Malia Obama Debuts Fiery Red Hair After Yoga Class in Los Angeles
Malia Obama is changing up her look for summer.
The budding filmmaker and former first daughter was spotted leaving a yoga class in Los Angeles with her new bright red hair pulled into a low bun. To keep things casual for her workout, she wore an oversize gray sweatshirt and black leggings, completing the low-key look with an orange yoga mat.
The eldest daughter of former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama has been quietly working as a filmmaker for the past few years. Now referred to professionally as Malia Ann, she recently directed a Nike ad campaign featuring the Las Vegas Aces basketball star, A'ja Wilson.
Her last major public appearance was back in September, where she attended the Deauville American Film Festival in France. She was there to present her short film The Heart, which she wrote and directed. It went on to win the festival's first-ever Young Spirit Award.
On the red carpet, she wore a trendy checkered-print Vivienne Westwood look with knee-high black boots. In an interview with Paris Match, she called Westwood a 'queen' and said that the outfit was 'cool.' She continued, 'I don't know as much about fashion, but I'm happy to be wearing it.'
Last January, she premiered her film at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. The story follows a grieving man who has just lost his mother. While it's about loss and loneliness, 'I also think it works hard to uncover where tenderness and closeness can exist in these things,' she said in a promotional video for Sundance. She went on to thank the cast and crew behind the film, saying, 'The folks who came together to make this film have my heart. Pun intended.'
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