Melania releases first official White House photo portrait

[underpants]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2017/04/03/melania-trumps-first-official-white-house-portrait-photo-out/99983518/

[hlthe2b]

1. So she thought striking the ultimate DEFIANT stance was the best approach?

[underpants]

2. Well, there is also Snowflake's "tough guy" official photo

https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-trump

[JHan]

3. the hair is so weird

[forgotmylogin]

59. Is there now an official "White House Airbrusher"?

[Hortensis]

69. You guys kidding? She's gorgeous, the hair, nails,

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]

72. Her eyes are too squinty.

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.

[Hortensis]

94. Lol.

[forgotmylogin]

88. I agree that we should not tear down Melania on her appearance.

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]

95. Listening to the admiration of right-wing women

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]

98. I think she's gorgeous too, my original comment was for that pic of Trump. lol.

She's very attractive, I just wish she had substance.

[Hortensis]

110. Well, I did wonder if this weird, unwelcome

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]

111. oh lawd..lol

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]

133. Horrible thought. With you completely on the rest,

including the garden. In some cases, doing nothing could definitely be a good thing.

[JHan]

99. I meant Trump, not Melania lol

[GreenEyedLefty]

96. She has a LOT of forehead. Her hair is brushed forward to help hide it.

[JHan]

97. Oh i mean Trump, not Melania...was replying to his official pic.

As for Melania, she is a looker - I just wish she was a woman of substance.

[GreenEyedLefty]

101. Oh, I didn't see it until after I posted. She does the comb over better than her husband.

He needs a stylist, badly.

[Drahthaardogs]

6. That photo is a shame

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]

13. The fact that it's a photoshopped background is weird too.

The whole photo is strange.

[Drahthaardogs]

14. He is an ass

That is all.

[underpants]

29. The general a-holeness of it gets me

Shouldn't the supposed leader of any organization want to convey a positive impression?

[Charles Bukowski]

46. At first I thought he was going for the General Patton "Stern leader"

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look, but who are we kidding? Trump wouldn't know George Patton from Dick Van Patton.

[3catwoman3]

105. Trumplethinskin doesn't know how to smile, and he...

...looks like a doofus when he does - te proverbial shit-eating grin. He only knows how to smirk and sneer.

[question everything]

27. Why does he have to look so mean?

Yes, I know, because he is, still...

[underpants]

30. Me tough

Respect my authority

As I posted above - usually a leader tries to convey at least some level of optimism or um hope.

[PatSeg]

50. He is also trying to look serious

and presidential. He might start by getting a friggin' hair cut.

[bdamomma]

121. Take that spray tan and hair piece off

he is a old fart. POS needs to kicked off that pedestal he's on, no one is above the LAW.

[BeyondGeography]

4. Blingy

[TheBlackAdder]

77. Her finger is at a 45 degree angle, yet the ring is turned to the camera, to show it's K color grade

[samnsara]

129. its grade triple Z....

[pnwmom]

5. Has there ever been a FLOTUS portrait with less warmth?

[Raven]

7. I think she sleeps like that.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

42. Spits out coffee!!!

[lunasun]

55. She vants his blood and his money? They are so creepy and he does look drained. Hmmmm

[SammyWinstonJack]

125. ROFL!

[heaven05]

8. In comparison

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]

9. Notice the huge diamond on her wedding ring finger

Everything with them is for show.

[FuzzyRabbit]

15. Her diamond is probably glass

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]

53. Looked Fake

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]

118. It's not cut for brilliance

It's cut to show off the clarity of the diamond.

Me? I prefer brillance.

[TheBlackAdder]

82. She knew her husband was a bullshitter the day after she got it, when she had it appraised.

[DesertRat]

90. Also odd that he doesn't wear a wedding ring. nt

[Sanity Claws]

10. Look at the size of the rock on the left hand

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]

116. Notice how her ring is turned to the side facing the camera.

[ailsagirl]

11. Is that retouched or is that retouched??

Not even a hint of a line under her half-open eyes??

[BainsBane]

34. Yes

or using a filter at the very least.

[underpants]

38. That appears to be the consensus n/t

[PatSeg]

52. Yes

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]

100. A Cheap Mall Glamour Shot Job

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]

112. I remember when I first saw

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]

117. Pat - this might be one of the photos you are thinking of

she looks like a real person.

[PatSeg]

122. Oh, that is so sad

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]

137. She can open her eyes... at one time

[HAB911]

12. BREAKING! Airbrush supplies experience nationwide shortage!

[NightWatcher]

16. How classy, a photo where she's dressed

Could they have airbrushed her face a little more?

[ailsagirl]

56. Well said-- classy indeed!

[uppityperson]

62. GMTA

[Sunlei]

17. the entire leftside of her face is slightly higher than the right.

it is!

[ailsagirl]

57. You're positively on the mark, Sunlei!!

Yikes!

[Madam Mossfern]

67. Most people

aren't symmetrical.

[Glimmer of Hope]

18. The airbrushing is ridiculous. She doesn't need it.

[grossproffit]

19. Why did they airbrush her features out? They made her look like a bird.

[FuzzyRabbit]

71. Not airbrushing, botox.

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]

115. Both - botox and big time use of photoshop blur filter

Never forget - she said Obama was not born in the USA on tv.

[NurseJackie]

20. She gets such bad advice. She looks like a silicone sex doll...

... was that the goal?

[grossproffit]

22. She looks like a bird to me.

[NurseJackie]

23. This is what I imagine her mornings are like...

[a kennedy]

31. Now this just made me cry with laughter.

[underpants]

41. Brazil

What a great movie

[mnhtnbb]

87. Well...if the shoe fits

[lpbk2713]

21. These people make me sick.

I actually get an uneasy feeling in my stomach when I see pics of these con artists.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. At least she has her clothes on

[guillaumeb]

51. I am happy that YOU said that.

It saved me the trouble.

