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 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, 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, 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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