In Chile, there is Bachelet. Who is a bit better than Hilary, since she at least puts on skirts. But she will not bare much skin and could definitely be done up a bit more and add some variety to her closet of jacket-skirt suit combinations.
Next door we have good 'ol Crisitina Kirchner. While I don't think her political style is anything anyone wants to copy, at least she has the guts to put on a dress. She looks great and she shows it off. Being the President of Argentina doesn´t mean you have put on old and boring clothes. 
Finally, we have America's new beauty queen gone PTA gone VP, Sarah Palin, who I have to say, dresses extremely well, as noted in this LA Times article. She is beautiful, but also doesn´t put too much effort into her look. She´s not afraid to show off a little cleavage or leg either.
While all four of these women are great in their own right, I have to applaud Palin and Kirchner for proving that you don´t have to dress like a man to be in a mans world. Everyone has the right to choose their own style, however, I can´t think of a single woman I know who willingly wears around suits. We have the right to be sexy and amazing, and I am glad there are politicians who feel the same way. 
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Kween Kristina does look pretty good. At least she does these days...I remember a couple of years ago in Clarin they had a Cristina down the ages photo spread and it showed how she's transformed herself from dowdy Patagonian to stylish presidenta in not very much time at all. When you can steal money with impunity from government coffers, you can afford to buy nice things and get all the collagen injections you like...
Kristina truly is the personification of Argentina: All style and no substance. When I first arrived in BA 5 years ago, I went to the Casa Rosada...the front was beautifully painted. The back and sides were crumbling. It was such a simple expression of why that country's such a disaster...everything over there is like that. It all looks good, but there's nothing behind the facade.
As for Bachelet, she comes across as matronly and a little boring, rather like the kind woman Chilean men want to marry (but not the kind they want to have affairs with). I don't think Chileans would accept a presidenta as flamboyant as Kristina.
It's a shame Bachelet's such a bad politician. She has good intentions but doesn't know how to handle the political side of things. Lagos was a terrible president but an incredibly good politician. He knew how to make himself look good and he knew how to manipulate the press and society. Bachelet doesn't and her lack of experience in politics has led her to make poor decisions at key times (Sub 21s football thing in Canada, Tocopillo earthquake, transantiago to name but 3).
I agree that women don't have to dress or act like men to get ahead but I strongly disagree with most of your fashion sense.
Legs and cleavage do not need to be played up at work, nor do women need to "bare more skin." I'm not against seeing either, but the overly short mini-skirts and plunge necklines I see becoming fashionable in some countries look desperate and unprofessional because they are not comfortable or practical and are clearly an attempt to showcase one's sexuality, which is really inappropriate at work.
Hilary Clinton looks fine, actually. I wear formal clothes to work and flirty clothes out on the town. Her suit is well- fitted and appropriate to her position in society. The only thing I would do differently is put a pink or red blouse on for color instead of white and get some dangly earrings or a light scarf tied around the neck to jazz it up.
Cristina Kirchner looks like a little girl. It's hard to take someone who looks like that seriously and she needs a more mature look in my opinion.
Palin looks fine in that photo, but I still can't stand her.
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