7 Beauty Lessons We've Learned from the First Ladies
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SHOW OFF YOUR BEST FEATURE
Perhaps you've heard-Michelle Obama has great arms. The buff First Lady sparked controversy (but more praise) when she wore sleeveless dresses to her husband's first Congressional address and in her official White House photo back in 2009. But why shouldn't she show off her toned arms? Between 1997 and 2009, Obama had worked out approximately 1,872 times, according to her trainer, focusing on her arms for 9 minutes each time.
These days she wakes up at 4:30 or 5 a.m. every day to work out before her kids wake up. "Being a healthy woman isn't about getting on a scale or measuring your waistline, and we can't afford to think that way," she wrote in Women's Health in 2012. "Instead, we need to start focusing on what matters-on how we feel, and how we feel about ourselves." If this picture of Obama at the 2012 Democratic National Convention is any indication, she's feeling pretty confident.
For the most part, we Americans take our style, beauty, and fitness cues from the worlds of fashion and celebrity, not politics. But these six First Ladies-including Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama-have us pledging a new allegiance.
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