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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMelania releases first official White House photo portrait
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/04/03/melania-trumps-first-official-white-house-portrait-photo-out/99983518/
hlthe2b
(102,357 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)makeup, clothes, and mien are all fine. Sure, she falls far short as a person of what we want in our first lady. But if it weren't for the picture I might have thought I'd wandered onto a Freepers or Piners board tearing Hillary apart.
That ring...
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Looks like obvious work was done.
But, she's not who is president. I don't care what she looks like.
I sure can question her judgment in marrying that orange stain though.
forgotmylogin
(7,530 posts)Other than the issue of staying in NY and running up a security bill, she hasn't to date made any farcical attempt at being an "involved" first Lady. But just saying...that shot is Playboy fuzzy-like.
I'm criticizing the image processing, not the FL!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)for her is downright funny--if you kinda squint and fuzz up the edges of reality enough.
What they'd be saying about her if her husband were a Democrat! Phew! Cellphones, tables, computers, hairdos everywhere would be spontaneously combusting.
JHan
(10,173 posts)She's very attractive, I just wish she had substance.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)turn in her life would conceivably spark some dormant "substance" into growing into a worthwhile contribution, would have been interesting to watch, but there's no sign of that. Whatever she has to put up with behind the scenes, she does behave in a dignified manner when she has to appear in public.
Could be worse. There are some Republican wives and daughters out there that'd make her look like Laura Bush or Jackie Kennedy in comparison. How about Lynne or Liz Cheney or Clarence Thomas's wife Virginia for the role...?
JHan
(10,173 posts)Ginni Thomas. lol Context is a heck of a thing!
I guess if Melania is doing nothing she's not doing ANYTHING that might cause damage. Long as she leaves the white house garden alone.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)including the garden. In some cases, doing nothing could definitely be a good thing.
JHan
(10,173 posts)GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)As for Melania, she is a looker - I just wish she was a woman of substance.
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)He needs a stylist, badly.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Every other President turns a shoulder into the flag and smiles. This ass puts the flag at his back and scowls. It is disrespectful to all who served
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)The whole photo is strange.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)That is all.
underpants
(182,877 posts)Shouldn't the supposed leader of any organization want to convey a positive impression?
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 3, 2017, 04:48 PM - Edit history (1)
look, but who are we kidding? Trump wouldn't know George Patton from Dick Van Patton.
3catwoman3
(24,039 posts)...looks like a doofus when he does - te proverbial shit-eating grin. He only knows how to smirk and sneer.
question everything
(47,531 posts)Yes, I know, because he is, still...
underpants
(182,877 posts)Respect my authority
As I posted above - usually a leader tries to convey at least some level of optimism or um hope.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)and presidential. He might start by getting a friggin' hair cut.
bdamomma
(63,921 posts)he is a old fart. POS needs to kicked off that pedestal he's on, no one is above the LAW.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)pnwmom
(108,991 posts)Raven
(13,899 posts)50 Shades Of Blue
(10,043 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)with FLOTUS Michelle Obama, this flotus has something missing???!!! This photo and her husband in another photo in this OP are weak looking compared to the real strength and character that the Obama's showed in all photos all 8 years of his Presidency. These 2 are PITIFUL!!!!! What the deplorables have given us as 'leaders' this go round is PITIFUL!!!!~!~
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Everything with them is for show.
FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)Trump has a history of giving people fake diamonds.
http://nypost.com/2016/06/21/trump-has-been-giving-out-fake-diamond-cuff-links-for-years/
erpowers
(9,350 posts)My first thought when I saw her ring was that it looked fake. Something about it looked fake. I think it just did not shine like a real diamond. It looked like glass or cubic zirconia. It would not surprise me in the least bit if it turned out to be a fake diamond.
TexasMommaWithAHat
(3,212 posts)It's cut to show off the clarity of the diamond.
Me? I prefer brillance.
