--- title: Michelle Obama Hugs Girl Who Says She Looks Younger Than 51 description: First Lady Michelle Obama hugged a little who said she did not look her age while answering questions in the East Room of the White House canonical: https://time.com/3831844/michelle-obama-hug/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-22T20:24:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:43.118Z og:title: Michelle Obama Really Loves This Little Girl's Reaction to Her Age og:description: The youngster paid the First Lady an adorable compliment og:url: https://time.com/3831844/michelle-obama-hug/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4123298efa15f42d/6987ec5c3c16399a15455a39/michelle-obama_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Michelle Obama og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Michelle Obama Really Loves This Little Girl's Reaction to Her Age twitter:description: The youngster paid the First Lady an adorable compliment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4123298efa15f42d/6987ec5c3c16399a15455a39/michelle-obama_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Little Girl Pay Michelle Obama a Sweet Compliment  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 22, 2015 8:24 PM UTC  Anaya Brodie runs to give first lady Michelle Obama a hug during the White House’s annual "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" in the East Room on April 22, 2015. Anaya Brodie runs to give first lady Michelle Obama a hug during the White House’s annual "Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day" in the East Room on April 22, 2015.Evan Vucci—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 22, 2015 8:24 PM UTC During the White House’s annual “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day,” Michelle Obama embraced a little girl who told the First Lady she did not look her age. Young Anaya Brodie asked “How old are you?” Obama said 51 and followed up with, “But what does that mean? What’s that look?” Then she pretended not to hear her and asked the girl to repeat it and to speak up until the girl shouted, “You’re too young for a 51-year-old!” Grinning ear to ear, Obama said, “You should come up and give me a hug.” She also embraced two other girls who asked questions, the Associated Press reports. Obama was taking questions from children of White House employees and youngsters from the Boys and Girls Club and D.C. Child and Family Services in the East Room of the White House. ### See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers  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 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3831844/michelle-obama-hug/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3831844/michelle-obama-hug/"},"headline":"Watch a Little Girl Pay Michelle Obama a Sweet Compliment","datePublished":"2015-04-22T20:24:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:43.118Z","description":"First Lady Michelle Obama hugged a little who said she did not look her age while answering questions in the East Room of the White House","url":"https://time.com/3831844/michelle-obama-hug/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4123298efa15f42d/6987ec5c3c16399a15455a39/michelle-obama_waxm.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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