Photos of Ivanka Trump’s Modeling Days That Everyone Forgot Existed

• Long before she was appointed as Advisor to the President, Ivanka Trump was signed to the celebrity division of Elite modeling agency. The eldest Trump daughter is 5′ 10″ tall with the slender frame that graces the catwalk frequently.

While she spent much of her adolescence avoiding the camera and questions of her parents’ messy divorce, Ivanka made waves in the fashion industry when she signed with Elite. These are her frequently forgotten big career moves, as well as insider information on what experts in the industry really thought of her as a model (page 7).

Walking for Jill Stuart in 1997

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Ivanka appeared in seven shows in 1997. They weren’t 90s large name brands like Calvin Klein and Ralph Lauren, however. She walked for “trendier” designers like Pixie Yates, Betsey Johnson, and Jill Stuart according to a 1998 profile.

Ivanka wore a lavender frock in Stuart’s 1997 show.