She has always struck me as pretty average physically, though her surliness and sense of self-importance seem well above average. My suspicion is that she was encouraged by her parents' socio-political connections to take the job of being:
1. the connection Obama needed to be accepted by the Chicago race-hustling hierarchy
2. Obama's beard.
I have it on good authority that she grew up disliking "whitey" but likes being the boss.
she is also related to Rev. Jackson, among others.