Amber Lee Ettinger (born October 2, 1981) is an actress and model from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, now resides in New York City, New York, who is most notably known as the Obama Girl in I Got a Crush on Obama in which she lip syncs her love for junior United States Senator from Illinois and 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.[1] The video is titled "I Got a Crush... On Obama" and was first posted on YouTube in June 2007 and has since gotten over three million views. It was co-written by Leah Kauffman and Rick Friedrich. She was also in the follow-up video titled "Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl."
Ettinger moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology to study fashion and clothing design and has high hopes to create her own clothing line and other business ventures.
In August 2003, Ettinger was crowned Miss NYC in the Miss Hawaiian Tropic pageant.
Amber Lee Ettinger, the internet sensation otherwise known as "Obama Girl" for her starring role in a 2007 viral video about having a "crush" on the then-presidential candidate, might be ready to dump the president. After joining up with her BarelyPolitical.com team to create a "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"-themed parody about destroying the campaigns of President Obama's potential 2012 challengers last month, Ettinger now tells Politico that her label as "Obama Girl" could be holding back...Read Full Story
‘Obama Girl’ No Longer Has a Crush on the President
By Noel Sheppard
The woman who became famous for her “I Got A Crush…on Obama” video in 2007 has like so many in our nation lost that loving feeling for the President.
“In my opinion, I feel like he should be focusing a lot more on jobs and the economy,” Amber Lee Ettinger told the New York Post.
“He did create some jobs, but most of them were government jobs and that doesn’t really help the middle class,” she added.
Given the...Read Full Story
Obama Girl, the girl that used to run around in bikinis on YouTube ready to love on Obama admits the honeymoon is long over. “"I think he's doing an OK job," said Amber Lee Ettinger. Just OK? What, Obama isn’t paying your rent either? (I really do hope a where is Peggy Joseph story arises as well.) Ettinger feels like Obama has focused on the wrong issues. "In my opinion, I feel like he should be focusing a lot more on jobs and the economy." "He did create some jobs, but most of them were...Read Full Story
I want to start off by saying that I know Obama Girl and do not believe that Amber Lee Ettinger who plays that character is anything but a kind and sweet person.
This is about Obama Girl (the character and the state of our country).
It’s been a year exactly since I stood on top of a [...]Read Full Story
Amber Lee Ettinger, the internet sensation otherwise known as "Obama Girl" for her starring role in a 2007 viral video about having a "crush" on the then-presidential candidate, might be ready to dump the president. "But it can definitely shut a lot of ...
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Amber Lee Ettinger (born October 2, 1982) is Obama Girl or ObamaGirl from the now famous I Got a Crush on Obama video that was posted on YouTube. Check out news about Amber Lee Ettinger and share pics and videos.