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Michelle Obama Tops Forbes 2010 Most Powerful Women List. Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Hillary Clinton & Beyonce All In Top 10

Posted by ChasinDatPaper on October 7, 2010 at 5:30am

It's hard to keep a poker face over this news: Hillary Clinton barely outranks Lady GaGa on a list of the world's most powerful women. The globe-trotting Secretary of State landed the No. 5 spot in this year's Forbes.com ratings, just two notches above the outrageous chart-topping singer. The former senator - known for her pants suits - ranked 36th last year. The former Stefani Germanotta - known for her all-meat outfit - didn't make the cut in 2009. Lady GaGa moved from the Top 40 to the Forbes' top 10 thanks to the introduction of a new process in ranking the world's 100 most powerful women. The new system mixed an earnings component with a "buzz factor," as opposed to past lists focused more on wealth and executive position. Soaring to the top spot was First Lady Michelle Obama, who was ranked a distant No. 40 in 2009. Second was Krafts Food CEO Irene Rosenfeld, followed by the ubiquitous Oprah Winfrey at No. 3, German Chancellor Angela Merkel at No. 4 and Clinton at No. 5. Merkel was named the previous year's most powerful woman. Rounding out the top 10 was a mix of business and show business: Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi, Lady GaGa, Westpac CEO Gail Kelly, singer Beyonce Knowles and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. Other bold-faced names included Sarah Palin (No. 16), Angelina Jolie (21), Arianna Huffington (28) and Chelsea Handler (33). There were three news anchors: CBS' Katie Couric (22), MSNBC's Rachel Maddow (50) and ABC's Christiane Amanpour. And there were two sisters: Tennis stars Serena (55) and Venus Williams (60). "The women on our list, through their respective realms of power and influence, are shaping many of the agenda-setting conversations of our day," said Moira Forbes, the vice president and publisher of Forbes Woman. "They have built companies and brands, sometimes by non-traditional mean, and they have broken through gender barriers in areas of commerce, politics, sports and media." The full list is available at www.forbes.com/powerwomen. Source: NY Daily News twitter-5d.gif
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