MELANIA ATTACKS ANNA WINTOUR “BIAISED” FOR TAKING JILL BIDEN TO SHELTER BUT DID NOT DO THE SAME FOR HER
Former first lady Melania Trump lambasted Vogue editor Anna Wintour for putting Jill Biden on the cover of her magazine, but failed to do the same for her while her husband Donald Trump was in power .
In her first interview since leaving the White House, Melania Trump told Fox Nation that she believed media bias against her was the reason for the hiatus.
Interviewer Pete Hegseth took a moment to describe the alleged bias against her.
“We did a little research. You were the only first lady to go to the border. You did it twice, Hegseth began. “How did you handle the constant criticism? »
“Take Vogue, for example – five months into Joe Biden's presidency, Jill Biden is on the cover. [Vice President] Kamala Harris is on the cover even before she was sworn in. Hillary Clinton was on the cover when she was first lady. Michelle was on the cover three times. Yet with your background in business, your background in fashion, and your beauty, never on the cover of Vogue. Why the double standard?’, Hegseth inquired.
"They're biased and they have likes and dislikes, and it's so obvious." And I think Americans and everybody see it. It was their decision, and I have much more important things to do — and I did in the White House — than be on the cover of Vogue,” Melania said in response.
Melania once graced the cover of Vogue, in February 2005, when the Conde Nast headline tagged exclusive photos of her in her wedding dress as she married Donald.
She was also offered a shoot for Vogue shortly after Trump took office, but refused to accept after the magazine said it couldn't guarantee her coverage, her former has claimed. fixer Stephanie Winston-Wolkoff.
Other conservative first ladies, including Laura and Barbara Bush, have been denied the chance for fashionable coverage, prompting accusations of liberal bias.
Five years prior, she starred in a nude cover for British GQ while still known by her maiden name, Melania Knauss.
Most recently, she covered the February 2017 issue of Vanity Fair Mexico, although the story and photos were recycled from a profile featured in GQ in April 2016. Both publications share the same parent company as Vogue , Conde Nast.
Most recently, she covered the February 2017 issue of Vanity Fair Mexico, although the story and photos were recycled from a profile featured in GQ in April 2016. Both publications share the same parent company as Vogue , Conde Nast.
Wintour never explicitly said she wouldn't have Mrs. Trump on the cover again, but she had suggested she wasn't interested in doing so.
The distinction of appearing on the cover was bestowed on her predecessor Michelle Obama three times, first in February 2009, less than a month after President Obama's inauguration, then again in 2013 and finally in November 2016. .
The only other First Lady to appear on the cover before Michelle Obama was Hillary Clinton in 1998.
A shoot in the pages of the magazine has become something of a tradition for the wives of presidents that began with Lou Henry Hoover in 1929.
Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower, Jackie Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush and Laura Bush, all appeared on the pages of Vogue during their husbands' respective presidencies.
Melania's absence from publication, along with other major American glossy magazines, has drawn fury from Trump and Republicans throughout his presidency.
Trump regularly blamed them for not covering up for his wife.
Weeks before he left the White House, the then-president made his outrage known by tweeting a comment from right-wing publication Breitbart, which denounced "elitist snobs in the fashion press", Trump adding that Melania is "the greatest of all time" and calls the magazines "fake news".
Melania's absence as a cover star was keenly felt by the president who has often said his wife was overlooked, especially compared to Michelle Obama, who landed covers with a slew of magazines including Glamour, Elle, O The Oprah Magazine and Essence. .
Melania once graced the cover of Vogue, in 2005 shortly after marrying the billionaire, but Anna Wintour - who has been outspoken in her criticism of Trump and his administration - suggested in 2019 that she would not feature her again , telling Christiane Amanpour: “Those of us who work at Conde Nast believe that you have to stand up for what you believe in and that you have to take a point of view.”
Melania's former spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, then hit back, insisting that being "on the cover of Vogue doesn't define Mrs. Trump", adding that she had "been there, done this long before 'she won't be first lady'.
