some awards will go down in history. In front of an audience made up largely of young African American women, she said with emotion: “You are beautiful, powerful, bright, funny… I am so proud of you. My husband, your President, is so proud of you. Dream of the highest ”. That is just a sample of the constant mentions of him to the black community, whom he has tried to empower with his words and his actions. Although many doubted it, Michelle has not become a 'white' of color. As in everything, she has marked her own style and has shown that she can reach the highest level without ever forgetting who you are.
