Melania Trump's First Lady Portrait
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About
Melania Trump's First Lady Portrait refers to the first official portrait of the First Lady of the United States Melania Trump, which was widely discussed and photoshopped online following after being posted to Twitter in early April 2017.
Origin
On April 3rd, 2017, Melania Trump tweeted[1] her official portrait as First Lady of the United States (shown below).[3] Within 24 hours, the tweet gained over 57,000 likes and 11,000 retweets.
Spread
That day, Redditor Steve-2112 submitted the portrait in a post urging viewers to "show this wonderful FLOTUS some love" to the /r/The_Donald[4] subreddit, where it gained over 9,100 (89% upvoted) and 220 comments in 24 hours. Meanwhile, Redditor Elelegante101 submitted the portrait to /r/photoshopbattles,[5] where several users replied with photoshopped versions of the picture (shown below).
Additionally, Redditor Djugdish posted a video of in the comment section featuring clips of Trump edited between shots of the portrait (shown below).[7] Also on April 3rd, NY Mag[2] published satirical instructions titled "How to Get Your Next Profile Picture to Look Like Melania Trump’s Official Portrait."
That same day, Twitter published a Moments[6] page listing notable reactions to the portrait, many of which joked about the aesthetic of the photograph (shown below).
Search Interest
External References
[2] NY Mag – How to Get Your Next Profile Picture to Look Like Melania Trumps Official Portrait
[3] Whitehouse.gov – First Lady Melania Trump
[4] Reddit – Portrait of Melania Trump released
[5] Reddit – PsBattle The Official Portrait of First Lady Melania Trump\
[6] Twitter – A look at Melania Trumps first official White House portrait
Top Comments
Paulie DeMafia Mk2
Apr 04, 2017 at 09:23PM EDT
Panuru
Apr 04, 2017 at 05:04PM EDT