Obama appeared on the cover and in a photo spread in the March 2009 issue of '' Vogue '' . Every First Lady since Lou Hoover ( except Bess Truman ) has been in '' Vogue '' , but only Hillary Clinton had previously appeared on the cover . Obama later appeared two more times on the cover of '' Vogue '' , while First Lady , the last time in December 2016 , with photographs by Annie Leibovitz . In August 2011 , she became the first woman ever to appear on the cover of '' Better Homes and Gardens '' magazine , and the first person in 48 years . During the 2013 Academy Awards , she became the first First Lady to announce the winner of an Oscar ( Best Picture which went to '' Argo '' )
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