Melania Trump looks completely different in her early modelling photos
THIS IS one of the most famous women in America right now. She is almost unrecognisable in this early photo.
BELIEVE it or not, the fresh-faced 16-year-old in these early modelling photos is the first lady of the United States, Melania Trump.
Melania, born Melania Knavs, was 16 when she posed for photographer Stane Jerko.
That photoshoot helped launch her career as a model and she later signed with a Milan modelling agency before moving to the United States.
Jerko, who still lives in Melania's native Slovenia, says he was struck by her height and good looks when he spotted her. He later shot dozens of black-and-white images of the teenager.
Despite the fact Trump is now 47 and many years have passed, she still looks incredibly different. But she has long denied having any cosmetic surgery.
“A lot of people say I am using all the procedures for my face,” she has said, in response to questions about her appearance.
“I didn’t do anything. I live a healthy life, I take care of my skin and my body.”
“I’m against Botox ... I’m against injections; I think it’s damaging your face, damaging your nerves. It’s all me. I will age gracefully, as my mum does.”
It’s not just the teen photos of Melania where she looks markedly different. There are also these pictures of her early relationship with Donald Trump in the late ‘90s, before they were married.
Early modelling photos came back to haunt Melania last year when nude images of the first lady surfaced.
The New York Post controversially featured one of the images on its front page.
Today's cover: Melania Trump like you've never seen her before https://t.co/wkoDGWTF9g pic.twitter.com/V375rBTUEw
— New York Post (@nypost) July 31, 2016