Ivanka Trump, the late Ivana Trump’s daughter, has discussed what it was like to grow up with Ivana.
There weren’t many people in the world like her, according to Ivanka, who said that her mother was “always there for us.”
It has been announced that Ivana, who passed away on July 14, will be buried on Wednesday in a lavish Catholic church near the Upper East Side of Manhattan, where she resided.
In her thoughtful remarks, her daughter expressed how much mom meant to her family, mentioning “Wicked.
“With vigor. When asked to describe her mother, the daughter said, “She brought joy and self-confidence.”
A “Celebration of Life” will be held at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church on Lexington Avenue to honor Mrs. Trump, who passed away at the age of 73.
Ivanka said, “She comes from a communist nation,” tying her mother’s spirit to her past. due to denial. not existing. lack of anything.
She had a background in the Czech Republic, which explained why she appreciated good things.
For what was valuable. what was glamorous. Her capacity for optimism was what made her who she was.
Ivanka called her mother “bold,” but she also said that she was always willing to take the required action, referring to her as “always The Person to go to.
“She would serve in that capacity if necessary.
Then did. Wash the dishes yourself, and you did.
Additionally, she discussed her mother’s prior career as a skier, saying, “Before their marriage, my mother had developed into a world-class athlete…
She became aware of driving. Where there was none, she found it.
The socialite from the Czech Republic, who had been married to former President Donald Trump for 15 years as his first wife, passed away on Thursday after falling down some stairs.
According to an invitation that the New York Post was able to secure, the proceedings will start at 1.30pm.
Ivanka said that her mother was “exhausting” and “dynamic,” and that she would “wear out everyone, even men younger than she.”
She recalled that “when they owned The Plaza Hotel, it wasn’t all comportment and grace” when her mother was a significant player in Donald’s real estate business.
She would let me run with her through the hallways when I arrived from school. I’d adhere to her.
The love of finer things in life that Ivana had was also mentioned by her daughter, who said that “she loved the beautiful things and would criticize what she believed wasn’t.”
She recalled an incident that demonstrated her mother’s tolerance for flaws, stating, “In St. Tropez one day, I walked down in what I thought was a gorgeous outfit and she said, “Your hemline is too long.
Your clothing is too low-hanging.
When her mother arrived to get her nails done, they looked better than those on whoever was giving her manicure, the woman claimed, describing her as “one of a kind.”
For individuals younger than her, my mother’s unfettered enthusiasm could be taxing at times due to the amount of chemistry present.
Ivanka stated that her family is “still trying to decide that out” in regards to where to bury Ivana.
According to a family insider who spoke to the magazine, Melania won’t be at her funeral.
It is unknown if Donald will show there.
An instant request for comment from Mr. Trump’s representatives was not immediately returned.
According to the invitation, “donations to the big dog rescue are appreciated in place of flowers.”
Ivana and Donald had three kids together: Ivanka, 40, Eric, 38, and Donald Jr., 44.
Despite getting married twice more, she continued to use her ex-last husband’s name.
In order to be with Donald, Ivana relocated to Canada after fleeing communist Czechoslovakia in 1971.
In order to obtain an Austrian passport and a one-way ticket to the West, she briefly wed Austrian ski instructor Alfred Winklmayr, a friend.
After less than two years, they got divorced.
In the early 1970s, Ivana herself instructed skiing in Montreal.
A picture of Ivana dressed glamorously skiing is on the funeral invitation.
The marriage of Donald and Ivana lasted until 1992.
Their public divorce proceedings were covered extensively in the tabloids.
Ivana eventually received $14 million ($30 million now) and the right to spend one month annually at Mar-a-Lago.
Ivana’s ex-husband called her a “great, gorgeous, and amazing woman” in a post on the social media platform Truth Social.
Additionally, she claimed to have a tight relationship with her ex-husband, which reportedly included a direct line to the White House that she avoided using out of respect for Donald and Melania, 52.
Ivana, 73, hasn’t talked much about Melania’s place in their life, although she did tell say that Ivanka, her daughter, gets along “great” with her father’s third wife.
