Born name

Malia Ann Obama

nickname

shine

Sun sign

Krebs

Place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, United States

nationality

training

Malia Obama was enrolled at the University of Chicago Laboratory School .

After her father became US President, she became a student at the Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, where she graduated in May 2016.

After graduating from high school, she took a year off and graduated from Harvard University in 2017.

occupation

Student

family

• Father – Barack Obama (former US President, former Senator, lawyer and author)
• Mother – Michelle Obama (Former US First Lady, Attorney and Author)
• Siblings – Sasha Obama (Younger Sister)
• Others – Maya Soetoro-Ng (paternal aunt), Konrad Ng(uncle; Maya’s husband), Barack Obama Sr. (paternal grandfather) (chef), Stanley Ann Dunham (paternal grandmother), Fraser Robinson III (maternal grandfather), Marian Lois Shields (maternal grandmother)

Manager

unknown

Build

Slim

Height

185 cm (6 ft 1 in)

weight

61 kg or 134.5 lbs

friend/spouse

Malia Obama has dated –

1. Joey Badass (2015) – In January 2015, Malia’s picture wearing a t-shirt from rapper Joey Badass’ Pro Era collection was shared on social media, prompting fans to link to her.
2. Taylor Bennett (2016) – In 2016, Malia saw hip hop recording artist Taylor Bennett, Chance the Rapper’s younger brother. Bennett’s father, Ken Williams-Bennett, was also President Obama’s Deputy Chief of Staff. Taylor was reportedly the reason Malia smoked marijuana at the Budweiser Made in America Festival in September.
3. Rory Farquharson (2017-Present) – In 2017, after she joined Harvard University , she met another Harvard student, Rory Farquharson, with whom she began dating. They were spotted kissing during a soccer game in November 2017. Later, in January 2018, the duo was snapped while shopping in the Soho neighborhood of New York City.

Note – In 2011 she was said to have been dating someone from Sidwell Friends School. Turns out, Malia even shared her first kiss with her unidentified boyfriend.

race/ethnicity

Schwarz

On her father’s side, she has Luo Kenyan, English and small traces of Scottish, Irish, German, Welsh, Swiss-German and French ancestry.

On her mother’s side, she has primarily Black Gullah roots and distant English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry.

hair colour

Schwarz

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• High body frame
• sweet smile

measurements

36-26-36 inches or 91.5-66-91.5 cm

dress size

6 (USA) or 38 (EU)

bra size

34B

shoe size

9.5 (USA) or 40 (EU)

brand promotion

Malia Obama has not done endorsement work for any brand.

Religion

Kongregationalist

Known for

As the eldest daughter of former US President Barack Obama.

First TV show

In 2008, Malia appeared in 4 episodes on the news show Access Hollywood .

Personal trainer

Michelle Obama revealed this in her interviewMalia goes to the gym regularly. At the gym, she likes a balanced workout with an emphasis on cardio and high-rep, light-weight exercises. She is also a big fan of cycling.

Other activities that can be credited for her toned physique include basketball and tennis games. She also regularly uses the Wii Fit console, a device used for Nintendo practice games.

In terms of diet, Malia and her sister Sasha are encouraged to eat green and locally produced foods, with a particular focus on fresh and seasonal vegetables.

Malia Obama favorite things

• Food – burgers, fries, ice cream, cake and pie

Malia Obama Facts

1. Malia Obama was a standout volleyball player in high school and was named Washington Volleyball Player of the Year in 2015. Overall, she was the 38th ^best player in the country that year.
2. She has no intention of following her parents in law and politics. Instead, she wants to be a photographer and filmmaker, and for the latter she got an internship with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
3. In her gap year after high school, she completed an internship at the US Embassy in the Spanish capital in 2016.
4. She learned to drive from US Secret Service officers seconded to her safety.
5. In 2014, the influential Times Magazine named Malia, along with her younger sister Sasha, on its list of “25 Most Influential Teens of 2014”.
6. The US Secret Service gave her the code name Radiance.
7. In the summer of 2016, she worked on the takeout window at Nancy’s, a seafood restaurant in Martha’s Vineyard.
8. She is fluent in Spanish and acted as his father’s translator on his first official trip to Cuba.
9. In 2009, the toy company responsible for making the Beanie Babies created dolls to honor Malia and Sasha with dolls of their likeness. The doll she represents was called Marvelous Malia.
10. As a child, she had severe meningitis, which led to inflammation of the spinal cord and brain. The entire Obama family was concerned that they might not be able to recover.
11. She does not have an official social media account.