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began modeling as a teenager in and built an international portfolio in before relocating to in 1996; she worked in and , did editorial and runway work, and by the late 1990s was working in Manhattan ...
Multiple reputable accounts say Paolo Zampolli—then a New York modeling-agent and co‑owner of Metropolitan/ID Models—discovered Melania Knauss in the mid‑1990s, sponsored her move to the U.S., and int...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are being deployed to support security at the o‑Cortina Winter Olympics primarily to back up U.S. diplomatic security efforts for American officials an...
Melania Trump began modeling in Slovenia as a teenager after meeting photographer Stane Jerko and went on to work in fashion hubs across Europe and later in the United States; sources say her career i...
Melania Trump built a transatlantic modeling résumé before her 2005 marriage, beginning work at 16, reaching the Look of the Year finals in 1992, and working through Paris and Milan agencies before mo...
Melania Trump moved to New York in the mid‑1990s to advance a European modeling career she began in Slovenia and then in Paris; multiple profiles say she relocated to New York in 1996 and worked there...
Melania Trump worked with Metropolitan International Management (also referenced as Metropolitan Models) in , and her longtime association with Paolo Zampolli — a partner at that agency — is central t...
Melanija Knavs—known professionally as Melania Knauss and later Melania Trump—grew up in Sevnica, then part of Yugoslavia, left university after a year to pursue modeling, and built an international f...
Melania Trump worked as a fashion model in Europe and the United States throughout the 1990s and early 2000s and “appeared on the covers of several magazines,” including a noted appearance in the 2000...
Melania Trump’s career before marrying Donald Trump was , beginning in adolescence and taking her to Milan, Paris and New York, with broad agreement across biographical and news sources . Contemporary...
Available sources say Melania Trump (born Melania Knauss) worked with European agencies in Paris and Milan before moving to New York in the mid‑1990s and that Paolo Zampolli (of Metropolitan Models) p...
Available reporting shows Melania Trump worked as a fashion model in Europe (Paris, Milan and elsewhere) in the 1990s and early 2000s and later moved to the U.S. after being introduced to Paolo Zampol...
Reporting links Paolo Zampolli to several controversies: his role as a modeling-agent connector in the 1990s (including introducing Melania Knauss to Donald Trump) has drawn scrutiny because of allege...
Brian Ference appears in multiple public roles: as an Arizona-based conservative activist and self-described independent/citizen journalist with a personal site and local political activity , and sepa...
Multiple contemporaneous and later profiles say Melania (then Melania Knauss) was introduced to Donald Trump in 1998 by Milanese modeling agent Paolo Zampolli at a New York party; Trump himself and se...
Melania Knauss began modeling as a teenager in Slovenia and worked in Milan, Paris and New York through the 1990s, but the documentary record is on whether she walked in widely recognized major runway...
Melania Knauss (born Melanija Knavs) began modeling as a teenager in Slovenia after being discovered at about age 16 by photographer Stane Jerko; her first portfolio and early assignments were shot in...
Multiple reputable public biographies and official U.S. government profiles consistently state that (born ) was born on April 26, 1970, in and raised in and , , and describe her parents and early scho...
Tabloids and mainstream outlets both spent years spotlighting Melania Trump’s early modeling work — emphasizing nude and glamour shoots, European magazine covers, and questions about her U.S. immigrat...