When Melania formally proclaimed herself the first lady in 2017, rumors about Ivana’s alleged dislike for her quickly spread.
Since I am the first Trump wife, I don’t want to arouse any jealously or other negative emotions while Melania is present.
OK, I’m the first lady.
Ivana stated in an interview with “Good Morning America” in October 2017.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ivana’s net worth stood at an estimated $100 million at the time of her passing.
Ivana was born in the Czech city of Zlin in 1949 to parents Milo Zelnek, an electrical engineer, and Marie Zelnková, a telephone operator.
She was an amazing skier. Her father had supported her in developing that gift, and it turned out to be the key to her freedom from the oppressive Communist lifestyle behind the Iron Curtain.
In her story, Ivana described how Donald got her and her guests a table at a popular Manhattan restaurant, took care of the bill, and drove her back to her hotel in a Cadillac.
In her 2017 biography, “Raising Trump,” she stated, “My instincts told me that Donald was smart and witty – an all-American nice person.”
Ivana utilized her renowned work ethic to parlay her $14 million divorce settlement from Donald into an even greater fortune, but that encounter was key in catapulting her to a life of unfathomable wealth and luxury.
Throughout the Trumps’ turbulent 15-year marriage, Ivana worked as executive vice president of interior design for the then-real estate mogul’s companies rather than taking it easy.
This included being in charge of the Trump Tower’s interior design, which features a famous pink marble finish.
Along with the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, Ivana managed the development of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
After Donald acquired the Central Park South property in 1988, she later rose to the position of manager at the famed Plaza Hotel in New York City.
At the height of their romance, the two were business partners and collaborated on a number of significant ventures, including the construction of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the renovation of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, and the development of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
After Ivana learned that Donald was having an affair with Marla Maples, who would later become his second wife, they were seen fighting while on vacation in Aspen, Colorado, in 1989.
Marla Maples would later become Donald’s second wife.
Ivana and Donald’s marriage broke down in 1990, but she was able to use a pre-nuptial agreement that had been revised four times throughout their union to negotiate one of the largest divorce payments in history at the time.
After the divorce was finally settled in 1992, she received a tidy $14 million.
Along with that one-time payment, Ivana also received a 45-room Connecticut house and a unit in Trump’s Trump Plaza apartment building in New York.
In 1998, she went on to sell the Connecticut estate for $15 million, nearly tripling her wealth overnight.
Ivana also had permission to use Trump’s Mar-a-Lago country club for one month each year in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Despite going through a contentious divorce because of Donald’s romance with Maples, the couple reconnected in 1995 for a funny Pizza Hut commercial that parodied their own union.
The couple pretended to flirt in the commercial while subtly suggesting that reconciling would be “wrong.”
Then they said that they had been talking about starting with the pizza crust.
That advertisement exemplified Ivana’s desire to work in order to advance her profession rather than squander her divorce settlement.
Her renowned glittering taste in apparel and jewelry served as the inspiration for a number of her fashion lines, which she created and sold on QVC and the Home Shopping Network.
Ivana would frequently go on television to promote her products because she understood the power of her image.
Making her followers believe that buying something from one of her collections will enable them start living an enviable lifestyle like her was the key to her success.
The House of Ivana fashion and fragrance brand was established on New York’s Park Avenue by Ivana in 1995, marking the apex of her career as a fashion plate.
Ivana dabbled in the media in 1998, buying a stake in the Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper in Croatia, which was ultimately sold as the business struggled.
Although she experimented in real estate development, selling her own image was where she consistently found the most success.
For Love Alone and Free To Love are two of the many autobiographical books Ivana has written.
She also wrote The Best Is Yet To Come, a 1995 self-help book, and she even started writing an agony aunt column.
From 1995 through 2010, the Ask Ivanka segment appeared in Globe and ran for an astounding 15 years.
Ivana spent most of her later years mainly out of the public eye.
The authoritative story of her marriage to the then-newly elected president, Raising Trump, was released by her in 2017.
The book also discussed Ivana’s interactions with the three kids of the couple—Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Eric.