Secrets & Scandals Of America’s First Ladies

Back To Melania

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We couldn’t be done with Melania Trump that easily. Something that many may not be aware of is that she almost was not going to be the first lady. That’s right, Donald Trump is on her third wife. In the ’90s, Trump was married to Marla Maples who was a television personality and a former beauty queen. Those two met while Trump was still with his first wife, Ivana Zelnickova.

His first marriage happened in 1977 so Melania beat out 20 years of women before Trump chose to settle down with her.