Melania’s evolution
Started in 1999 not long after Trump’s acquisition of the Miss Universe pageant, Trump models never quite launched a major star in the industry (unless one counts Paris Hilton, who was briefly signed to the agency at 19). Though, it did represent several former Miss Universe contestants and placed other models on their roster in major runway shows. The organization had perhaps become best known for its Legends board.
Specializing in repressing veterans of the industry, the division’s clients included a who’s who of supermodels from yesteryear including Carmen Dell’Orefice, Beverly Johnson, Pat Cleveland, Ali McGraw and Carol Alt, among others. Questions over the agency’s future first arose during New York Fashion Week in September when word spread that some in the fashion industry had decided to stop casting models from the agency. Those rumors only intensified during February’s edition of NYFW.
