--- title: Gallup: Hillary Clinton Continues Reign Americans' Most Admired Woman description: Hillary Clinton was again named America's 'Most Admired Woman,' according to a new Gallup poll canonical: https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-30T01:02:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:42:43.640Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Continues Reign as America's 'Most Admired Woman' og:description: The presidential contender beat out Oprah og:url: https://time.com/3649155/hillary-clinton-most-admired-woman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Continues Reign as America's 'Most Admired Woman' twitter:description: The presidential contender beat out Oprah twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Hillary Clinton Is Named America's 'Most Admired Woman' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 30, 2014 1:02 AM UTC by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Dec 30, 2014 1:02 AM UTC Americans named Hillary Clinton the woman they admire most of anywhere in the world, a new poll [found](http://www.gallup.com/poll/180365/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-extend-run-admired.aspx), for the 17th time in 18 years. When Gallup asked a random sampling of Americans who is the living female they admire most, 12% named Clinton. The former Secretary of State was followed by Oprah Winfrey at 8% and Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafazi at 5%.  Gallup Gallup Obama was named the most admired man, garnering 19% of votes. The presidential contender held the top women’s spot every year between 1997 and 2014 except following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001, when the title was awarded to Laura Bush. 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