An American writer, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 is named as Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. She is simply named as Michelle Obama. In her early legal career, she worked at the law firm Sidley Austin, where she met Barack Obama. She served as a role model for women and worked as an advocate for poverty awareness, education, nutrition, physical activity, and healthy eating. She supported American designers and was considered a fashion icon.
Over 5 Million 'Likes' For Sweet Throwback Pic Of Barack And Michelle Obama
Barack Obama has shared a sweet throwback picture of him and his wife as he wished Michelle Obama a happy 55th birthday. Shared on social media, the picture, along with a heartwarming message by Barack Obama, has gone viral with over 4.6 million 'likes' on Instagram alone, and another 1.15 million on Twitter. It has also received thousands of comments.
North Texas Mayor Resigns After Using City Funds To Attend Michelle Obama Event
Lyndia Thomas, former mayor of Forest Hill, Texas, and Beckie Hayes, who served as Thomas’ mayor pro tem, both resigned in the wake of allegations that they misused funds when they shelled out over $500 a piece to attend an Obama event in Dallas, Texas, then asked the city for reimbursements.
Early Life, Family Background, Birthday, Education, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity of Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama was born on 17th January 1964 in DeYoung, Illinois, the USA with the birth name of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama. She is currently 55 as of 2019. She was born to Fraser Robinson III, her father, and Marian, her mother. Her father was a City Water Plant employee, Democratic precinct captain and her mother were a Secretary at Spiegel’s catalog store. Talking about her siblings, she has an older brother named Craig Robinson. Her religion is Protestantism. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. Her ethnicity is Black. Her other early life background will be updated soon.
Talking about her education, she attended Bryn Mawr Elementary School (later renamed Bouchet Academy). She later attended Whitney Young High School in Chicago. She graduated cum laude (with a Bachelor of Arts degree) from Princeton University in 1985 by majoring in sociology and minoring in African American studies.
Height, Weight and Other Body Measurement
Michelle is a very beautiful woman with Average body build. She has a tall height of 5 ft 10.5 inch. She has a balanced weight of 72 Kg or 159 Pounds. Her sexual orientation is straight. Her hair color is Black and eye color is Dark Brown. Her body measurement is 36-31-39 in or 91.5-79-99 cm and dress size is 8 (US) or 40 (EU) or 12 (UK). Her shoe size is 11.5 (US). Her other body measurement will be updated soon.
How Michelle Began Her Career?
- Michelle became an associate at the Chicago office of the law firm Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband Barack.
- She then worked on marketing and intellectual property law.
- She held public sector positions in the Chicago city government as an Assistant to the Mayor, and as Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development in the year 1991.
- She then became Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies, a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies in the year 1993.
- She served as the Associate Dean of Student Services at the University of Chicago int he year 1996.
- She began working for the University of Chicago Hospitals in the year 2002.
- She also served on the board of directors of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
- She opposed her husband's run for the congressional seat, and, after his defeat, she preferred he tend to the financial needs of the family in what she deemed a more practical way.
- She wrote her own stump speeches for her husband's presidential campaign and generally spoke without notes.
- During the campaign, columnist Cal Thomas on Fox News described Michelle Obama as an "Angry Black Woman" and some websites attempted to promote this image.
- She campaigned for her husband's re-election in 2012.
- During her early months as First Lady, she visited homeless shelters and soup kitchens.
- She supported the economic stimulus bill in visits to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Education.
- In the year 2009, Michelle Obama was named Barbara Walters' Most Fascinating Person of the year.
- She describes her four primary initiatives as First Lady: Let's Move!, Reach Higher, Let Girls Learn, and Joining Forces on her book.
- In April 2012, Obama and her husband were awarded the Jerald Washington Memorial Founders' Award by the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV).
- She also joined the campaign to bring back school girls who had been kidnapped in Nigeria in May 2014.
- She endorsed Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and made several high-profile speeches in favor of her, including an address at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
- On October 13, 2016, Obama heavily criticized Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for the statements he made in a 2005 audio recording while at a Clinton rally in Manchester, New Hampshire.
- In February 2018, Obama announced that her memoir Becoming would be released on 13th November 2018.
- Despite speculation that she would be running for president in 2020, Barack Obama stated during a campaign rally in Nevada that Michelle would not be running for president in 2020.
Marital Status, Affairs, Children's
Michelle is a married woman with Barak Obama. Michelle first met Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States at a law firm Sidley Austin in June 1989 and started dating him. She was Barack’s senior there and Barack was employed as a summer associate there. On their first date, they saw the movie “Do the Right Thing.” They got engaged in 1991 and got married in October 1992. The couple has two children, daughters Malia Ann (b. 1998) and Natasha (known as Sasha, b. 2001). At present, she is living a happy life without any disturbances.
Net Worth, Salary and Source of Income
Michelle Obama's net worth is surely in millions. Her estimated net worth is $40 Million as of 2019 and hoped to be $50 Million as of 2020. Her exact salary has not been revealed yet but there is no doubt in the mind of her follower that she is earning a considerable amount of salary from her career. She has not endorsed a brand but has been seen in commercials on JoiningForces.gov, Sprout Channel, Univision Contigo, Google TV etc. Her major source of income is from her writer, lawyer profession.
