Malia Obama Is Sweet Sixteen!

This first daughter is all grown up!

Malia Obama: July 4 - The president's older daughter will be celebrating her sweet 16 this week. (Photo: Andy Wong-Pool/Getty Images)
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On the Campaign Trail - Malia hit the campaign trail at an early age. Here the 5-year-old holds up a sign for her father, then an Illinois state senator, during his 2004 bid for a seat in the U.S. Senate at a rally at Community Fellowship Baptist Church on Chicago's west side. (Photo: Anne Ryan/Corbis)We've Got This - This is probably Malia's first time staying up to hear election results as she waits with her father for the outcome of his U.S. Senate race on Nov. 2, 2004. Is he telling her, "This is just the beginning, baby!"? (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Ready for the World - Malia Obama turns 16 on July 4, which also is when the U.S. celebrates Independence Day. This first daughter, pictured here during a March trip to China with her mother, grandmother and sister, Sasha, has already begun taking steps toward her independence. She interned on the set of Extant and soon will begin taking driving lessons. Look out world! Here she comes! — Joyce Jones (@BETpolitichick)  (Photo: Andy Wong-Pool/Getty Images)

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