Ivana was a prized skier for the university and her country. Ivana then immigrated to Canada where George was waiting for her. He owned a ski boutique and a sporting goods store. The couple traveled together and to earn extra money and enjoy the sport they both loved, they were ski coaches for teen ski racers and instructors on the weekends. But after a few years in Montreal, Ivana wanted a career. She began modeling for Audrey Morris, the top modeling agency in Montreal at the time.
In the summer of , her agency sent several models to New York to promote the Olympic Games held in Montreal. A night on the town led the models to an overcrowded, trendy restaurant where they were immediately seated at a special table; compliments of a man named Donald Trump.
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Wedding Website. Find a Couple's Website. Check Out Top Designs. Save the Dates. In a range of interviews Ivana, who these days runs a property portfolio and spends time with her 10 grandchildren, has revealed much about her life with Trump. And although she was his first wife, he wasn't hers - and she's had two more husbands since. She earned a master's degree in physical education from Prague University, then married an Austrian ski instructor, a platonic friend, to get an Austrian passport.
This enabled her to leave Czechoslovakia, without defecting, meaning she could return home to visit family. She obtained an absentee divorce and moved to Canada where she worked as a ski instructor and as a model. In , Ivana was in a group of models introduced to Donald Trump. They married on April 7, and their first child, Donald Trump Jr was born on December 31 that year.
When their daughter Ivanka was born in October , again Ivana insisted on calling her Ivana Marie after herself, Ivanka being an affectionate diminutive in Czech. Donald had wanted to call her Tiffany because of the deal which gave him the air rights over the Tiffany jewellery company's flagship Fifth Avenue store, and thus the ability to build Trump Tower above.
Trump's fourth child, to Marla Maples would be called Tiffany, but Ivana has refused ever to refer to the woman who "destroyed my marriage" by name, merely calling her "the showgirl". Ivana held key positions in the Trump Organisation, a group founded by Trump's father and grandmother which once comprised hundreds of business entities. She described Trump as the "visionary" and herself as the "manager … he would throw the project at me and once it was run like a Swiss watch, he would throw me another project".
Ivana gave birth to their third child, Eric, in , gained an interior designer's licence and became the Trump Organisation's chief designer.
Husband and wife were charismatic, both workaholics, although Ivana takes credit for bringing up the children. It does not bother me that she is older. She is an amazing woman, the whole package for me. She is an athlete, smart, sexy, funny and an astute businesswoman. We have a great time together. Though the marriage didn't last, Trump and Rubicondi continued to date on and off until He was not a freeloader, he held his own but he always spent more than he had.
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