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  ay On the Runway On the Runway On the Runway On the Runway On the Runway On the Runway Michelle Obama backs Anna Wintour   for Obama Re­election Fashion Show                                                                                                                                By SHARON CHURCHER and NICK PRYER    Anyone doubting the veracity of Washington rumors that Anna Wintour, the famously icy fashion queen of New York City, will soon become a high-profile American ambassador in Europe will be jealous to discover the rumors are true.   In  March  2009,  the  magazine  –  ruled  by  Wintour  as  her  personal  fiefdom  –  devoted its cover and eight glossy pages  inside  to  an  interview  with  the  new First  Lady  Michelle  Obama  alongside  a  fabulously  glamorous  set  of  photographs  shot  by  legendary  portrait  photographer  Annie  Leibovitz.  The  ‘Michelle  Obama  Edition’  hit  the  newsstands  with  the  glowing  headline  “The  First  Lady  The  World’s  Been  Waiting  For”  –  and  transformed  her  public image at a stroke.