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Melania Trump’s best on-screen appearances, from a Hollywood film cameo in Zoolander to being sworn in as president in a TV commercial long before she met Donald
STORYLeah Simpson
- She once appeared alongside Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Lisa Rinna on hubby Donald’s reality TV show, The Celebrity Apprentice
- Ben Stiller defended her cameo in Zoolander, she gave Oprah Winfrey a home tour after Barron’s birth, and she also judged the Miss USA beauty pageant in 2010
Before she took the White House rose garden by storm, Melania Trump made plenty of on-screen appearances in film, television and commercials. Here are some of her best.
Melania the film star
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In the 2001 comedy film Zoolander, Melania makes a cameo alongside her husband, Donald Trump, who tells reporters: “Without Derek Zoolander, male modelling wouldn’t be what it is today.”
The cameo came about because the couple were at the now defunct VH1 fashion awards. “We pulled them aside and asked them to talk about Derek Zoolander, and so Trump and Melania did that,” filmmaker Ben Stiller – who also plays the title character – told The New Abnormal podcast.
And Melania was in good company, as the likes of David Bowie and Lenny Kravitz also had cameos in the motion picture.
Some stars have supported removing Donald Trump’s cameos from films. However, Stiller dismissed the notion on the podcast when it came to Zoolander, insisting the Trumps’ appearance represented a certain era in pop culture.