Melania Trump’s White House Bio Promotes Her Modeling Career and Jewelry Line
The Whitehouse.gov domain has officially been turned over to the Trump administration, and with it, the biographies of the new president, Donald Trump, and new first lady, Melania Trump, have appeared.
Mrs. Trump’s biography is heavily focused on the nuances of her modeling career:
“Melania Knavs began her modeling career at the age of sixteen. She would pursue a degree at the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, but pause her studies to advance her modeling career in Milan and Paris before moving to New York in 1996.”
The bio goes on to mention specific photographers Mrs. Trump has worked with: “Melania has appeared in high-profile ad campaigns and worked with some of the top photographers in the fashion industry, including Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Arthur Elgort, Ellen Von Unwerth, Peter Arnell, Antoine Verglas and Mario Testino. She has graced the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, British GQ, Ocean Drive, Avenue, InStyle, and New York Magazine.”
“Melania has appeared in high-profile ad campaigns and worked with some of the top photographers in the fashion industry, including Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Arthur Elgort, Ellen Von Unwerth, Peter Arnell, Antoine Verglas and Mario Testino. She has graced the covers of Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, British GQ, Ocean Drive, Avenue, InStyle, and New York Magazine.”
The official biography also mentions that Mrs. Trump is a “successful entrepreneur” who launched a jewelry collection in 2010.
But the version that the new Whitehouse.gov first launched with, immediately after the Inauguration ceremony, took things one step further, specifically calling out that her jewelry line was available for sale at QVC.
“In April 2010, Melania Trump launched her own jewelry collection, ‘Melania? Timepieces & Jewelry’, on QVC,” Mrs. Trump’s official biography read following her husband’s swearing in and the official transfer of power.
And Twitter noticed.
The new https://t.co/HhmJ1WpoA6: No mention of LGBT people. One mention of "Melania? Timepieces & Jewelry", on QVC."https://t.co/kqJefq9TSR
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 20, 2017
Peddling her QVC jewelry on the White House website. https://t.co/IGjfVIslMn
— MOMommyRN (@asthehosptuRNs) January 21, 2017
Trump's https://t.co/yDCj5rN0MR removed climate change, civil rights & healthcare; but added Melania's QVC lines. https://t.co/2i69QNuaZ7
— Tanya (@tgreene319) January 20, 2017
Trump made sure to mention Melania's QVC jewelry line on WH site.
Stripped it of climate change, AIDS policy mentions #priorities https://t.co/DA8QYLLP7Y
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) January 20, 2017
#ConflictsOfInterest questions arise: White House site now notes that @FLOTUS launched her Melania? jewelry on QVC. https://t.co/CN9MvL9zQP
— Marilyn Geewax (@geewaxnpr) January 20, 2017
Are Trump steaks next? Con-man Trump has staff redesign White House website to plug Melania's tacky QVC jewelry line https://t.co/8qjQaB30yc
— Bill Madden (@activist360) January 20, 2017
First brand to get a shout-out on new White House website: Melania's QVC jewelry line. https://t.co/tLkD0OOcoQ
Via https://t.co/Q5dJ9qUeYr pic.twitter.com/dHbGj6veVC
— David Griner (@griner) January 20, 2017
Well thank goodness Melania's getting free advertising for her QVC line of jewelry on the official White House website. pic.twitter.com/VEaVTc3zck
— Talia (@2020fight) January 20, 2017
Within a few hours, however, it had been edited to read, simply, “In April 2010, Trump launched her own jewelry collection.”
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