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The official story of how Melania Knauss became Melania Trump has always been tidy
A tall Slovenian model, discovered as a teenager, works the runways of Milan and Paris, arrives in New York in 1996, and meets a twice-divorced real-estate celebrity at a Fashion Week party in 1998. Her agent, Paolo Zampolli, makes the introduction. They marry seven years later. That version appears in her memoir, in interviews, and in Zampolli’s own repeated accounts.
Former Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro ripped that story apart.
Former Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro, Zampolli’s ex-partner of roughly two decades and the mother of his child, recorded a WhatsApp message accusing him of lying. In it she says Jeffrey Epstein—not Zampolli—introduced Melania to Donald Trump, and that Melania “was escort of Jeffrey Epstein.” She claims
PICTURED Former Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro
She says Zampolli told her this privately for years. The clip circulated, then vanished. The Daily Beast and other outlets amplified it. Zampolli called the allegation a “disgrace,” suggested Ungaro needed therapy, and later claimed much of her content was AI-manipulated. Melania’s office did not immediately respond.
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