When the list of the Most Powerful Woman in The World was released last week, there were a couple of Things That Made Me Go Hmmmmm. The first is that Westpac CEO Gail Kelly (#8) is more powerful than Beyonce (#9). And also? Well, I love it when I have a thought and before I get around to writing a post, a writer I admire emails me to say “you know what?” and has that same thought and wants to write about it for Mamamia. Only in a more articulate way than me. So it was on Friday when News Ltd columnist Sarrah Le Marquand and I shared a moment about Michelle Obama.

Who we both think is fab. HOWEVER.

Sarrah writes….

#1. Michelle Obama, First Lady

#3. Oprah Winfrey

#4. Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

#5. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State

#6. Indra K. Nooyi, PepsiCo Inc. chairman and chief executive

#7. Lady Gaga

#8. Gail Kelly, Westpac CEO

#9. Beyonce, Singer

#10. Ellen DeGeneres, Television host

#13. Janet Napolitano U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

#16. Sarah Palin, Former Republican vice presidential candidate

#17. Mary Schapiro, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission

#19. Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court Justice

#20. Ursula Burns chairman and chief executive officer of Xerox Corporation

#21. Angelina Jolie, Actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador

#22. Katie Couric, News anchor

#27. Melinda Gates, Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

#28. Arianna Huffington, Founder and editor-in-chief, Huffington Post

#29. Madonna

#33. Chelsea Handler, Television host

#34. Tina Brown Cofounder and editor-in-chief, The Daily Beast

#35. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, French First Lady

#39. Heidi Klum, Model and producer

#45. Sarah Jessica Parker, Actress and fashion designer

#49. Stephenie Meyer, writer

#56. Anna Wintour, Vogue editor

#58. Julia Gillard, Australian Prime Minister

You can follow Sarah’s blog on The Daily Telegraph here

So what do you think?  Does Michelle Obama deserve the title? Who do you think is the most powerful woman in the world?