After years of careful White House scrutiny of her few public appearances, a mysterious photo of Barack Obama's first daughter, Malia Obama, has surfaced online. Malia Obama is 16 years old, and the photo, uploaded by the Instagram account proera47, immediately went viral.
President Barack Obama's eldest daughter - her sister Sasha is now 14 years old - appears in the photo wearing a t-shirt printed with the name of a Brooklyn rap group (Pro Era).
The photo shows a tall, lanky high school student who is believed to be Malia Obama – or someone who looks a lot like her – with her mouth open, looking directly into the camera, and fixing her hair.
No one seems to know who took the picture, or how it appeared on the Internet.
The spread of the viral image highlighted the dangers of life in the White House glass house in the age of the Internet and social media.
The White House has not yet commented on the photo.
