Malia Ann Obama, the daughter of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama, isn't clinging to the family brand. No, she's rewriting the script. Malia Ann, as she now goes by, spent much of her life under a microscope, so she hasn't rebranded for clout. At just 10, she moved into the White House with her younger sister, Sasha, and spent the next eight years growing up while the world watched. Think of your awkward teen phase. Now imagine adding press photographers, secret security, the media, and essentially the rest of the world watching your every move.

It's no surprise, then, that she and her sister, Sasha Obama, moved far from Washington, D.C., taking up residence in Los Angeles instead. The message is clear: Just because you're born into politics doesn't mean you have to s

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