DONALD Trump is known for being spotted with high profile businessmen and celebrities, including former Miss Universe Olivia Culpo. While some of these photographed relationships are one-off or rare encounters, the former president’s connection to the model and ex-beauty queen has a peculiar history, that also involves Russia . Culpo , 32, was first spotted with the businessman-turned-president in 2012 at a runway show in New York City .
The show took place on September 7, 2012, at Trump Tower Grand Corridor, just months after Culpo – then 20 – had been crowned Miss USA . Photos have resurfaced of the two sitting front row at the show, as then-teenager Kendall Jenner walked the runway . Culpo was seen sitting with her ankles crossed and body angled towards Trump.
READ MORE POLITICS In one image, Trump leaned in to tell the pageant queen something closer to her ear. Culpo appeared all smiles as she spoke to Trump, who would run for president just four years later. Culpo was later crowned Miss Universe that December.
At the time, Trump owned the contest, having purchased it in 1996. Most read in The US Sun The duo was later connected a second time in a book published in 2018 titled, Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin’s War on America and the Election of Donald Trump. Written by journalists Michael Isikoff and David Corn, the book claimed Culpo was spotted at a raunchy nightclub in Las Vegas alongside Trump and the son of a Russian billionaire and popstar, Emin .