Trump Model Management

Trump Model Management, later shortened to T Management, was a New York City-based modeling agency founded by Donald Trump as T Models in 1999. It was closed by Trump in April 2017, shortly after he became U.S. president.[1][2]

While the agency had a respectable "legends" division, its new talent division never launched the career of a new model, and was considered to be an inconsequential agency when it folded.

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.[3]

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.[4] In August 2016, former Trump models alleged that they had worked for the agency without the company having obtained proper work visas on their behalf.[5][6][7]

In September 2016, Senator Barbara Boxer called on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to investigate the allegations.[8]

In 2016 and early 2017, the company saw senior staff departing to start new agencies, and models announcing departures from the company, with some citing concerns about Trump's politics.[9]

In April 2017, after Trump was inaugurated as U.S president, it was announced that the agency would be closed down.[10][11]

Represented models (past)

• Carol Alt[13]
• Rachel Blais[14]
• Alyssa Campanella
• Agbani Darego
• Carmen Dell'Orefice
• Irene Esser
• Rila Fukushima
• Karina González
• Jerry Hall
• Tricia Helfer
• Danielle Herrington
• Paris Hilton[13]
• Beverly Johnson
• Kiara Kabukuru
• Mia Kang
• Jodie Kidd
• Hannelore Knuts
• Yasmin Le Bon[15]
• Ali MacGraw
• Shirley Mallmann
• Eugenia Mandzhieva
• Claudia Mason
• Elena Melnik
• Dayana Mendoza
• Katie Moore
• Ximena Navarrete
• Alexia Palmer[13]
• Hye-rim Park
• Tatjana Patitz
• Rozanna Purcell
• Maggie Rizer[15]
• Isabella Rossellini[15]
• Hollie-May Saker
• Ève Salvail
• Mirjeta Shala
• Alyona Subbotina
• Siri Tollerod
• Melania Trump
• Brittany Woodward
• Kara Young
• Paulina Vega

See also

• List of things named after Donald Trump
• List of modeling agencies

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