[PeterPrinciple]

Sherald, first-prize winner of the Portrait Gallery’s 2016 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, beat out 2,500 other artists to paint Michelle Obama.

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What did the other 2,500 look like?

[PeterPrinciple]

here are examples from the runner ups. Could have been worse.......................

http://www.culturetype.com/2016/03/26/portrait-of-an-artist-baltimore-based-amy-sherald-wins-smithsonians-outwin-boochever-competition/