Photos: First Lady Michelle Obama turns 50
January 17, 2014
First lady Michelle Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 . Michelle Obama is celebrating her 50th birthday Friday. The first lady was spending the day out of sight, with no scheduled public appearances after back-to-back events at the White House this week. A big birthday bash is on tap for Saturday night at the White House. President Barack Obama has been involved in planning it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Michelle Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama and their daughters Sasha and Malia, right, walk from Marine One to board Air Force One, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to Hawaii for their annual family vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama )
First lady Michelle Obama gestures while speaking in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, where she hosted a screening of "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," a coming of age story about two inner-city youth who are left to fend for themselves in the Bronx. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ( Michelle Obama )
President Barack Obama looks at first lady Michelle Obama after he kissed her after she spoke about college education at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The event which is to promote opportunities for students to attend and finish college and university, was attended by college and university presidents and leaders from nonprofits, foundations, governments and businesses. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Education )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold hands as they arrive with their daughters Malia, right, and Sasha, second from right, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Honolulu, Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. The first family will be spending their annual winter vacation in Hawaii and return to Washington on Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Hawaii )
President Barack Obama speaks to members of the military and their families as first lady Michelle Obama stands left in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Hawaii )
First lady Michelle Obama looks out from the stage as President Barack Obama speaks to members of the military and their families in Anderson Hall at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Hawaii )
From left, Malia Obama, Sasha Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, and Bobby Titcomb attend the Oregon State University versus University of Akron college basketball game at the Diamond Head Classic at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013. Michelle Obama's bother, Craig Robinson, is the Coach of the Oregon State. The first family is in Hawaii for their annual holiday vacation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama Hawaii )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a dance during the Commander-In-Chief Inaugural ball at the Washington Convention Center during the 57th Presidential Inauguration Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci) ( Inaugural Balls Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dance during the Commander in Chief's Ball, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari) ( APTOPIX Obama Inauguration )
First lady Michelle Obama smiles as President Barack Obama speaks about college education at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building across from the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. The event which is to promote opportunities for students to attend and finish college and university, was attended by college and university presidents and leaders from nonprofits, foundations, governments and businesses. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama Education )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, after returning from a memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela in South Africa. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave from the stage after Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) 43rd Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. The dinner is part of a four-day conference on public policy affecting black communities in America and overseas. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( Obama )
FILE - This Jan. 21, 2013 file photo shows President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at an Inaugural Ball at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, during the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Nobody would call bangs a new trend, but when the first lady's involved, things take on more significance. In fact, President Barack Obama did call his wife Michelle's new hairdo the most significant event of his second inauguration. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) ( YE-Fashion Moments )
First lady Michelle Obama's second inaugural gown is displayed at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ( Smithsonian First Lady's Gown )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama put their hands over their heart as the National Anthem is played during the Kennedy Center Honors Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama Kennedy Center Honors )
Host President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, arrive at the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors reception honoring the 2013 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama Kennedy Center Honors )
First lady Michelle Obama greets children during a holiday celebration showing the holiday decorations at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) ( Michelle Obamam White House Christmas )
President Barack Obama, second from left, with first lady Michelle Obama, right, and their daughters Malia, left, and Sasha, walk from the White House in Washington, to attend a Sunday church services, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013, (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama )
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Jill Biden arrive for a moment of silence on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, as they mark the 12th anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( Sept 11 Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk up the stairs of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Dec. 9, 2013, before to travelling to South Africa for a memorial service in honor of Nelson Mandela. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ( Obama Mandela )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrive at the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington where Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) ( March On Washington Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama attend the Southern Inaugural Ball early Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 at the DC Armory in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) ( Obama Inauguration )
First lady Michelle Obama's first inaugural gown is displayed for one final time at the Smithsonian Museum of American History, as the dress she wore for the second inaugural is put on display in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. The White House is lending Obama’s ruby-colored chiffon gown made by designer Jason Wu to the National Museum of American History for a year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Smithsonian’s first ladies exhibition. It will be paired with Obama’s shoes designed by Jimmy Choo. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) ( Smithsonian First Lady's Gown )
First lady Michelle Obama, center, carries a red satchel over her shoulder as she walks in with Staff Sgt. Catalina Milagro Perez, left, and Chairman and CEO of Toys For Tots Ret. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Peter Osman, right, to help sort toys and gifts at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013. The toys and gifts are donated by the Executive Office of the President staff to the Marine Corp's Toys for Tots campaign. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( Michelle Obama Holidays Toys )
First lady Michelle Obama pretends to dance to music as she arrives to speak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, at a workshop for high school students from Washington, New York and Boston about careers in film. Film and musical theater composer and pianist Alan Menken performed a medley of his music before the start of the event. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) ( APTOPIX Obama Film Careers )
First lady Michelle Obama, center, with PBS Sesame Street's characters Elmo, left, and Rosita, right, as they help promote fresh fruit and vegetable consumption to kids in an event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. Sesame Workshop and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) joined in Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) in announcing a 2-year agreement to making healthy choices by using the Sesame Street characters to help deliver the messages about fresh fruits and vegetables. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ( Michelle Obama )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk up the ramp as they board the Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, Sept. 23, 2013, for a trip to New York City. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) ( Obama )
