--- ---  # See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 11, 2015 11:02 PM UTC  June 1, 2009 June 1, 2009TIME by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 11, 2015 11:02 PM UTC  September, 2008 Radar  September, 2008 Ebony  March, 2009 Vogue  April, 2009 New York Magazine  June 1, 2009 TIME  December, 2009 Glamour  March 22, 2010 Newsweek  August, 2011 Better Homes and Gardens  February, 2012 More  September, 2012 Journal  April, 2013 Vogue  December, 2013 Journal  August, 2014 Essence  November, 2014 Redbook  March, 2015 Cooking Light Michelle Obama: Iconic Magazine Covers ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/"},"headline":"See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers","datePublished":"2015-02-11T23:02:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:41.840Z","description":"From fashion icon as a Vogue cover girl to power symbol on the cover of Ebony, the First Lady has graced the cover of more than 15 American magazines","url":"https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/","keywords":["White House","Barack Obama","politics","Michelle Obama","Washington","photography","First Lady"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb50d48d96889e04/69877ed0cd68485b24099a78/michelle-obama-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb50d48d96889e04/69877ed0cd68485b24099a78/michelle-obama-time.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"michelle-obama-time","caption":"June 1, 2009","creditText":"TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/","name":"See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers"}}]}] ```