Move over, Melania! 5 reasons why Ivana Trump is the real icon of the Trump family, from her controversial statements to being an ‘unofficial adviser’ to ex-husband Donald

After her bitter divorce from Donald Trump, finalised in 1992, Ivana had a cameo in the Hollywood film, The First Wives Club. In the movie she has the line,“don’t get mad, get everything”, and the four-times-married, mother-of-three – Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric all resulting from her marriage to Donald – certainly seems to have got all she could want.

Ivana was a model while Melania was still in diapers, but while the former first lady built her career on walking down the runway, Ivana has said she only views modelling as a job rather than a career. And while Melania may have risen with Donald to the White House, there’s no doubt Donald’s first wife was the most involved in the property mogul’s success; including helping design his famous Trump Tower and managing New York’s iconic Plaza Hotel.

Despite calling Donald’s second ex-wife Marla Maples “cheap” for appearing on America’s Dancing with the Stars, Ivana later proved she had moves too by appearing on the Italian version of the show as a guest competitor.

While her daughter Ivanka may have grown up to become an outspoken White House adviser, Ivana says she herself was something of an unofficial adviser to the former president. She claimed Donald would speak to her before and after speeches to get her opinion and that she even coined phrases for him.