[TNLib]

106. LOL I was thinking the same thing

n/t

[SammyWinstonJack]

127. Heh.

[HughBeaumont]

25. "I swear I've seen you before, I just don't remember WHERE."

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]

26. Bad hombre on cat woman

[Alice11111]

28. Arms closed and crossed. I'm not letting you in. She could

have at least had the class to flip over the giant rock, so it looked like a plain ring. Very odd background??

[underpants]

35. The article says that no specifics on the location were given

I'm thinking it's in the private residence or (with them) a recreation of the private residence

[Alice11111]

76. Of course she wasn't in the Whitehouse, so they used

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]

66. But at least she didn't have that "who are you and why should i care" look she normally has...

...

[Alice11111]

73. Must have taken several takes.

[delisen]

32. Caption:There are things I could tell you-but I won't

[BainsBane]

33. Isn't she supposed to be with Trump?

Check out the size of that ring. That of course wouldn't be elistist because she and her husband aren't liberals.

[redstatebluegirl]

36. Be sure and show that huge rock you work so hard for.

[Orrex]

37. She looks like an incoming CEO following a hostile takeover

Which, more or less, is what happened.

[unblock]

39. you're intruding on what's mine and / you're taking up my time /

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]

40. LOL

the woman simply has no pores

gawd, so fucking plastic

[underpants]

43. Blue Steel

[smirkymonkey]

75. YES!

Exactly!!


I heard she graduated from The Derek Zoolander School for Kids Who Can't Read Good.

[haele]

44. Model Pose. The Bling on fingers (No wedding band?) is oddly distracting.

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&quot tried to show herself as well as the position of the First Lady - she mixed poise with that slightly awkward pose.

Haele

[frankieallen]

45. she is pretty hot....

[Charles Bukowski]

49. I like women who can make facial expressions, thanks.

[WoonTars]

65. Like she has a fever?

???

[uponit7771]

68. Plastic starts with a p not a h

[wishstar]

47. Is that her spiderweb in background?

She gives me the creeps

[TEB]

48. I'm catching a vampire vibe with this photo

[no_hypocrisy]

54. underwhelming.

[frogmarch]

58. She reminds me of Ursula Andress

in the 60s. Striking in appearance and attractive if your thing is stone faces.

[canetoad]

60. Cunningly designed

To draw your eye to the tiny bit of cleavage showing.

[3catwoman3]

61. Only newborns have...

...skin that smooth.

And, it would he a been thoughtful not to flaunt the bling.

[Generic Other]

102. You can buy face spackle to fill in the pores

shovels full if need be.

[Bayard]

63. Crossing her arms

Sign of lack of confidence. Ask an attorney why they don't do it in court.

[FrenchieCat]

64. Natasha....is that you?

[jmg257]

70. Very attractive.

[LeftInTX]

74. Meh...

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]

78. So are these the cult of personality images....

that are supposed to go up the sides of buildings and such ala all best dictator practices........

[Miles Archer]

79. That's done in Photoshop with the Median and/or Gaussian Blur filter.

I taught myself that trick years ago with a couple of tutorials.

[Generic Other]

103. Me too.

And then there's this:



Can't blur that image out of your head, now can you?

[Miles Archer]

104. "Reptilian"

Don't wanna judge her motivations, but...JEEZIS.

[HipChick]

80. Looking like she will star in CATS...

at least she's not naked...

[mnhtnbb]

81. Compared to Michelle's first official portrait

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.

[leftstreet]

83. sigh

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]

84. Yes, Michelle was photographed in the recognizable Blue Room of the White House.

[bdamomma]

120. Now that is a lady right there

Melania is no Michelle.


Melania just another pretty face. That's all.

[TheDebbieDee]

85. OMGosh! She's wearing clothes!

[Ilsa]

89. I think it's telling that she chose black. It's not that flattering on her.

I thought she would have selected a brighter color for a first official photo.

[lunatica]

91. There's something wrong with her eyes

[tammywammy]

92. Why doesn't she smile?

Or is that her version of a smile?

[ailsagirl]

138. That's her approximation thereof

[mnmoderatedem]

93. looks like she copied everything from Michelle

except her class and dignity

[louis-t]

107. Isn't it a little early for that?

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]

108. Trump memorabilia will be big collectors items

in the same way the TeleTubby doll that was recalled for swearing is worth a ton of money now.

[betsuni]

109. "Death is but a door. Time is but a window. I'll be back."

[ailsagirl]

139. What is that??

[betsuni]

140. Ghostbusters 2. The last words of Vigo the Carpathian who hundreds of years

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]

141. Ah... thank you betsuni

[romanic]

113. Way too retouched.

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. :/

[underpants]

114. .

[miyazaki]

119. ...

Props to Pinboy.

[renate]

123. I'm certainly not going to criticize

I'd be thrilled to bits if I looked like that.

[Miles Archer]

124. Trump's official White House portrait came out much better.

[samnsara]

126. at least her nipples arent showing

[samnsara]

128. that ring is too ill fitting....

..im sure its CZ. Only Liz Taylor had a ring that big

[treestar]

130. I really dislike those eyes

Unfortunate for her she was born with that shape to her eyes.

[Vinca]

131. Let's be real here. A whole lot of us could be gorgeous if we never had to work, had unlimited

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]

132. What is the background?

[Mike Nelson]

134. She doesn't look normal...

...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.

[ailsagirl]

135. Apparently she hasn't been able to fully open her eyes since 2012

Just sayin'

http://www.uncoached.com/lifestyle/melania-trump-hasnt-fully-able-open-eyes-since-2012

[Hayabusa]

136. That's a whole lot of airbrush...