Trump Model Management, later shortened to T Management, was a

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-based

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founded by

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as T Models in 1999. It was closed by Trump in April 2017, shortly after he became U.S. president.

History

In October 2014, Trump Model Management was sued by model Alexia Palmer. Palmer alleged that 80% of her wages were taken away from her as "expenses" and that she had been paid less than $4000 over a two-year period. The lawsuit was dismissed in March 2016. In July 2015, it was reported that Trump Model Management and Trump Management Group LLC combined had requested US visas for almost 250 international fashion models. In August 2016, former Trump models alleged that they had worked for the agency without the company having obtained proper

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s on their behalf. In September 2016, Senator

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called on

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to investigate the allegations. In April 2017, after Trump was inaugurated as U.S president, it was announced that the agency would be closed down.

Represented models (past)

* Carol Alt * Rachel Blais *

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* Agbani Darego *

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* Irene Esser * Rila Fukushima * Karina González * Jerry Hall * Tricia Helfer * Danielle Herrington *

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* Kiara Kabukuru * Mia Kang * Jodie Kidd * Hannelore Knuts * Yasmin Le Bon * Ali MacGraw * Shirley Mallmann * Eugenia Mandzhieva * Claudia Mason * Elena Melnik * Dayana Mendoza * Katie Moore *

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* Alexia Palmer * Hye-rim Park *

Tatjana Patitz Tatjana Patitz (25 May 1966 – 11 January 2023) was a German fashion model. She achieved international prominence in the 1980s and 1990s representing fashion designers on runways and in magazines such as ''Elle (magazine), Elle'', ''Harper's B ...

* Rozanna Purcell * Maggie Rizer *

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* Hollie-May Saker *

Ève Salvail Ève Salvail (born April 7, 1971) is a Canadian model. Biography Salvail was born in Matane, Quebec. While modelling in Japan in the early 1990s she made the decision to shave her head bald and have a Chinese dragon tattooed on her scalp. Her di ...

* Mirjeta Shala *

Alyona Subbotina Alyona Subbotina (born 13 February 1990) is a Kazakh fashion model and entrepreneur. She gained international recognition after exclusively opening the Givenchy fashion show in Paris in 2011. She has worked with designers such as Giorgio Armani, ...

* Siri Tollerod *

Melania Trump Melania Knauss Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who is married to U.S. President Donald Trump. Since 2025, Melania Trump has served as the first lady of the United States, a role she previous ...

* Brittany Woodward * Kara Young * Paulina Vega

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Represented models (past)

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