TheBlackAdder
(28,211 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,852 posts)One doesn't do work with a rock like that. I suppose that's the image they want to go for. She orders, she doesn't do.
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Not even a hint of a line under her half-open eyes??
or using a filter at the very least.
underpants
(182,877 posts)They used a "blur" filter, a bit more than necessary. Besides this is supposed to be a serious, official portrait, not a Hollywood glamour shot. Otherwise, it is a very pretty photo, just not for a First Lady.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)a bit of Photoshop to blur the wrinkles and pores, plastic surgery to lift the eyes which creates the unnatural squint, and a lot of make-up to hide the flaws. What's not to like about such a fake person?
Of course, we already saw the boudoir shots.
I prefer real a real woman as first lady, not a mannequin.
on edit: I forgot the botox injections.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)photos of her when she was younger, you could hardly tell it was the same person. She is still very pretty, but it is so obviously artificial and I have no doubt, she would be lovely without all the plastic surgery or botox. Probably wouldn't suit her husband though.
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts)she looks like a real person.
PatSeg
(47,586 posts)I hadn't seen this one, but yes, she looks like a real person, not a possession in a gilded cage. I don't necessarily dislike Melania. I don't know enough about her. We all make bad choices in life and clearly she is paying for one she made. She certainly does not look like a happy woman, except when she is with her son.
How are you doing? Haven't seen you in awhile!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)HAB911
(8,912 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Could they have airbrushed her face a little more?
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)uppityperson
(115,679 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)it is!
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)Yikes!
Madam Mossfern
(2,340 posts)aren't symmetrical.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)FuzzyRabbit
(1,969 posts)Notice that her expression never changes. Probably overdoes the botox. If she looked her age, President Pussygrabber might trade her in for a newer model.
womanofthehills
(8,761 posts)Never forget - she said Obama was not born in the USA on tv.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... was that the goal?
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)a kennedy
(29,706 posts)underpants
(182,877 posts)What a great movie
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)I actually get an uneasy feeling in my stomach when I see pics of these con artists.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,190 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)It saved me the trouble.
TNLib
(1,819 posts)n/t
SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)HughBeaumont
(24,461 posts)Even in a White House portrait.
Not really your fault, Mel (even though you're just as big a piece of shit Birther as your Sug Dummy is). The shoes you're trying to fill are just far too large . . . .
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Alice11111
(5,730 posts)have at least had the class to flip over the giant rock, so it looked like a plain ring. Very odd background??
underpants
(182,877 posts)I'm thinking it's in the private residence or (with them) a recreation of the private residence
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)the strange background. The new WH photographer must have been desperate to put something out there that didn't make "La Familia" look like mobsters.
WoonTars
(694 posts)...
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)delisen
(6,044 posts)BainsBane
(53,056 posts)Check out the size of that ring. That of course wouldn't be elistist because she and her husband aren't liberals.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Orrex
(63,223 posts)Which, more or less, is what happened.
unblock
(52,317 posts)don't have the courage inside me / to tell you please let me be
communication, a telephonic invasion / i'm planning my escape
sorry i'm not home right now / i'm walking into spiderwebs
so leave a message / and i'll call you back
a likely story, but leave a message / and i'll call you back
and it's all your fault / i screen my phone calls
no matter who calls / i gotta screen my phone calls
Skittles
(153,192 posts)the woman simply has no pores
gawd, so fucking plastic
underpants
(182,877 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Exactly!!
I heard she graduated from The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can't Read Good.
haele
(12,676 posts)I don't take good pictures myself, so I developed an instinct on the differenced between what looks "posed" and what looks "poised".
This is Posed, even if she's toned down on product and fashion. She's selling something, and it isn't herself as the First Lady of a country. I wouldn't expect to see this woman walking through the White House being gracious to dignitaries and visitors alike. This is a matr'e-diva - getting ready to judge American Idol or something like that.
Even Laura Bush ("I saw this in a window and just had to wear it" tried to show herself as well as the position of the First Lady - she mixed poise with that slightly awkward pose.
