Former first lady Melania Trump said she was completely comfortable with posing nude during her modeling days.
In her memoir Melania, which was released Tuesday, she recounts how her nude photos were put on the cover of The New York Post during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential election.
The tabloid used the 'disgusting heaadline,' as Melania described it, 'Menage à Trump.'
'My upbringing in Europe had fostered a different perspective on nudity, a more open and accepting attitude,' she wrote. 'We were accustomed to beaches where nudity was commonplace, a natural and uncontroversial aspect of life.'
She noted how 'attitudes toward the female body in the United States were starkly different.'
Melania Trump at a Vogue event in 2000. She wrote in her memoir Melania about her nude photographs shot for the French magazine Max in 1996 used against her husband politically
The controversial photos were from a 1996 photoshoot from a now defunct French fashion magazine called Max.
'The photos had never been circulated in the United States,' she recalled. 'The magazine that had originally published them had ceased to exist long before these images were unearthed, and now they were being shared for การซ่อมพื้นอีพ็อกซี่ที่เชื่อถือได้ the sole purpose of damaging Donald's campaign.'
She wrote that the photos 'were not a source of shame for me.'
'The female form was once revered and honored in Western culture. Historically, artists produced magnificent paintings and sculptures that exalted the beauty of the feminine figure. Nudity was a medium through which humanity was elevated and celebrated,' Melania sid.
'This sentiment resonated deeply with me when I posed for Vogue during my pregnancy,' she wrote.
Throughout the book she mentions her working relationship with Vogue and its longtime top editor Anna Wintour.
These days Wintour is actively supporting former President Donald Trump's Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.
A 1998 photo of Melania Trump depicting her in a white bikini. The former first lady said she never felt shame about posing nude but was angered that her nude modeling photos were used to try to hurt her husband's first presidential campaign
'I believed then, as I do now, that women should take pride in their bodies, รับทำพื้นอีพ็อกซี่ not feel shame,' Melania continued.
'During my modeling days, posing nude was commonplace and hardly scandalous,' she said. 'To me, those images were artistic and tasteful, fitting for a publication like Max, which showcased many renowned super-models.'
But there was another problem with the photographer selling the photos of Melania to the newspaper - he originally said the photoshoot happened a year before.
'This misinformation led to unfounded allegations that I had illegally worked in the United States, พื้นอีพ็อกซี่ที่คุณวางใจ a claim propagated by the New York Post,' she wrote.
'Although the photographer later admitted the error, the damage was done - sensationalized lies about me spread worldwide, driven by a shameful pursuit of scandal and profit,' the former first lady added.
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In her memoir Melania, which was released Tuesday, she recounts how her nude photos were put on the cover of The New York Post during the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential election.
The tabloid used the 'disgusting heaadline,' as Melania described it, 'Menage à Trump.'
'My upbringing in Europe had fostered a different perspective on nudity, a more open and accepting attitude,' she wrote. 'We were accustomed to beaches where nudity was commonplace, a natural and uncontroversial aspect of life.'
She noted how 'attitudes toward the female body in the United States were starkly different.'
Melania Trump at a Vogue event in 2000. She wrote in her memoir Melania about her nude photographs shot for the French magazine Max in 1996 used against her husband politically
The controversial photos were from a 1996 photoshoot from a now defunct French fashion magazine called Max.
'The photos had never been circulated in the United States,' she recalled. 'The magazine that had originally published them had ceased to exist long before these images were unearthed, and now they were being shared for การซ่อมพื้นอีพ็อกซี่ที่เชื่อถือได้ the sole purpose of damaging Donald's campaign.'
She wrote that the photos 'were not a source of shame for me.'
'The female form was once revered and honored in Western culture. Historically, artists produced magnificent paintings and sculptures that exalted the beauty of the feminine figure. Nudity was a medium through which humanity was elevated and celebrated,' Melania sid.
'This sentiment resonated deeply with me when I posed for Vogue during my pregnancy,' she wrote.
Throughout the book she mentions her working relationship with Vogue and its longtime top editor Anna Wintour.
These days Wintour is actively supporting former President Donald Trump's Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.
A 1998 photo of Melania Trump depicting her in a white bikini. The former first lady said she never felt shame about posing nude but was angered that her nude modeling photos were used to try to hurt her husband's first presidential campaign
'I believed then, as I do now, that women should take pride in their bodies, รับทำพื้นอีพ็อกซี่ not feel shame,' Melania continued.
'During my modeling days, posing nude was commonplace and hardly scandalous,' she said. 'To me, those images were artistic and tasteful, fitting for a publication like Max, which showcased many renowned super-models.'
But there was another problem with the photographer selling the photos of Melania to the newspaper - he originally said the photoshoot happened a year before.
'This misinformation led to unfounded allegations that I had illegally worked in the United States, พื้นอีพ็อกซี่ที่คุณวางใจ a claim propagated by the New York Post,' she wrote.
'Although the photographer later admitted the error, the damage was done - sensationalized lies about me spread worldwide, driven by a shameful pursuit of scandal and profit,' the former first lady added.
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