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UTUSN

(70,711 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:18 PM Feb 2020

Melania always made a statement - with/without clothes; swatting SHITLER/kissing a firefighter

At least she showed a twinge of public service...




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https://www.mediaite.com/print/new-york-mag-reveals-model-kissing-a-firefighter-on-love-after-9-11-cover-was-none-other-than-the-first-lady/
New York Mag Reveals Model Kissing a Firefighter On ‘Love After 9/11’ Cover Was None Other Than … The First Lady

For its 2002 Valentine’s Day issue, New York magazine sought to recreate the iconic 1945 photograph of the sailor and the nurse kissing in Times Square on V-J Day. The idea for this cover shoot, just four months after 9/11, was to feature a model kissing a firefighter — as a tribute, of sorts, to first responders. It turned out, however, that the then unknown model who graced that cover would go on to become First Lady of the United States.

New York magazine revealed, Thursday, (after it was first uncovered by journalist Matt Haber), that it was none other than Slovenian model Melania Trump — then Melania Knauss — who kissed the fireman in Times Square for that 2002 cover. At the time, Melania had already begun seeing her future husband, Donald Trump.

But she was completely unknown to the fireman, Daniel T. Keane.

“The person who was doing my hair and makeup, they said, ‘Do you know who that is?’” Keane told Haber — in an interview recalling the shoot. “And again, I don’t know any models, I really wasn’t into the scene. And they said, ‘That’s Melania Knauss… That’s Donald Trump’s girlfriend.’ And I said, ‘Oh, OK.’”

After posing a “couple hundred” times, according to Keane, this was the photo selected for the cover: (above) ....

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2naSalit

(86,647 posts)
2. At this point...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:34 PM
Feb 2020

who cares. We all know who she is and what she's about. Let's not forget that she sued because she wasn't getting $3mil from grifting out of the WH almost as soon as she moved in.

redqueen

(115,103 posts)
9. It's unreal how many pics they take.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 06:42 PM
Feb 2020

Make slight changes to lighting / makeup / outfits, take 50 more pics, make more slight changes, take 50 more, etc etc etc

All in the quest to get just a dozen or so really good pics to send up for consideration. It's wild.

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