Obama is 'charming and an extraordinary gentleman,' Miss Israel said | REUTERS Miss Israel: Obama 'world-class hunk'

President Barack Obama has earned a new title: world-class hunk.

That was the assessment of Miss Israel, the 21-year-old Ethiopian immigrant Titi Aynaw who met Obama on Thursday.


“He’s an exciting man, a world-class hunk, charming and an extraordinary gentleman,” she told the Israeli publication Yediot Aharonot.

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Aynaw and Obama were introduced by Israeli President Shimon Peres during the state dinner that occurred on Obama’s first presidential trip to Israel, according to Israeli news accounts.

“You are very beautiful,” Obama told her, according to the report. He added, “And Michelle would have been very happy to be as tall as you are.”

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When asked in an interview in Israel whether she was worried that Michelle Obama would be “jealous” when the president met Miss Israel, the beauty queen dismissed the question.

“No, I am not worried,” she said with a laugh. “She is a beautiful woman and she looks like a model, really… I don’t think she will be jealous.”

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