First Lady Melania Trump Gets Her First Official Portrait

[mrclose]

 nice shoulders! 

[anubias]

And wig and eyelashes.  All the plastic surgeons in the world couldn't make that woman look good.

[libertybele]

And wig and eyelashes.  All the plastic surgeons in the world couldn't make that woman look good.

Woman? Therein lies the problem. Broad athletic shoulders, defined adams apple, long masculine fingers, bold-legged and very much a straight silhouette. To 'her' credit, once in awhile 'she' wore a decent gown, but even at that, not very feminine.

[libertybele]

Again, there is just no comparison.  Frumpy v. gorgeous!

[libertybele]

My favorite ensemble to date.  Melania looked very eloquent, feminine, sophisticated and absolutely stunning!

[Frank Cannon]

Woman? Therein lies the problem. Broad athletic shoulders, defined adams apple, long masculine fingers, bold-legged and very much a straight silhouette. To 'her' credit, once in awhile 'she' wore a decent gown, but even at that, not very feminine.

Shame on you for ruining a perfectly good thread about a hot chick with an obscene picture like that.

 

[libertybele]

Shame on you for ruining a perfectly good thread about a hot chick with an obscene picture like that.

 

Very sobering isn't 'she' ?   

[Frank Cannon]

Very sobering isn't 'she' ?   

Not really. She drove me to drink.

[Right_in_Virginia]

My favorite ensemble to date.  Melania looked very eloquent, feminine, sophisticated and absolutely stunning!

Someone agrees with you @libertybele   ^-^

A little girl who idolizes Melania Trump is paying homage to the first lady by dressing up just like her.

On Monday, @WEdwarda tweeted a photo of the 8-year-old girl on Twitter, writing, “8 year-old-girl from Alabama picks Melania Trump for her schools favorite first lady project. So cute!”



https://www.yahoo.com/style/adorable-little-girl-dressed-up-as-melania-trump-for-first-lady-project-160505199.html

[libertybele]

She's absolutely adorable.  How refreshing that Melania is already being seen as a very positive role model to our young ladies.

[Frank Cannon]

She's absolutely adorable.  How refreshing that Melania is already being seen as a very positive role model to our young ladies.

She is not the first role model First Lady. Drag queens were totally inspired by Moochelle and in all cases looked better.....

[libertybele]

She is not the first role model First Lady. Drag queens were totally inspired by Moochelle and in all cases looked better.....

Gee thanks Frank, I see you returned the favor.   

[ABX]

She did have some work on her cheek area, but I think this photographer accentuated it too much with filters.

I wasn't going to say anything about it, but yep. She went heavy on the Portrait Pro skin softeners. That is a trend now- over-retouching. What it did here is lose a bit of dimension in the face.  Some people need that. Melania doesn't need that much. If you see her live, her skin is in great condition so there is no need for that much retouching.

I dropped this in a tool I have for retouching and did a bit of reverse engineering (not difficult) and you can see fairly close to what it looked like before a lot of filters were added (and a LOT were added). This is closer to the original look.



Her face complexion is fine, she doesn't have harsh winkles. She didn't need that much retouching done.

[Frank Cannon]

Her face complexion is fine, she doesn't have harsh winkles. She didn't need that much retouching done.

You're right. I found the untouched photo and she looks marvelous.....

[Silver Pines]

@Emjay

   Au contraire, my sister, we are all Beautiful Women (except for me), pictures don't Lie.

@corbe

You're not doing that hormone thing, are you...?

[Silver Pines]

Wow, Catherine, I really hit a nerve, didn't it?  Sorry about that.  It just seemed a little angry puppy to me for people to respond to Melania's portrait with Page 6 stuff about all the plastic surgery she's supposedly had.

FYI, I am not threatened by pretty women.  I am one myself.  There can't be too many of us.

@Emjay

Yap yap yap

[corbe]

@corbe

You're not doing that hormone thing, are you...?

   I see my Dr. Friday, I'm contemplating broaching the subject of Hormone Removal Therapy, I get in less trouble that way.

@CatherineofAragon

[Silver Pines]

Woman? Therein lies the problem. Broad athletic shoulders, defined adams apple, long masculine fingers, bold-legged and very much a straight silhouette. To 'her' credit, once in awhile 'she' wore a decent gown, but even at that, not very feminine.

@libertybele

Horrible posture, too.

[Silver Pines]

She's absolutely adorable.  How refreshing that Melania is already being seen as a very positive role model to our young ladies.

@libertybele

I don't know about her being a role model, but I agree, the blue outfit she wore was great.  I was looking forward to seeing more of her clothing choices, but she had to take off for NYC.

[Silver Pines]

I wasn't going to say anything about it, but yep. She went heavy on the Portrait Pro skin softeners. That is a trend now- over-retouching. What it did here is lose a bit of dimension in the face.  Some people need that. Melania doesn't need that much. If you see her live, her skin is in great condition so there is no need for that much retouching.

I dropped this in a tool I have for retouching and did a bit of reverse engineering (not difficult) and you can see fairly close to what it looked like before a lot of filters were added (and a LOT were added). This is closer to the original look.



Her face complexion is fine, she doesn't have harsh winkles. She didn't need that much retouching done.

@AbaraXas

I agree, she didn't need all of that.  The photographer went overboard, but she would have okayed the changes, so I guess she was fine with it. 

[Silver Pines]

   I see my Dr. Friday, I'm contemplating broaching the subject of Hormone Removal Therapy, I get in less trouble that way.

@CatherineofAragon

@corbe

Dude, that's permanent!  Think before you leap.  Life might be boring afterward.

[Emjay]

@libertybele

I don't know about her being a role model, but I agree, the blue outfit she wore was great.  I was looking forward to seeing more of her clothing choices, but she had to take off for NYC.

Can't help but throw in the dig, can you?

[libertybele]

@libertybele

I don't know about her being a role model, but I agree, the blue outfit she wore was great.  I was looking forward to seeing more of her clothing choices, but she had to take off for NYC.

I'm looking back over the years at past inaugural pictures ... other than Jackie O -- the DEM ladies have chosen some pretty downright ugly gowns.  Hillary and Rosalyn's were absolutely horrible!

http://fashionista.com/2013/01/50-years-of-inaugural-fashion-what-the-first-ladies-wore-and-why

[ABX]

@AbaraXas

I agree, she didn't need all of that.  The photographer went overboard, but she would have okayed the changes, so I guess she was fine with it.

Here is the photographer's other work. This is out of style both in retouching and posing for him.
http://mahaux.com/portraits-2/

[Silver Pines]

I'm looking back over the years at past inaugural pictures ... other than Jackie O -- the DEM ladies have chosen some pretty downright ugly gowns.  Hillary and Rosalyn's were absolutely horrible!

http://fashionista.com/2013/01/50-years-of-inaugural-fashion-what-the-first-ladies-wore-and-why

@libertybele

Good grief.  Rosalynn looks like she came from the street bazaar in Morocco.  Hillary---ugh, so much dark, heavy lace.  Pat Nixon's is pretty bad, too.

I get really tired of the way the media compares any First Lady who dresses with any sophistication to Jackie Kennedy.  Can we get over her already?  They did it with Melania, and it's really old by now.