Comparing The 1st Ladies of the US & SA

Michelle Obama & Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma

The First Ladies of the United States & South Africa

It’s not news that Mrs. Michelle Obama is in South Africa. When I saw the picture of her and one of South Africa’s First Ladies, NompumeleloNtuli-Zuma who is one of the three or four South African first ladies, all wives of polygamous South African president, Jacob Zuma, who is receiving her on this visit, I couldn’t help noticing the difference in size between the two. Michelle is very svelte while Mrs. NompumeleloNtuli-Zuma is really overweight.

I personally think Michelle works hard to keep in such great shape and thanks to her height, she has a larger frame to spread her weight over, but it appears Mrs. NompumeleloNtuli-Zuma doesn’t bother herself with staying in shape. Michelle, whose mission is eliminating childhood obesity in America’s youth, will be answering questions posed by students at University of Cape Town. She has already received many questions ahead of time such as, "What is the legacy you and President Obama want to leave?" and "What’s your favorite food? You’re in such great shape!”

The question isn’t surprising as I’m sure I’m not the only one who noticed the difference in the two first ladies’ sizes. Far be it from me to think that Mrs. NompumeleloNtuli-Zuma should be stick thin, she is entitled to some curves. As a matter of fact in many African countries, the size of a man's wife is directly attributed to his wealth and care of her. However, such thinking is a thing of the past. We are all more knowledgeable now and well aware of the negative health implications of being overweight.

As first lady, Mrs. NompumeleloNtuli-Zuma would be wise to pick up some weight loss tips from Michelle because she should set a good example for the women of South Africa by managing her weight better. Not only that, her face is really pretty. Her beauty would be so much more obvious if she lost some weight.

I know losing weight is hard work, but possible. So I would advice her to take her time and enroll in a natural weight loss program where she can lose weight safely over time and not engage in the get slim quick liposuction scheme many people including Nigeria’s former first lady, Stella Obasanjo did, which led to her untimely death.

A word is enough for the wise…Below are more pictures of both first ladies. Enjoy!