A photo of a young woman who looks like Sasha Obama has gone viral, with several Twitter accounts claiming it is her, but some fans aren’t convinced.
The image in question shows an unidentified woman striking a pose in a crop top, bikini bottoms, and a sarong. She has a large tattoo on her ribcage and is wearing plenty of jewelry, including the same layered necklaces that Sasha was seen wearing in previous TikTok videos.
MEFeater Magazine was among the Twitter accounts that shared the photo on Sunday, which led to 19-year-old Sasha’s name trending. The online publication claimed it was the former First Daughter, writing: ‘Sasha Obama is GIVING honey!’
Mystery: A photo of a woman who looks like Sasha Obama has gone viral online, with several Twitter accounts claiming it’s the former First Daughter
Confusing: Sasha and the woman in photo (R) both have the same face shape, eyebrows, and lips. The woman also has on hoop earrings similar to the ones Sasha wore to her prom (L)
Another person tweeted the image and wrote: ‘Sasha Obama is a hot girl!’
The picture appears to have been taken at a house party and shows three people standing behind the woman, who is not confirmed to be Sasha. It’s unclear when the photo was taken; neither the woman nor the man behind her is wearing a mask.
‘If that’s her, and I’m not convinced that it is, it’s an old picture because both girls are home with Barack and Michelle right now since colleges are closed and classes are online,’ one person pointed out.
Sasha is a sophomore at the University of Michigan, and while the school’s flagship campus in Ann Arbor welcomed students this fall, her mother, Michelle Obama, revealed in September that the teen was sticking to remote learning for now.
Thousands of people commented on the woman’s appearance in the image, both negatively and positively.
‘Why does she look so cheap[?],’ someone asked, while another wrote: ‘Ugh. When was that? She looks cheap here if that’s her.’
Is it her? The woman also has on the same necklaces that Sasha was seen wearing in TikTok videos that went viral
Proof? Sasha wore the layered necklaces with a seashell choker in a TikTok video that shows her rapping
‘What she’s doing isn’t demeaning; she’s simply dressing how she wants & having fun,’ one person noted. ‘If you lose respect for young women who do that then that’s on you.
The photo has also sparked a fierce debate about whether or not the woman in question is even Sasha.
Some shared photos of Barack and Michelle Obama’s youngest daughter and insisted she looks nothing like the woman in the viral snapshot.
‘Look at her face. It looks nothing like the girl in that photo,’ one person wrote, while another tweeted: ‘Nice try…a look-alike.’
One woman pointed out that they do look alike, noting that they have the same ‘face frame, lips, eyes, eyebrows, hairline, [and] even the earrings.’
Convinced: MEFeater Magazine was among the Twitter accounts that shared the photo on Sunday, which led to 19-year-old Sasha’s name trending
Heated: Thousands of people commented on the image, which has sparked a fierce debate about whether or not the woman in question is even Sasha
The Twitter user was referring to the woman’s hoop earring, which are larger versions of the ones Sasha wore to her senior prom.
‘Yeh but Sasha’s cheekbones, a dimple on right cheek, and hair part is above right eyebrow, plus no president’s daughter can convincingly make a IDGAF face,’ someone else disagreed.
‘Those are literally the same lips,’ one person said.
‘No they are not,’ someone else hit back.
‘A whole magazine fails to double check before publishing. It should be sued,’ another person insisted.
The plot thickens: One picture of the woman that has been circulating online shows her wearing a leopard bikini while posing with a friend
Going viral: Another shows the woman posing in her bathroom wearing white crop top sans bra. Many people are convinced it’s Sasha in the photos
‘Looking at her nose and low brow weave…I agree, that isn’t Miss Obama,’ one Twitter user shared.
Others insisted it was clearly Sasha in the photo because the woman has on the same layered necklaces that the college student had on in a TikTok video.
‘Sis she got on that same “emergency alert” necklace. That’s her,’ one eagle-eyed fan wrote, while another agreed: ‘Same jewelry from the TikTok rap video. It’s her. Must be contoured to death…’
However, someone else pointed out that it’s unlikely that Sasha is the only one who owns the necklaced, writing: ‘So she has a unicorn set of jewelry? Do you realize how ignorant you sound?’
The woman in the photo also has a tattoo on her rib cage, though it could have been henna. It’s unclear if Sasha has any tattoos, though it seems her parents have tried to dissuade her and her sister from getting them in the past.
Leave her alone: Whether or not the woman in the photos is actually Sasha, it has led to a number of people to leap to the college student’s defense, including actress Jameela Jamil
‘What we’ve said to the girls is, “If you guys ever decided you’re going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will get the exact same tattoo in the same place. And we’ll go on YouTube and show it off as a family tattoo,’ Mrs. Obama said on the Today show in 2013.
‘And our thinking is that might dissuade them from thinking that somehow that’s a good way to rebel.’
Other pictures of the woman that have been circulating online show her wearing a leopard bikini and posing in her bathroom wearing white crop top sans bra.
Whether or not the woman in the photos is actually Sasha, it has led to a number of people to leap to the college student’s defense, including actress Jameela Jamil.
‘Oh shut up about Sasha Obama, she’s young, free and harming nobody. Stop acting like it’s the President of The United States doing this,’ she wrote. ‘Which even if they did would still hurt nobody. She looks happy and she deserves to grow up expressing herself and having fun.’