Beyonce Knowles could not help feel flattered after being told by the First Lady Michelle Obama that she was a role model for her daughters.

The singer revealed that the US presidents wife had come up to her a day earlier than her performance at one of the inauguration balls.

The 27-year-old was told that both Obama girls, Malia, ten, and Sasha, seven, had a fitting role model to look up to.

"She told me that she was very happy that her children had an artist like myself and - I dont even feel right saying this - she said she was happy they had me to look up to," the Sun quoted Beyonce as saying.