Glamorous Michelle: Obama Talks Growing Up, Mentors and Dating Advice

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 28th 2009 12:01AM

First Lady Michelle Obama graces the cover of Glamour for its latest issue. Mrs. Obama opens up to Katie Couric in the magazine about mentoring, her role models, keeping her sanity and dealing with critics of her appearance.

"People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions, particularly when you're the First Lady; you're representing the nation. So I can't be surprised that people are interested. But I've tried to be at peace with the choices that I make first, and then be open to everyone else's reflection," she says. More Inside

The importance of mentoring: "I think that mentoring is such a critical part of the role I can play in this position. I see how little bits of exposure and big bits of exposure really change my girls significantly, and I want that for more girls around the country and the world."

Her own role models: "They were the people in my life. My mom, for sure. My dad. The teachers. For me, role modeling was immediate, it was touchable.... Children connect with who is in their lives, present and accounted for.... That's why we're trying to encourage moms, teachers, fathers, to be that presence in their children's lives, in their communities, because it really makes a difference."

Staying sane: "I have always tried to put my kids first, and then...put myself a really close second, as opposed to fifth or seventh. One thing that I've learned from male role models is that they don't hesitate to invest in themselves."

Dating advice: "Cute's good. But cute only lasts for so long, and then it's, Who are you as a person? Don't look at the bankbook or the title. Look at the heart. Look at the soul.... When you're dating a man, you should always feel good.... You shouldn't be in a relationship with somebody who doesn't make you completely happy and make you feel whole."

More Michelle: Her Style Moments | How to Get Her Arms

Tags: Michelle Obama, MichelleObama

Comments

(13)

Wednesday 28 October

By joy

Vote down Vote up Report this

if u dont know what is so glamorous about her, then I dont think that you are using your sensory perceptions correctly!

By rick howard

Highest Rank Vote down Vote up Report this

The person who wrote this article loves the thought of liberalism so much they transfer beauty to anything that promotes their agenda.

By NoSilkPurse

High Rank Vote down Vote up Report this

I'VE SAID THIS A HUNDRED TIMES. "YOU CANNOT MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S ASS."

Nothing is more beautiful to a liberal than a like minded soul.

By chuck

MRS OBAMA YOU ARE BY FAR THE MOST BEAUTIFUL,GRACEFUL,CLASSY,INTELLIGENT,EDUCATED FIRST LADY WE'VE HAD AND THANK GOD YOU DONT LOOK LIKE JACKIE O OR "BARBIE". WE HAVE BEEN "WHITEWASHED"/BRAINWASHED FOR SO LONG INTO BELIEVING THAT ONLY WHITE SKIN WAS BEAUTIFUL AND WHILE WHITE FOLKS WILL DIE BELIEVING THAT I AND ANYONE WITH INTELLIGENCE KNOWS BETTER. BEAUTIFUL ISNT BLONDE, DUMB,PINK,BIG MEDICALLY ENHANCED BOOBS,LIPS OR SUNTANNED SKIN. YOU ARE NATURALLY BEAUTIFUL IN THE SKIN YOU ARE IN..THATS WHY YOU ARE ON MORE MAGAZINE COVERS THAN ANY FIRST LADY EVER..THE WORLD ADMIRES YOU.I ADMIRE YOU, YOUR STYLE,CLASS AND YOUR BEAUTY. LET THE HATERS KEEP HATING,THEY CANT HELP IT, ITS INBRED IN THEM..WE ALL KNOW BETTER NOW....AND THATS MAKING THEM HATE EVEN MORE...LOL...MRS OBAMBA YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL,AND ITS SO REFRESHING TO SEE SOMEONE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR GRACING THE COVERS OF MAGAZINES AND BEING CALLED BEAUTIFUL WORLDWIDE..

By chucksta25

AOL,WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF KEEPING IT "CLASSY".THE COMMENTS THAT IS, I DONT SEE ANY CLASSY COMMENT SO WHATS THE POINT OF EVEN SAYING THAT AS A CRITERA OF THE COMMENTS...WHAT AN EMBARASSMENT THAT ANYONE CAN TALK ABOUT OUR FIRST LADY LIKE THAT... BUT THEN SHES IN GOOD COMPANY, THEY ARE STILL CRUCIFING JESUS CHRIST...

By AP

Wow! What a sad world we live in.

By sandy

Jealousy is a diease! I hope you all get well soon

By flash

I am amazed that the OBUMMERS can walk with the media being up their butts all the time and please send the media some lip balm cause I know their lips are chapped from kissing the OBUMMERS butts.Even with Michelle OHOMELY on the the cover,Glamours sales wont be up.

By lynn

The is no glamor in the white house these days, only south side trailer trash.

By winger

What I want to know is how does Michelle rate a 1.5 million budget and all those interns when she isn't even an employee of the federal government? Where does this money come from? You guessed it. Did her husband just give her a grant to have some fun with!? "Here you go honey, do what you want".

By sensiblesally

you people are insane , for the first time in a long time we have a first lady who isnt just a trophy wife there to take pictures and have a frozen smile on her face (LAURA BUSH ANYONE??) she may not be your ideal of beautiful , but she is a classy woman who can think for herself , and she has a little thing called an education. Michelle is a glamourus woman who has an exellent sense of fashion, and whether you idiots like it or not , she is the new standard for first ladies

By MichelleOlympics

I have been saving all the covers that niggra is on and using them for dart practice. The more darts that hit, the prettier she gets. When you can't see her face anymore, she will be beautiful.

Page 1 of 1