--- title: Michelle Obama: Iconic Magazine Covers 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 canonical: https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-11T23:02:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:41.840Z article:section: Politics og:title: See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers og:description: From fashion icon as a Vogue cover girl to power symbol on the cover of Ebony og:url: https://time.com/3705911/michelle-obama-magazine-covers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb50d48d96889e04/69877ed0cd68485b24099a78/michelle-obama-time.jpg?branch=production&width=755&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 755 og:image:height: 425 og:image:alt: michelle-obama-time og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers twitter:description: From fashion icon as a Vogue cover girl to power symbol on the cover of Ebony twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdb50d48d96889e04/69877ed0cd68485b24099a78/michelle-obama-time.jpg?branch=production&width=755&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # See the Evolution of Michelle Obama in Magazine Covers > Sponsored content. 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