Haele
frankieallen
(583 posts)Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)WoonTars
(694 posts)???
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)wishstar
(5,271 posts)She gives me the creeps
TEB
(12,880 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)frogmarch
(12,158 posts)in the 60s. Striking in appearance and attractive if your thing is stone faces.
canetoad
(17,181 posts)To draw your eye to the tiny bit of cleavage showing.
3catwoman3
(24,039 posts)...skin that smooth.
And, it would he a been thoughtful not to flaunt the bling.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)shovels full if need be.
Bayard
(22,148 posts)Sign of lack of confidence. Ask an attorney why they don't do it in court.
FrenchieCat
(68,867 posts)jmg257
(11,996 posts)LeftInTX
(25,545 posts)Too much blur filter (she didn't need it) and the rock is distracting, but otherwise an OK picture.
An unconventional pose, but I don't see that as a bad thing.
Too many more important things to worry about.
Now, Donald's portrait is horrible - LOL
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)that are supposed to go up the sides of buildings and such ala all best dictator practices........
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)I taught myself that trick years ago with a couple of tutorials.
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)And then there's this:
Can't blur that image out of your head, now can you?
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)Don't wanna judge her motivations, but...JEEZIS.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)at least she's not naked...
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)http://people.com/celebrity/first-official-portrait-of-michelle-obama-released/
Michelle's body stance is open and she's smiling as opposed to Melania with crossed arms--walling others off--and looking like a wax statue.
Melania is also all covered up--as if to say "I am NOT a nude model".
We all know what's under that dress Melania. We've seen the nude photos. You aren't fooling anyone.
She's so very pretty
Not only that, it looks like her photo was taken somewhere in the WH
Malairialia's looks like a still from a tv entertainment program or something
mnhtnbb
(31,402 posts)bdamomma
(63,921 posts)Melania is no Michelle.
Melania just another pretty face. That's all.
TheDebbieDee
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Ilsa
(61,698 posts)I thought she would have selected a brighter color for a first official photo.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)tammywammy
(26,582 posts)Or is that her version of a smile?
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)mnmoderatedem
(3,728 posts)except her class and dignity
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Maybe they want it done before the dumbass quits. Won't be long now. He will NOT be impeached. He will take the coward's way out.
BuddyCa
(99 posts)in the same way the TeleTubby doll that was recalled for swearing is worth a ton of money now.
betsuni
(25,610 posts)ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)betsuni
(25,610 posts)after his death managed to put the museum director under his spell when Vigo's portrait was being cleaned and get him to find a child that Vigo could possess and return to power. When I stared into Melania's eyes in her portrait a little too long, I swore she moved. It reminded me of Vigo's portrait.
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)romanic
(2,841 posts)Sad because I think she's a very glamorous woman who deserves way better than President Cheeto. And yes to whoever mentioned the crossing of the arms, it's very reclusive but then again Melania has been that way since Trump took office. :/
miyazaki
(2,249 posts)Props to Pinboy.
renate
(13,776 posts)I'd be thrilled to bits if I looked like that.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)samnsara
(17,635 posts)..im sure its CZ. Only Liz Taylor had a ring that big
treestar
(82,383 posts)Unfortunate for her she was born with that shape to her eyes.
Vinca
(50,303 posts)funds to put toward personal chefs, personal trainers, personal stylists, personal hair dressers, personal makeup artists, designer clothes, a stable of plastic surgeons and the best retoucher money can buy. Did you hear she flies in her hair colorist from the West Coast when she needs him?? It's a fabulous photo - I'll give her that. But, all things considered, it should be.
HoneyBadger
(2,297 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,966 posts)...the eyes are the worst - it looks like the middle of her face was pulled back too much, making the lower eye area way too tight. Melania may think it looks better than showing any sag or line. Most people have a line between their lower eyelid and cheek... and it's not really a wrinkle.