President Barack Obama is officially sworn-in by Chief Justice John Roberts, not pictured, in the Blue Room of the White House Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Washington, as first lady Michelle Obama holds the Robinson Family Bible. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, The New York Times, Pool) ( APTOPIX Inaugural Swearing In Obama )
** RETRANSMISSION FOR ALTERNATE CROP ** President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk down Pennsylvania Avenue en route to the White House, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009, Washington. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, Pool) ( Obama Inauguration )
(Left - right: Michelle Obama, President Barack Obama, former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush wait to wave goodbye as former Vice President Dick Cheney departs on the East Front of the Capitol after Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in Washington Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury, Pool) ( Obama Inauguration )
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the start of a student workshop with the cast and crew of the film ?42? on April 2, 2013 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. From left: actor Harrison Ford, who plays Major League Baseball executive Branch Rickey and Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson. The movie is the life story of US baseball player Jackie Robinson. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was7417874 )
US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speak in Inglewood, California on February 1, 2012, where she arrived to help showcase tangible changes being made by Northgate Gonzales Markets that will use FreshWorks financing to further prioritize healthy food retailing as they expand,create jobs, and nourish communities that otherwise lacked access to fresh affordable food. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was6184651 )
This Monday, Aug. 13, 2012 photo released by NBC shows first lady Michelle Obama, left, and host Jay Leno during a taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/NBC, Margaret Norton) ( TV Leno Obama )
BOSTON, United States: Democratic National Convention keynote speaker Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave after he spoke 27 July, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts. The US Democratic Party opened the second day of their national convention that will culminate with the formal nomination of John Kerry as their White House candidate on 29 July. (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) ( PAR2004072862999 )
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at the start of a student workshop with the cast and crew of the film ?42? on April 2, 2013 in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC. From left: actor Harrison Ford, who plays Major League Baseball executive Branch Rickey and Rachel Robinson, widow of Jackie Robinson. The movie is the life story of US baseball player Jackie Robinson. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was7417874 )
CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 2: Candidate for the U.S. Senate Barack Obama (D-IL) (L) holding his daughter Malia with wife Michelle and youngest daughter Sasha (R) celebrate his victory with supporters over Repulican rival Alan Keyes November 2, 2004 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama was expected to easily defeat Keyes in this first ever senate race featuring two major-party African-American candidates. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 51624421SO006_Obama )
WASHINGTON - JANUARY 4: U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) (2nd L) poses for with his wife Michelle (2nd R), Vice President Dick Cheney (R), daughters (C) Malia and Sasha during the reenactment of a swearing -in ceremony on Capitol Hill January 4, 2005 in Washington, DC. The 109th Congress was sworn in January 4. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) ( 51911214AW001_109th_Congres )
New York, UNITED STATES: Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic presidential hopeful and US Senator Barack Obama, D-IL, introduces her husband at a fundraiser 09 March 2007 in New York. The son of a Kenyan father and a white American mother, Obama is seeking to answer skeptics who doubt that he understands the experience of African-Americans. AFP PHOTO/Stan HONDA (STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was792026 )
MANCHESTER, NH - DECEMBER 9: Talk show host Oprah Winfrey (R) speaks with Michelle Obama prior to a campaign event for Obama's husband Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) December 9, 2007 in Manchester, New Hampshire. Winfrey has been campaigning with Sen. Obama for the last two days in the early primary states of South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images) ( GYI0051098320.jpg )
US Democratic presidential candidate Ilinois Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle celebrate victory in the South Carolina primary 26 January 2008 in Columbia, SC. Obama routed Hillary Clinton in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, riding massive African-American support to a critical win in his bid to become the first black US president. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) ( US Democratic presidential candidate Ili )
DES MOINES, IA - JANUARY 01: With his wife Michelle and daughters Malia (2nd from left) and Sasha by his side Democratic Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks to voters during a rally at Roosevelt High School January 1, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa. Presidential candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties are currently campaigning throughout Iowa trying to win over voters before the Thursday caucus. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) ( 78599745SO133_Obama_Continu )
Michelle Obama, the wife of presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama, D-IL, and their daughter Sasha listen as Obama speaks during a rally 11 February 2007 at the Hilton Coliseum of Iowa State University, in Ames, Iowa. The charismatic 45-year-old senator opened his quest for the Democratic nomination in Illinois, invoking anti-slavery icon Abraham Lincoln as he set his sights on a historic goal -- to become the first black US president. Obama demanded an end to the "tragic" war in Iraq and said he felt a call of destiny to transform his nation. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was754069 )
US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama's wife Michelle (C) listens as her husband speaks at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 18, 2008. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) ( US Democratic presidential candidate Ill )
US First Lady Michelle Obama (R) and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa speak in Inglewood, California on February 1, 2012, where she arrived to help showcase tangible changes being made by Northgate Gonzales Markets that will use FreshWorks financing to further prioritize healthy food retailing as they expand,create jobs, and nourish communities that otherwise lacked access to fresh affordable food. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) ( Was6184651 )
FILE - This May 19, 2010 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama at a State Dinner at the White House in Washington. Obama wore a gown designed by Peter Soronen. Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file) ( Inauguration-Fashion )
First lady Michelle Obama, right, congratulates the first lady of El Salvador, Vanda Pignato, during the inauguration of the Ciudad Mujer women's center in San Salvador, El Salvador Tuesday March 22, 2011. U.S. President Barack Obama, along with wife, and their two daughters, arrived in the capital of San Salvador on Tuesday afternoon following stops in Brazil and Chile. (Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) ( El Salvador Obama Latin America )
FILE - This July 16, 2010 file photo shows first lady Michelle Obama arriving with President Obama at Hancock County Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton, Maine. Michelle Obama has proven her fashion savvy time and time again since she was introduced to the country as first lady on Inauguration Day 2009. In the past four years she has adeptly walked the line between directional fashionista and everywoman. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, file) ( Inauguration-Fashion )
Democratic presidential candidate US Senator Barack Obama stands with his wife Michelle during a primary results rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, May 06, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) ( Democratic presidential candidate US Sen )
AARP releases special mock cover of AARP The Magazine to celebrate First Lady Michelle Obama's 50th Birthday. (PRNewsFoto/AARP) ( AARP MICHELLE OBAMA )
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