Michelle Obama is America’s most admired woman of the year, displacing Hillary Clinton from the top spot after a 17-year run, according to a Gallup survey.

Gallup’s Most Admired Woman list for 2018 had Oprah Winfrey second, Clinton third and Melania Trump fourth, NY Daily News reported.

Obama was mentioned by 15% of participants.

Queen Elizabeth, Angela Merkel, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Ellen DeGeneres, Nikki Haley, Malala Yousafzai and Nancy Pelosi were the other woman on the list.
Clinton has won most admired 22 times — more than any other man or woman. In total, she has earned a spot on the list 27 times.

England’s queen was on the list for the 50th time this year, and Winfrey the 31st time.

The poll, conducted Dec. 3 to 12, asked Americans to “name the man and woman living anywhere in the world today whom they admire most.”
Gallup credited Obama’s spot on the list to her new autobiographical memoir “Becoming.”

Her husband, former president Barack Obama, also won this year’s most admired ranking — for the 11th year in a row — with 19% of the votes.