Ivanka Trump
The Trump family money hasn't always screamed "class," but at this point it's been in the family for a long time, and there's a lot of it. And talk about a name! When Ivanka was just 16, her looks landed her the cover of Seventeen magazine, and a modelling career took of from there, with stints walking runways and doing advertising for Versace, Marc Bouwer, Thierry Mugler, Tommy Hilfiger and Sassoon Jeans. But after finishing high school at Choate and Chapin, she went off to Georgetown University to make something of herself. Two years there, and two years at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania later, she became a New York real-estate wheeler-dealer, working first for the competition and then for her father's famous real-estate empire. She's begun a partnership with Dynamic Diamond Corp. where a line of jewelry is being branded with her name; a stint dating man-socialite Bingo Gubelmann ended in 2006, and she has since been linked to New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner.
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Ivanka is gorgeous--but not brainy!
03/29/08 8:30amHaving taken classes with Ivanka at Georgetown (when she bothered to show up), it was clear to me she generally had no idea what she was talking about . It's a total mystery to me why she's even in this category. There's no doubt that she's gorgeous and a nice girl but as for being 'an executive real estate wheeler-dealer' it just goes to show what you can have when your dad is a real estate mogul and billionaire! Best of luck to her anyway...
Ivanka has what it takes to take the crown
slaphappy 03/27/08 9:22amHer beauty is obvious - what great height and slim yet womanly figure.
She has brains too - good degrees, and a knack for business.
As for birth, it might not be pedigreed, but a billionaire dad and gorgeous mom who gave her great genes give her an edge over most.
And when it comes to brio, this girl has the energy and chutzpah to start companies, be on television, work a real job, and still go out at night. Nobody else in this competition can say the same.
Go, Ivanka, Go!