Michelle Obama is highly educated, smart as hell, and by many accounts as warm and gracious as she seems. She was her husband's mentor, and she seems to have a marriage where both equality and love are a given. She works tirelessly for her causes, inspiring young women and reading stories to kids along the way. She alsohula hoops and does the Dougie. In short, she's everything we want to be at 49.

In October, we celebrated Hillary Clinton's 65th birthday by listing 65 of the many reasons we love Hillz. Now as Michelle Obama celebrates her 49th, we give you 49 reasons we admire her, ranging from her incredible accomplishments to her sense of humor: