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[quote=Anonymous]Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and subject to the vagaries of fashion. What is considered beautiful today wasn't necessarily the case 100 or 200 years ago, and vice versa.

Frances Cleveland was considered a beauty but I suspect few would think so today. Edith Roosevelt was also considered a beautiful woman. Would many think so today (I do, but I also acknowledge that people would probably think her handsome rather than beautiful using modern day definitions of beauty largely driven by Hollywood and modelling). And so much of beauty is largely driven not just by natural appearances but clothes, diet, body language, presentation, and grooming, and the expectations of all have changed greatly over the years. Michelle Obama has famous arms, but that's because she works out whereas her comparable 100 years ago would never have worked out because that's not what upper class women did.

If using today's definition of beauty, then it's really unfair to compare the current existing first ladies with, say, any first lady from before the 1950s. So I won't do that and will agree that my top three first ladies are Jackie O, Michelle Obama and Melania Trump. Each represents a different type of beauty and all three eminently qualified. [/quote]

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