Everything about Ivana Trump totally explained
Ivana Trump (born
Ivana Marie Zelníčková on
February 20,
1949) is a former
Olympic athlete and
fashion model noted for her marriage to mogul
Donald J. Trump.
Early years
Ivana was born in Gottwaldov,
Czechoslovakia, now
Zlín,
Czech Republic. She had been encouraged from a very young age by her father, when he noted her skiing talent.
In
1968, Ivana Zelníčková was selected as an alternate on the
1968 Czechoslovakian
Olympic Ski Team which allowed her several opportunities to travel outside the Communist Bloc. Soon after, she married childhood friend George Syrovatka in order to attain a foreign passport so that Communist leaders wouldn't deem her a defector.
In the early 1970s she earned a master's degree in physical education from
Charles University of Prague. In 1975 she left Czechoslovakia for
Canada to be with George, who owned a ski boutique there.
For the following two years she lived in
Montreal, working as a model for some of Canada's top fur companies. In 1976 she moved to
New York to promote the
Montreal Olympics. That same year she also divorced Syrovatka. It was in New York that she met Donald J. Trump, son of prominent
real estate developer
Fred Trump.
Marriages and Family
On
April 7,
1977, she married Trump in a lavish society wedding. The Trumps became leading figures in New York high society and business during the 1980s. They set to work on several massive projects, including the construction of the
Grand Hyatt Hotel, the
Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in
Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the
Trump Tower on
Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
They had three children:
Donald Trump Jr.,
Ivanka, and
Eric.
Ivana Trump took a major role in the Trump Organization. She became the Vice President of Interior Design for the company, spearheading the signature design of Trump Tower. Afterwards, Donald appointed her to head up the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino as president.
In the late 1980s, Trump decided to leave Atlantic City in order to devote more time to her family. However, Donald asked her to oversee the restoration of the landmark
Plaza Hotel, and she took over as its president. She was named Hotelier of the Year in
1990. Trump's work at the Plaza would be the zenith of her work within the Trump Organization.
Towards the end of that year, rumors began to circulate that Donald was having an affair with a former beauty queen from Georgia,
Marla Maples. While the family was on holiday in
Aspen, Colorado that Christmastime, Ivana had a confrontation with Maples on the ski slopes which was reported in the
New York Post the following day. In
1991, Ivana retained entertainment attorney
Neil Papiano and filed for divorce, seeking a greater amount of the family fortune than had been set out in her prenuptial agreement. Donald fought back in court, protesting Ivana's claims that she'd contributed to the Trump Organization.
The divorce battle fueled extensive pieces in the gossip columns. The situation was resolved after the sudden death of Ivana's father from a
massive heart attack. The Trumps stood side by side at the funeral and their divorce was settled soon after.
Although the settlement remains sealed by the courts it's rumored that Ivana received $20 million, the $14 million family estate in Connecticut, a $5 million housing allowance, all of her jewellery and 49% of
Mar-A-Lago, the family home in
Palm Beach which also serves as a private club for the Palm Beach elite.
Not long after her divorce from Trump, Ivana married
Riccardo Mazzucchelli. The marriage didn't make it to its second anniversary. Trump filed a $15 million breach of contract suit against Mazzucchelli for violating the confidentiality clause in their prenuptial agreement. The suit was settled out of court.
Ivana Trump became a grandmother when Vanessa Haydon Trump, wife of Donald Jr., gave birth to a girl, Kai Madison Trump, on
May 12,
2007.
In April 2008, Trump, 59, married her on/off mate,
Rossano Rubicondi, who is 24 years her junior. . The $3 million wedding had over 400 guests including her ex-husband,
Donald Trump, who hosted it at his
Florida Mar-A-Lago estate. Trump's daughter Ivanka, of the reality show "
The Apprentice," was her maid of honor.
Career
Soon after her divorce from Donald Trump, Ivana signed on with the
William Morris Agency and developed lines of clothing, fashion jewelry and beauty products that have been sold through television shopping channels, all massive successes. She has also written several books including the bestselling novels
For Love Alone and
Free to Love as well as the bestselling self-help books
The Best is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again. In 2001, Trump penned an advice column for
Divorce Magazine. She played a cameo role in the
Hollywood film The First Wives Club with the memorable line: "Remember girls, don't get mad, get everything."
Ivana is presently involved in a trademark dispute with Donald regarding the use of her name for use with real estate services.
Source
Ivana was the host of Oxygen's reality-dating series
Ivana Young Man in 2006.
Currently, Trump resides between
New York City,
London,
Palm Beach and
St. Tropez. Her website,
IvanaTrump.com, features her "Ivana Haute Couture" perfume and cosmetics lines as well as her line of
cameo jewelry, designed in conjunction with Italian cameo sculpting firm M+M Scognamiglio.
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