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tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 05:55 PM Jun 2019

Vogue Magazine Refuses to Have Melania Trump on Their Cover -- and Melania's Camp is Furious About it

Michelle Obama got the coveted cover three times, Melania won’t even get it once

Melania Trump’s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham hit back Friday at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour’s choice to not feature the first lady on its cover.

“To be on the cover of Vogue doesn’t define Mrs. Trump, she’s been there, done that long before she was First Lady,” Grisham shared in a statement.

“Her role as First Lady of the United States and all that she does is much more important than some superficial photo shoot and cover,” she added. “This just further demonstrates how biased the fashion magazine industry is, and shows how insecure and small-minded Anna Wintour really is.”

Grisham continued, “Unfortunately, Mrs. Trump is used to this kind of divisive behavior.” <...>
https://www.washingtondcpress.com/vogue-magazine-refuses-to-have-melania-trump-on-their-cover-and-melanias-camp-is-furious-about-it/

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Vogue Magazine Refuses to Have Melania Trump on Their Cover -- and Melania's Camp is Furious About it (Original Post) tishaLA Jun 2019 OP
Been there done that??? NoMoreRepugs Jun 2019 #1
Her spokeswoman may have confused Vogue with Penthouse tishaLA Jun 2019 #2
Or Hustler. Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #5
Or "White Trash" magazine LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2019 #55
This would seem to be the proper publication... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #79
+ 1 MBS Jun 2019 #41
I think she was on the cover in her wedding gown when she married fierywoman Jun 2019 #38
LOL ... e'eryone knows the word is spelled 'Whales'!?! mr_lebowski Jun 2019 #50
(thank you!) fierywoman Jun 2019 #73
They can beg to have her on every magazine on the planet malaise Jun 2019 #3
isn't it amazing?! n/t MBS Jun 2019 #42
For somebody who does not care dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #80
They not only care malaise Jun 2019 #81
What seems to be missing in the report dixiegrrrrl Jun 2019 #92
Please malaise Jun 2019 #93
t-rump will sic Barr on them . . . Iliyah Jun 2019 #4
I feel a lawsuit coming on. Norbert Jun 2019 #47
I don't think Vogue publishes naked cover photos. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #6
Maybe they should. Vogue could contact plagueboy-#45 and request a few of NCjack Jun 2019 #69
Weve all snowybirdie Jun 2019 #7
The Grisham quotes seem to be from April, not the day before yesterday struggle4progress Jun 2019 #8
Melania ... sounds like a disease! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2019 #9
Malaria? Melanoma? Fozzledick Jun 2019 #48
... hlthe2b Jun 2019 #10
WAY TO GO Vogue magazine !! TOUGH LUCK MRS. TRUMP ..... You should not have been a racist birther. trueblue2007 Jun 2019 #11
The old 'failing and down and out Vogue..' pangaia Jun 2019 #12
Be best! and get the fuck over it. Solly Mack Jun 2019 #13
I don't really care, do you? MaryMagdaline Jun 2019 #14
+1 broiles Jun 2019 #19
Winner! BlueMTexpat Jun 2019 #35
.. Cha Jun 2019 #87
perfect! n/t MBS Jun 2019 #43
+1000! blueseas Jun 2019 #52
WTF has FLOTITS done to deserve being on the cover of anything but MAD magazine? ProudLib72 Jun 2019 #15
She must be really pissed about this one: GoCubsGo Jun 2019 #89
LOL Skittles Jun 2019 #16
... lindysalsagal Jun 2019 #17
K&R LOL! Jeffersons Ghost Jun 2019 #18
I can't believe some terrible person put a black bar over her kidneys! tishaLA Jun 2019 #22
! jpak Jun 2019 #23
+ 100 MBS Jun 2019 #44
I wasn't going to do it, but since you were brave enough to post that, there's this, too: George II Jun 2019 #32
Damn! leftieNanner Jun 2019 #36
How does one walk in them? Retrograde Jun 2019 #59
We used to call crazy shoes like that leftieNanner Jun 2019 #61
+1 treestar Jun 2019 #83
Bigfoot Mr.Bill Jun 2019 #49
! Marcuse Jun 2019 #66
I don't care, do u Mendocino Jun 2019 #72
bwahahahahaha!!!! George II Jun 2019 #77
Didn't she already do this magazine cover? ooky Jun 2019 #76
What is that on her feet/legs? treestar Jun 2019 #82
Did you notice the cover: "Sex at 30,000 feet: Melania Knauss earns fierywoman Jun 2019 #40
Blah, Blah Blah, Yawn... Stephanie Me. Jun 2019 #20
Let's face it, she is no Michelle Obama. Sneederbunk Jun 2019 #21
Maybe Vague magazine will have her jpak Jun 2019 #24
I didn't know Vogue had a centerfold. displacedtexan Jun 2019 #25
My opinion of Anna Wintour has just been revised upward. smirkymonkey Jun 2019 #26
Strike a pose! Anon-C Jun 2019 #27
Then I guess its no big deal? Maxheader Jun 2019 #28
They're just not that into you, Melania. Totally Tunsie Jun 2019 #29
She may not get on the cover of Vogue, but she's been on the wing of a trump shuttle.... George II Jun 2019 #30
"Yeah, that's fine, I didn't want to be in your stupid magazine anyway!" ck4829 Jun 2019 #31
Trump can have his buddy put her on the cover of the National Inquirer instead! Freethinker65 Jun 2019 #33
Vogue isn't a porn mag, malaria is confused. #BeBest onecaliberal Jun 2019 #34
Sour Grapes Beringia Jun 2019 #37
Use her old photos Johnny2X2X Jun 2019 #39
Thank you and all the commenters for this thread. MBS Jun 2019 #45
If it doesn't matter then why did they ask? AJT Jun 2019 #46
Michelle Obama served as FLOTUS with dignity.... ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2019 #51
"all that she does is much more important than some superficial photo shoot and cover" LiberalLovinLug Jun 2019 #53
Maybe Hustler would put her on their cover. Doreen Jun 2019 #54
Between you and me, this has got to bother Trump more than Melania. no_hypocrisy Jun 2019 #56
Fuck off, Melanoma. orangecrush Jun 2019 #57
Boo fucking hoo, Melanie. mountain grammy Jun 2019 #58
Babies caged in concentration camps vs no Vogue cover for Melania? delisen Jun 2019 #60
Let her start her own magazine: Botox Today. LuvNewcastle Jun 2019 #62
She should be used ot it by now, and she will see a lot more of it as long as she is world wide wally Jun 2019 #63
They want class.. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #64
And, humanity.. Cha Jun 2019 #88
Exactly, Cha. sheshe2 Jun 2019 #91
Kick for Vogue! Cha Jun 2019 #94
As actor Chris Meloni and others are accused of slut shaming recall that... Marcuse Jun 2019 #65
Be Banned!! hatrack Jun 2019 #67
😂 Maru Kitteh Jun 2019 #74
Strike the Melania pose Generic Brad Jun 2019 #68
Been there, done what? paleotn Jun 2019 #70
"Being on the cover of Vogue means so little to me dflprincess Jun 2019 #71
This thread has made my weekend. llmart Jun 2019 #75
She's already had plenty of photo... 3catwoman3 Jun 2019 #78
Bet she could get the cover of "Hustler." Vinca Jun 2019 #84
Special Issue SoCalDem Jun 2019 #85
Cry us a river, Grisham.. and Quit Gas Lighting! Cha Jun 2019 #86
1. They mad... Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #90

