There are some wars that are fought along the border. But the perception battle wields its own soft power. The most admired women in the world are renown global figures whose influence and impact transcends borders. The list is from the combination of responses to two questions – whether a respondent admires the figure at all and then whether they are the figure the respondent admires the most. Each country’s results in the global compilation are also weighted to represent the country’s population size.
Here are the top 20 most admired women in the world.
| Rank | Name | Title | Share of admiration |
| 1. | Michelle Obama | Former first lady of the US | 7.8% |
| 2. | Angelina Jolie | Actress and filmmaker | 6.0% |
| 3. | Kate Middleton | Princess of Wales | 5.7% |
| 4. | Oprah Winfrey | Author, producer, and philanthropist | 5.3% |
| 5. | Jennifer Lopez | Actress and musician | 3.8% |
| 6. | Emma Watson | Actress | 3.5% |
| 7. | Scarlett Johansson | Actress | 3.4% |
| 8. | Peng Liyuan | Musician | 3.4% |
| 9. | Taylor Swift | Musician | 3.3% |
| 10. | Shakira | Musician | 3.3% |
| 11. | Beyoncé | Musician | 3.1% |
| 12. | Angela Merkel | Former German chancellor | 3.1% |
| 13. | Hillary Clinton | Former US secretary of state | 2.9% |
| 14. | Malala Yousafzai | Human rights campaigner | 2.9% |
| 15. | Priyanka Chopra | Actress | 2.8% |
| 16. | Deepika Padukone | Actress | 2.7% |
| 17. | Sudha Murthy | Infosys Foundation chairperson | 2.4% |
| 18. | Greta Thunberg | Climate change activist | 1.9% |
| 19. | Melania Trump | Former first lady of the US | 1.8% |
| 20. | Ellen DeGeneres | Television host | 1.7% |
MRS OBAMA LOOKS LIKE A MAN.