Which international fashion magazines featured melania knaus in the 1990s?

1. The headline facts: which magazines are repeatedly named

Contemporary reporting and later profiles repeatedly link Melania Knauss to Max (a now‑defunct French men’s magazine) for a nude/racy shoot circa 1995–1997 and to British GQ for a provocative late‑1990s editorial; White House and fashion‑industry summaries also list Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar among publications she worked with, and retrospective fashion reporting mentions covers or shoots for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, British GQ, Ocean Drive, Avenue, InStyle and New York Magazine ^{[2] [1] [3]}.

2. Max (France): the best documented 1990s appearance

Multiple outlets say Melania’s sexually themed pictorial ran in Max in the mid‑1990s. News reports date the two‑day Manhattan shoot to 1995 and link its images to the January 1996 issue of Max; other reporting describes a 1997 Max spread and notes photographers who recalled nude shoots for that magazine ^{[2] [4] [5] [1]}. Those accounts are the strongest single thread in the record for a 1990s magazine appearance.

3. British GQ and the late‑decade profile

British GQ is repeatedly cited as having run an attention‑grabbing spread of Melania in the late 1990s (some sources point to 1999). Retrospectives and fashion historians reference a British GQ shoot that produced images still cited years later; GQ and fashion coverage also surfaced again during her later public life when those images were republished ^{[1] [6] [7]}.

4. Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and other fashion titles: cover claims vs. evidence

White House biographies and fashion profiles list Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar among magazines Melania worked with; WWD’s 2024 piece names Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, British GQ, Ocean Drive, Avenue, InStyle and New York Magazine as titles connected to her career ^{[1] [3]}. Those listings reflect her later résumé and cited photographers rather than a contemporaneous catalog of 1990s features; available sources do not furnish publication dates or specific 1990s issues for many of these titles (not found in current reporting).

5. Photographer rosters and how they inform the record

Photographers Melania later named or who were named in profiles — including Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Arthur Elgort, Ellen von Unwerth, Antoine Verglas and Mario Testino — are invoked in WWD and White House materials; their involvement supports that she worked with high‑profile fashion professionals, even if the exact magazine placements and dates in the 1990s remain partially undocumented in the cited reporting ^{[1] [3]}.

6. Gaps, inconsistencies and why a definitive 1990s list is elusive

Sources converge on Max and British GQ as specific 1990s appearances but otherwise provide mixed or retrospective attributions ^{[2] [1]}. Industry databases and model directories (e.g., Fashion Model Directory) exist but the search results provided do not enumerate dated 1990s issues; press pieces sometimes conflate later career highlights or 2000s placements with 1990s work ^{[8] [1]}. Therefore a complete, date‑verified list of every international magazine that “featured” her in the 1990s is not available in the current set of sources (not found in current reporting).

7. How to verify further

To assemble a definitive list, consult primary artifact sources: magazine back‑issue archives for Max, British GQ, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar; photographer portfolios and agency records; and contemporaneous 1990s trade press or index services. The materials cited here (news reports, White House biography and WWD) provide reliable leads but stop short of a full, dated catalog of 1990s magazine features ^{[2] [3] [1]}.

Sources cited: reporting and profiles that specifically name Max and British GQ and that list Vogue/Harper’s Bazaar among her magazine work ^{[2] [1] [3]}.