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Look How Sasha and Malia Obama Have Changed Over The Last Eight Years!

By Sumaiya Ghani in Entertainment On 11th August 2016

President Barack Obama's daughters Malia and Sasha Obama were 11- and 8-years-old, respectively when their father took office in 2009. The girls have grown up the spotlight and were featured in Time magazine's "25 Most Influential Teens of 2014."

#1 When Obama first hit the spotlight, his daughters were still young.

This photo was taken before he even decided to run for president. Look how cute this future first family is.

#2 They were both born in Chicago, where Michelle and Barack met.

There, they loved dancing, gymnastics, piano, and tennis lessons. That's where they got their puppy, Bo.

#3 Their earliest photos are some of the sweetest.

Little did they know that they would eventually be headed for the most famous house in the world.

#4 But everything changed when they moved to Washington DC.

Malia Ann Obama was 12 when Barack became president in 2009. Sasha, was only nine years old.

#5 Like all first children, Sasha and Malia have grown up int he spotlight.

At times, being in front of the cameras was certainly difficult -- not to mention the constant presence of social service.

#6 But seeing them through the years will really take you down memory lane.

Here they are in 2005, when their father's candidacy was just a whisper of a rumor.

#7 And hear they are in 2008.

Then, they were officially the first African-American first family in the White House.

#8 By 2011, the girls had gone through a serious growth spurt.

And more and more, they were beginning to resemble their parents.

#9 In 2012, you could clearly see that Malia was beginning to look exactly like Michelle.

And young Sasha was almost a spitting image of her dad.

#10 In 2013, they really started to hit their fashion stride.

The girls were growing up, slowly but surely, right in the public eye.

#11 One of the great things about the Obamas was their solidarity as a family.

When possibly, they all showed up together at important events.

#12 The girls' private lives were kept under wraps, for the most part.

This was a move by Barack and Michelle to ensure that they could maintain some sense of normalcy throughout their time as the first children.

#13 And though it must have felt like an odd experience at times, they certainly moved through it gracefully.

These young women are about as poised and elegant as you can get.

#14 It's not hard to see why.

The Obama family are intelligent, warm, and kind by all accounts -- and they're also just very good-looking people.

#15 Around 2014, it's clear that Sasha and Malia aren't girls anymore.

They've grown up into young women, poised to achieve their dreams.

#16 Just last year, the world wondered what would become of Malia.

Would she go to college in Washington, or would she venture further afield to start her own life?

#17 She decided to do something else entirely.

Malia will take a gap year and do some working and traveling, while Sasha still has to finish high school.

#18 Here's how Sasha looks today.

This young woman doesn't get the same press attention as her soon-to-be-independent sister, but something tells us she's going to do great things.

#19 And here's Malia.

Grown, well-educated, and beautiful, this young Obama is ready to take over the world. Maybe she'll even follow in her father's footsteps some day?

#20 While it couldn't have been a piece of cake, we've loved watching these girls grow up.

They are part of an important legacy, and a symbol of social progress that America won't ever forget.

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