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Michelle Obama's natural hair has the internet doing cartwheels

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(PIC below in first tweet)

Just recently our very own Zanele Kumalo wrote, "No shade to former FLOTUS Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama – I respect her choice to straighten her hair as much as I choose to wear a weave - but I can’t wait for the day that we have another black or mixed race family in the White House with a First Lady or President rocking an afro."

Well, even though she's not in the White House anymore, Michelle has heard our cries.

Read: Your weave and afro - where to go and which local products to use

A recent photo tweeted by @meagnacarta showed Michelle Obama in rare form, i.e. with her natural hair tied up in a low pony. This, to many people, was the hair moment they'd been seeking from the former FLOTUS who'd always worn her tresses straightened.

According to The Huffington Post, Barrack and Michelle are currently in the French Polynesian islands, where the former POTUS is writing his memoir.

Here are a few of the responses @meagnacarta received after tweeting this epic hair moment:

Yasss kween!

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