Adorable moment young girl is overcome with excitement as she meets her hero Michelle Obama

This is the adorable moment a young girl is overcome with excitement as she meets her hero Michelle Obama.

The young girl attended one of the first lady’s signings for her memoir Becoming.

She can be seen bounding towards Ms Obama, jumping with excitement.

The video has been viewed over three million times on Twitter.

Identifying herself as ‘Solice’, the young girl tells Ms Obama that meeting her is exciting.

People around the pair can be seen laughing and smiling as they continue to talk.

Ms Obama tells her: “Solice! I’m meeting Solice!”

The girl then walks up behind the former first lady’s desk and gives her a big hug.

She tells the young girl: “You have the best hugs in the world.”

The video has been praised on social media site Twitter.

Remy Giroud wrote: “This is the power of having strong, independent and courageous women to look up to in society. As the father of a little girl myself, I cannot thank people like Michelle Obama enough.”

Eleanore Prescott said: “This is why representation matters. Such joy. She sees herself in Mrs Obama’s face. So beautiful.”

While another user said: “Aren’t we all this kid?”