Before she came the first Mrs. Trump on record, Ivana Trump (née Zelnickova) was a fashion model and competitive skier. She modeled in her native Czechoslovakia before moving to Austria to marry her first husband, Alfred Winklmayr. According to News.com.au, Ivana married Alfred, who was a ski instructor, just so she could obtain Austrian citizenship at the time. Ivana divorced him a year later and emigrated to Canada, where she worked as a ski instructor. Even though she first lived in Toronto, Ivana eventually made her way to Montreal, where she modeled and skied for a few years. However, modeling was something Ivana didn’t want to pursue long-term. She reportedly told the Montreal Gazette in 1975 (via CBC), “Modeling is a job to me, not a career.” She also recalled of her Canadian life and working days in 1993, “It was really work, work and work — a little bit of the fun and a lot of skiing.”
Interestingly enough, Ivana also met her future second husband Donald Trump while she was in Montreal, too.
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