Ivana, Marla and Melania: what is known about the three wives of Donald Trump

20 January 2025, 01:51 | Show Business 
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On January 20, 2025, Donald Trump will again become President of the United States. During the period of his political career and building a business, there were different women next to him, three of whom the politician officially married. People writes about Trump's wives.

At the beginning of his real estate empire, Donald Trump married his first wife, Ivana Trump.. She gave birth to the then future US President three children.

In 1976, Donald Trump met Ivana, born Ivana Zelnichkova.. Then the woman lived in Montreal, worked as a model and ski instructor, having immigrated to Canada from Czechoslovakia before that. One day in New York, while having dinner with a group of other models, Donald approached her.. This is how the couple's story began.

The politician sent Ivana 100 roses and took her to luxurious dinners.

The couple married three months later, on April 9, 1977, at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City.. Their honeymoon took place in Mexico. On December 31, 1977, the first anniversary of the couple's engagement, Ivana gave birth to their first child, Donald Jr.. During their marriage, Donald and Ivana became parents to two more children.. In 1981, daughter Ivanka was born. In 1984, their youngest son, Eric, was born..

The lovers also became business partners. Immediately after his marriage, Donald Trump appointed Ivana vice president of interior design at the Commodore Hotel, which was being converted into a Grand Hyatt hotel.. She continued to help her husband build his real estate empire, helping with the construction of Trump Tower as well as the Trump Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.. Trump's first wife later became president of the famous Plaza Hotel.

Their marriage lasted until 1989, when Ivana found out about the businessman's infidelities with model Marla Maples.. The latter simply approached Trump's first wife and said that she loved her husband.

Despite their scandalous divorce and division of property, the couple remained on friendly terms. Ivana even attended Donald Trump's inauguration in 2017. Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said the president "

When Ivana died on July 14, 2022, at age 73, Donald Trump called her "

After his divorce from Ivana, Donald continued his relationship with Maples.. Soon Marla became pregnant with the politician's fourth child. In 1993, their daughter Tiffany was born, and a few months later Donald and Maples got married..

Their marriage lasted only a few years, and the couple divorced in 1997. Their divorce lasted in court for two years - during which Donald Trump met his current wife Melania Trump.

The businessman met Marla during a celebrity tennis match in 1985, while he was still married to his first wife.. At first the couple were just friends, but later began an affair, which they kept secret.

Trump and Maples married on December 20, 1993, in an extravagant ceremony in the grand ballroom of the Plaza Hotel.. 1000 guests attended the event. The bride wore a Carolina Herrera dress and a $2 million Harry Winston tiara..

They divorced in May 1997. Maples later said that they were "

Trump also remained on good terms with his second wife after the breakup.

The model of Slovenian origin became Trump's third wife, but it was she who received the honor of bearing the title of First Lady of the United States. Besides, she will become her for the second time.

The couple dated for several years, eventually marrying in 2005, and the following year Melania gave birth to their son Barron.

Donald proposed to Melania at the Met Gala in 2004. On January 22, 2005, Trump and Melania were officially married at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Church in Palm Beach, Florida..

In 2017, Donald Trump was officially elected President of the United States for the first time, and Melania became the first foreign-born First Lady since 1829. She continued to live in New York for the first few months of her husband's presidency while Barron finished the school year, but eventually moved to the White House.

Recall that Melania Trump met with the Queen of Jordan.

Focus also wrote about the parents and children of Donald Trump.

По материалам: people.com