The White House unveiled the official portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama Wednesday for her husband’s second term, and in the words of the New York Daily News, it seems “the bangs are now official.”
Though she earlier joked that she got the new hairstyle as a “mid-life crisis,” now all of posterity will remember Michelle Obama with bangs.
Here’s the photo:
(Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
The Atlantic notes that, in a change from the official photo of her husband’s first term, Michelle Obama’s famous arms have been covered.
Here’s her her first official photo:
(White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
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Racenuke
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:28pmWow. For real guys and gals, she is human like all of us. Why bash on her appearance? I hate this “Oh look at how so and so look, fashion disaster!” Come on, you are no better than those pop-culture news outlets that gossip about Justin Beiber getting a hair cut. Please, appearance is nothing to compare to someone’s character!
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AvengerK
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:35pmIt’s ok RACE…George Washington is depicted wearing a wig also. Moochelle is merely giving a “shoutout” to the founding fathers by being depicted in hers’.
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Tri-ox
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:39pm@RACENUKE – the negative reaction to her appearance is in response to her hatred of America and her complete lack of character. She has spent four years criticizing Americans and diminishing our country – whilst spending hundreds of millions of our tax dollars to live the life of luxury. AND, she happens to be married to the greatest enemy our nation has ever faced. She does not deserve any respect – and she is not going to get it.
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carhouse
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:40pmhows that go,… you can put lipstick on a……, still just a ….. .
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Jaimo
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:47pmIt’s not about race. It’s about the mainstream media and fashion magazines shoving her down our throats every single minute of every single day, telling us how beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, attractive, fashion statement, wonderful mother, role model, etc. etc, she supposedly is. I do not remember the media ever talking about a first lady like this and I’m including Jackie O. Add that analogy to the list of what Michelle Obama supposedly is like as well. Can’t take it anymore. These people are grifters, simple as that.
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Justan Noyence
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:50pmCharacter went out the window with the patient dumping scheme she and Jarret cooked up at University of Chicago Medical Center, to the tune of 5.9 million in taxpayer funds. But I gotta say I’ve never seen her and Rue Paul in the same room.
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AvengerK
Feb. 20, 2013 at 4:08pmRACE…AMC had a Planet of the Apes marathon this past weekend. Moochelle’s wig she wore as Zira looked fantastic back then too.
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Toltepeceno
Feb. 20, 2013 at 4:08pmYou mean like ******** hammered Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush?
I guess it’s not moochelle’s fault she has a Buffalo ****.
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Fubared
Feb. 20, 2013 at 4:11pmFor the first time in my life I am proud of my fake bangs.
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oldguy49
Feb. 20, 2013 at 4:52pmits not on velvet……….shucks
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:17pmShe looks nice in both, but it’s not how she looks, it’s how she thinks, how she attempts to mandate and how she doesn’t appreciate the principles of freedom, the people who put them into action and the country that they did it in. It’s how she does not respect the people enough to LEAVE US ALONE!
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turkey13
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:19pmMy wife taught school for 32 years and does not like this woman. Her good touchy feeling she gets getting rid of all those fat kids has other problems that she would have never considered. That 600 calorie diet that Michelle wants will starve more kids than it will help the few fat ones lose weight. Obama has spread the wealth, but parents don’t pass that to their kids. My wife has been told by kids that live under a druggie parent, they sometimes go the whole weekend with no food.On days the school had pizza only a couple of trash cans were needed and on days where they had a bunch of veggies the school needed about 12 trash cans. Of course the kids that only got meals at school cleaned up their plates.
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redfish52
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:40pmAnd to think that mug is going to be hung next to Mrs. Bush…just ain’t right…
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Kaoscontrol
Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:41pmYes, her politics and mentality both stink. But the photo isn’t flattering either. The photographer used a wide angle lens which (compared to the last photo) makes her eyes deep-set and wall-eyed, and makes her features harder (maybe that’s just age). The camera lens also makes her hands look HUGE and her boobies lopsided (should have photoshopped those when you re-worked the skin tone!). She would have been better keeping the photographer she used last time…though I would be much happier if this was Ann Romney on this portrait.
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1_Smoot_Tall
Feb. 20, 2013 at 10:37pmNow she REALLY looks like Bullwinkle.
Fat moose.
Upity, In-Yo-Face, ABW (Angry Black Woman)
No wonder Sotero vacations without her.
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Looking_Up
Feb. 20, 2013 at 11:30pmI think she looks nice in both. I’m ticked they’re spending so much of our money on vacations though. They aren’t royalty.
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tyuchic
Feb. 20, 2013 at 11:51pmhttp://media.beta.photobucket.com/user/manthony73/media/frankenstein.jpg.html?filtersterm=Frankenstein&filtersprimary=images&sort=1&o=47
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banjarmon
Feb. 21, 2013 at 12:08amI just had a bad case of reflux in my mouth!!!
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rlimike
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:28pmThat has got to be a wig … ☻
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carhouse
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:41pmshe is more of a man the her wife
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TRUTHandFREEDOM
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:21pmMaybe. There was a guy who ran for office as a Whig in FLA back around 2009.
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sndrman
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:52pmheard moosechelle and hitlerry, and oprah had a size contest moosechelle lost so that’s why oprah and hitlerry are not allowed in the white house,well hitlerry was allowed only in the oral(oval) office only…..wonder when hitlerry went to the oral office if she saw images of monica? i also heard they have a pic of billy boy,hitlerry and on the other side of billy boy a pic of monica but her pic is one of being on the knees with cigars waering a blue dress…..just saying
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BlasberryStrat
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:28pmHey! I’ll use that in the bathroom at 9:15 while I’m wearing my Google Glasses! That’ll tee off both Oby and Pelosi when their hacking my computer!
