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Before Melania Trump moved into the White House as first lady, long before becoming mother to Barron Trump and wife to Donald Trump, she worked as a model. She started out in Milan and Paris, where she may not have made it to supermodel status, but was still well-regarded. Her representative from Milan told Mary Jordan, who wrote the book “The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story of Melania Trump,” that Melania “was a beautiful, professional lady,” via Vanity Fair. She ended up moving to New York, where she continued to model and, notably, met Donald. After marrying the future president in 2005, she appeared on the cover of Vogue wearing the dress that she wore to marry him, via E! News.
Melania didn’t end up on the cover of Vogue while she was first lady. As her former aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff put it in her book, Melania was offered a Vogue photoshoot but it wasn’t guaranteed to be the cover. Wolkoff wrote, “Melania wasn’t going to do anything for Vogue or any other magazine if she wasn’t going to be on the cover. ‘Give me a break!’ she texted. ‘Forget it,’” per Newsweek. After leaving the White House, Melania has kept a low profile, but it looks like she may have a new public gig.
Melania didn’t end up on the cover of Vogue while she was first lady. As her former aide Stephanie Winston Wolkoff put it in her book, Melania was offered a Vogue photoshoot but it wasn’t guaranteed to be the cover. Wolkoff wrote, “Melania wasn’t going to do anything for Vogue or any other magazine if she wasn’t going to be on the cover. ‘Give me a break!’ she texted. ‘Forget it,’” per Newsweek.
After leaving the White House, Melania has kept a low profile, but it looks like she may have a new public gig.
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In the most recent op-ed, she noted that “Fostering the Future” has chosen its first two scholarship recipients and that they’re both starting their freshman year at university. She wrote that they “will learn in a supportive environment, gaining knowledge critical to achieving job security in the technology sector.”
