TIME Person of the Year 2012 winner: Today Show to announces President Obama as winner
TIME will unveil its 'Person of the Year' Wednesday morning on the Today Show.
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Posted: 12/19/2012
President Barack Obama was named TIME Magazine's 'Person of the Year' Wednesday morning on the Today Show.
Before announcing the winner, the Today Show's hosts Tuesday named eight front-runners for this year’s cover.
According to TIME Magazine, the list included:
Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban for her crusade for better girls’ education;
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi;
Bill and Hillary Clinton for their global humanitarian and political activism.
Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo!
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple
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