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happ77
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:25pmMakes a great dartboard.
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walnutportconservative
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:23pmThe emporer gots himself a babe.
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SREGN
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:20pmShe’s smiling. Someone must’ve just gotten their constitutional rights trampled.
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biohazard23
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:32pmNo, she just scarfed down the last Twinkie known to man.
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sndrman
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:54pmBIO it’s a great album i’m happy they are going into rock hall of fame………
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koobee
Feb. 20, 2013 at 9:25pmShe just knows you are her slave.
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biohazard23
Feb. 21, 2013 at 4:31am@sndrman, you and me both! I love the track, “The Wreckers”. Great album., indeed :)
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RightUnite
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:20pmLet them eat cake, K?
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thebigquad
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:19pmThank you for all the funny, witty comments! Blaze readers have the best sense of humor. I needed that belly laugh!
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ZAP
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:18pmIs that a wig?? what’s she hiding ?
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thebigquad
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:17pmReal ugly shirt, but at least she’s wearing sleeves! Enough with the arms already. Who told her the bangs looked good? They don’t. And, as far as the Jackie O pearls go…what’s that saying about a pig and pearls?
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Tri-ox
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:26pm@THEBIGQUAD – I think she’s wearing a wetsuit.
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Feb. 20, 2013 at 4:05pmWho cut the bangs? Looks like they use manual hedge trimmers to cut them, as choppy as they look.
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SaturdaysWarrior76
Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:08pmI can’t remember who said it here once, but it cracked me up… they said her new bangs look like the Buster Brown shoe guy… check it out! hahaaa!
http://youtu.be/Pm4xH9unqzU
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700P
Feb. 20, 2013 at 8:32pmHad to wear sleeves to avoid the insensitive Ron Burgundy “two tickets to the gun show” jokes.
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chips1
Feb. 20, 2013 at 9:38pm“I’m Buster Brown. I live in a shoe. This is my dog, tie. Look for him in there, too!”
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Bluebonnet
Feb. 20, 2013 at 10:08pmWithout looking up the exact quote, it’s something like:
“Don’t cast your pearls before the swine.”
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streetrodder
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:17pmChew Baca in the next Star Wars.
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SLARTIBARTFAST
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:33pmA Wookie in bangs is still a Wookie!
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TonyFox
Feb. 20, 2013 at 5:10pmShe could eat an apple through a picket fence with those teeth as for her **** she is all ****.
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Tri-ox
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:16pmThe first things one notices … She’s hunched over, her meat-hooks are huge and her wig is ridiculous (but, at least she pulled the tag off). Did this photo really turn out the way she had hoped? Obviously, she needs a new (taxpayer-funded) image consultant.
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rlimike
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:25pm(but, at least she pulled the tag off) …. now that’s funny yo .
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Bluebonnet
Feb. 20, 2013 at 6:10pmYup, even I had a good laugh out of that one.
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jackact
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:15pmJohn, Paul, George and BLINGO.
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carhouse
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:20pmher but looks like two racoons fighting inside of a feed bag
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Cavallo
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:15pmDon’t cry for me.. Argentina.. oh.. I mean Amerika.
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WillG
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:14pmCancel dinner reservations. Much like a car wreck you have to look.
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TheEDGE
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:13pmShe-biscuit.
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biohazard23
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:32pmHa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SocialistSlayer
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:12pmI noticed they didn’t bother trying to photograph that HUGE Bottom of hers – I guess they didn’t have a Wide angle lens that was wide enough to cover it !
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termase
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:23pmEven with a Full Format camera Deardorff (8×10) would never capture that ****.
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dustbunnieskill
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:09pmUgh, needs a paper sack
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carhouse
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:23pmneed two bags, one for her and one for me…. incase hers falls off
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:44pmMaybe a hefty bag, with duct tape to keep it on.
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Fubared
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:07pmPatrick Ewing in drag. Still. Wonderful appetite suppressant though. How much did we pay for it?
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grimmster
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:07pmE.L.O. sang a song about her, eeeeeeeevil woman……
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injunjoe
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:07pmHer eyes are wacked….
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scootervanneuter
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:07pmThat did it, I just turned gay…
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Shasta
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:14pmNow that you are gay, if you happen to see Mr. O in a Chicago bath house, call Fox News.
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UNALIEN
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:05pmPhotoshop
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right field
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:20pmWig
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termase
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:04pmThe photographer messed up. First one is a little out of focus (Michele is out of focus anyway) and the colors do not match. The second photo is OK (I guess) but with the curtain coming out of her head looks stupid. When taking a portrait or any photo of a person, never have something sticking out of the persons head and always focus on the eyes. This photographer did none of these things.
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termase
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:09pmHer left eye is bigger than her right eye. Should have done a Rembrandt style shot. The right eye towards the camera and the left away from the camera. This will even out the eye size.
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termase
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:18pmFirst photos DoF (Depth of Field) is to shallow. Looks like he shot this at a 2.4 or a 4.6. Should have been at least a 6 or better yet a 9 stop to have her hands in focus and still have some of the back ground blurred out.
Yes, yes. I am a photographer. I cannot help it when I see someone that is taking portraits do such a ****** job. DoF is part of Photography 101.
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rosegrower
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:29pmHer colors match in this photo much better than in the past – do you remember her first ****-ugly inaugural gown? And the “Kiss of the Spider Woman” pink and black mess from election night?
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chips1
Feb. 20, 2013 at 10:03pmTERMASE:
You probably just ruined the next cover of MAD Magazine.
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termase
Feb. 20, 2013 at 10:24pm@chips1 OMG, you had me in stitches.
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OldSurfRat
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:02pmDevil Wears Prada
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3monkeysmomma
Feb. 20, 2013 at 3:40pmgood one.
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