Video from 1991 shows Trump at teen modeling competition
A in the last few days resurfaced video shows now-President Donald Trump as one of the judges in a Elite Modeling Look of the Year competition which featured models in their teens The video began making the rounds after Meidas Touch podcast host Ben Meiselas shared it in a July post on X In the video Trump can be seen sitting at a table with judges who take notes and ask the models questions as well as instructing the models on how to pose for them Related Epstein accuser petitioned leadership to look into Trump twice Elite Modeling Management which has put on the Elite Model Look modeling competition since has been the subject of intense scrutiny for alleged misconduct The Guardian determined numerous accusations of sexual assault in including charges that Elite Modeling founder John Casablancas used the competitions to exploit teenage models Trump himself has not been charged nor have similar charges been leveled against him In a interview with radio host Howard Stern Trump admitted to going into the changing rooms of contestants before competitions He claimed to be inspecting the contestants And you see these incredible looking women he continued I sort of get away with things like that The video has come up again at a time of increasing debate regarding the Trump administration s handling of the so-called Epstein Files Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Class An increasingly angry Trump has called the outrage a hoax and referred to a few of his own supporters as weaklings for demanding more information from the federal analysis into Epstein Following a Wall Street Journal assessment that alleged Trump sent a th birthday card to Epstein the president sued the Journal s owner conservative media magnate Rupert Murdoch for libel claiming the letter was fabricated But various news outlets are now revisiting Trump s previously known ties to Epstein who was charged with sex trafficking minors but died by suicide during Trump s first term Over the weekend a account from the New York Times determined that in Trump hosted a so-called calendar girl modeling competition at his Mar-a-Lago estate with Epstein the only other guest Jill Harth then-girlfriend and business partner of the event s organizer claimed that Trump forcibly kissed her in a bedroom and restrained her preventing her from leaving Harth sued Trump for sexual misconduct but dropped her episode in Trump has denied all wrongdoing The assertions however come after Trump was located liable for sexual abuse of writer E Jean Caroll in a dressing room in Trump was ordered to pay million to Caroll on top of an million defamation judgment Trump has repeatedly denied the charges and appealed the defamation verdict that appeal was rejected last December Read more about the Epstein outrage Trump s call to release Epstein transcripts panned as desperate move Epstein Maxwell prosecutor Maurene Comey fired Trump doesn t realize why MAGA requirements the Epstein files The post Video from shows Trump at teen modeling competition appeared first on Salon com
