In a investigative investigation, the British newspaper, The Guardian, revealed the participation of US President Donald Trump in organizing beauty competitions for young models, the most prominent of which was organized in the beginning of September 1991 on a yacht called "Spirit of New York" near the "Statue of Liberty" .
The investigation revealed that the contest included noisy parties at the bottom of the yacht for dozens of models with "guests of the competition", and pointed to a video clip obtained, in which someone says: "Can you surround me with some beautiful girls?". The newspaper said that this party was one of a series organized by Trump at the time, was at the age of 45 years, and attended by 58 models traveling around the world in a competition called "the appearance of the year."
The competition has been running since 1983, and has been sponsored by well-known models, such as: Cindy Crawford, Helena Christensen, and Stefania Seymour. The competition was based on awarding the winning model a $ 150,000 contract, with Elite Model, which is run by well-known international model Johann Casablanca.
And it is known that the Juan Casablanca, who died in 2013, is the owner of the important shift and a special style in the world of fashion, in which he relied not only on the appearance of models on the stage to promote fashion, but rather on the quest to convert them into celebrities, By introducing them to the world of art, parties or works.
The newspaper said that Casablanca, who was the strong man in the fashion show, threatened in a recorded video with the models, saying: "Notice that every moment is evaluated," noting that after nearly three decades of organizing these competitions, new pictures and records appear , Reveal unknown faces in the competition.
The recordings also revealed a video of Casablanca informing the models that "the attention of the competition committee will be directed not only to their appearance, but to their method, direction, personalities, and their sense of cooperation".
The newspaper pointed to Trump's sponsorship of the "Show of the Year" competition in 1991, when the organizers of the competition gave his hotel that was in the form of a legendary palace called "Platz", and overlooks "Central Park", to become the seat of their celebrations, as Trump was one of the 10 judges of the competition That Trump repeated his sponsorship of the same contest in 1992.
The Canadian model based in Toronto, Shauna Lee, who participated in the 1991 competition, told the newspaper that one of the organizations in the competition invited her to go down for dancing with guests under the yacht, and her day asked the organization: "What is the relationship of dance with the fashion show?" To the guests did not dance, just send a kiss to them on the air, and immediately withdrew.
Another contestant recounted that one of the party’s organizers asked her to go from her place to where Trump stands with others, to chat with them, and that the organization threatened her that if she did not, she would be excluded from the competition, and the contestant did not mention her reaction, but she said that she «knew that this It is not part of the competition, and it is intended for entertainment. ”
Model Kate Dillon said: "There was an opportunity in the competition for occasions after business hours, there was an opportunity to go out and go at parties with Donald Trump, the message that the contestants had seen that if you were kind to certain people, nice things could happen to you."
The newspaper got video coverage of the scenes in which Trump appeared mixing with models, playing the host, as he moved between the rooms wearing a suit and tie as he asked: "What are the conditions of our Canadian guests?"
"The Guardian" said that she "has nothing to condemn Trump or indicate that he entered into an illegal relationship, as it was at the beginning of his association with his ex-wife, Marla, but this does not preclude the question of what prompted Trump to enter into such competitions?" Why is a man in his forties organizing his real estate development activity, a beauty competition for young girls?
The newspaper noted that the journalists exhumed every inch of Trump's life, but they could not reveal the background of his relationship with Johann Casablanca and the "Look of the Year" concerts in 1991 and 1992.
While a model told The Guardian that Trump and Casablanca have had a profound friendship since the early 1980s, Trump has denied his friendship with Casablanca, commenting to the newspaper on the story by saying: “I barely know him, and I spent very little time with him, and I know very little about him.”
- Journalists dug up every inch of Trump's life, and they could not reveal the background of his relationship with Johann Casablanca and the "Look of the Year" parties in 1991 and 1992.