Michelle Obama unseats Hillary Clinton as ‘most admired woman’: poll

Former first lady Michelle Obama has unseated Hillary Clinton as America’s most admired woman — the first time in 17 years the Democratic presidential candidate and former secretary of state failed to top the list, according to a poll released Thursday.

Obama, who has been on tour touting her bestselling memoir “Becoming,” was selected by about 15 percent of Americans in the Gallup poll — far surpassing media mogul Oprah Winfrey at 5 percent, Clinton at 4 percent and current first lady Melania Trump at 4 percent.

Obama had finished second to Clinton three times.

Among men, her husband, former President Barack Obama, led the pack for the 11th consecutive year with 19 percent of the vote.

President Trump came in second — with 13 percent — for the fourth year in a row.

Rounding out the most admired women were Queen Elizabeth, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, comedian and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, former US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, human rights activist Malala Yousafzai and Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi.

After Trump, other men on the list included former President George W. Bush, Pope Francis, Bill Gates, Sen. Bernie Sanders, former President Bill Clinton, the Dalai Lama, former Vice President Joe Biden, inventor Elon Musk and Vice President Mike Pence.

Queen Elizabeth finished in the top 10 for the 50th time — a record, Gallup said.

It was Winfrey’s 31st time and Clinton’s 27th among women.

Clinton has finished first 22 times — more than any other woman.

Barack Obama is just one first-place finish away from tying former President Dwight Eisenhower for the most times being named the most admired man.

Eisenhower topped the list 12 times.

This year’s poll marks the 13th time in 72 most-admired surveys that the incumbent president didn’t win.

Former President Gerald Ford was not selected during his time in office, beaten out by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in 1974 and 1975, Gallup said.

The question wasn’t asked in 1976, Gallup said.

The survey was conducted between Dec. 3 and 12 and asked 1,025 Americans an open-ended question: Name the man and woman living anywhere in the world whom they admire most.