7. She Sold Her Soul
While at first Melania was lucky to be “discovered”, she soon found it difficult to find work. She went on casting calls for advertisements of things she was vehemently opposed to, like cigarettes and alcohol, things that her underage competitors could not be hired for. Once, she landed a Camel billboard ad that was placed in Times Square. To understand why this (among other things) is considered “selling her soul”, you must first understand the mindset of the young Melanija Knavs.
According to those who knew her back then, she was straight-laced, never drank, never smoked, was always home early, and preferred to keep to herself and a few close friends. She was in no way a party animal or anything remotely close to it. But with the pressures of modeling, and as she got older and began to feel like her best years were behind her, Melania succumbed, and sought out lingerie modeling jobs. To do so, she did everything in her power to land that sort of work, which brings me to…
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