3catwoman3

(23,812 posts)
79. This would seem to be the proper publication...
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:50 PM
Jun 2019

...for a cover shoot of Melania.

And that was a real magazine? Not a photo shop? Yeesh!

malaise

(267,808 posts)
3. They can beg to have her on every magazine on the planet
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 05:59 PM
Jun 2019

She will never be Jackie

Damn these are low life folks

malaise

(267,808 posts)
81. They not only care
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 06:41 AM
Jun 2019

They are obsessed with being seen in the 'right' publications - don't forget that the Con had his fake Time cover.
I detest them

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
92. What seems to be missing in the report
Mon Jun 24, 2019, 01:20 PM
Jun 2019

is WHO suggested/asked for/demanded/ whatever for her to be included in the first place?

It's not like the magazine called HER up and said "We will never have you on our cover, neener neener"

and while I have your attention....did you notice that suddenly the women in his cult are now wearing wide belts on their outfits? Looks like Melanie is trying to be a fashion statement leader.
Wrong fashion, tho, it just reaches out and smacks your eyeballs with "eeeeccchh"

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
69. Maybe they should. Vogue could contact plagueboy-#45 and request a few of
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:45 PM
Jun 2019

those he has held back just for himself.

trueblue2007

(17,138 posts)
11. WAY TO GO Vogue magazine !! TOUGH LUCK MRS. TRUMP ..... You should not have been a racist birther.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:05 PM
Jun 2019

Or a slutty naked model ........ You're a horrible role model Malaria.

Solly Mack

(90,740 posts)
13. Be best! and get the fuck over it.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:13 PM
Jun 2019

She was on the cover when she married Trump. She made it by marrying a known figure.

As to her own merits...

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
15. WTF has FLOTITS done to deserve being on the cover of anything but MAD magazine?
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:16 PM
Jun 2019

She can get her kidneys enlarged and get naked, but it does not make her cover worthy.

Skittles

(152,964 posts)
16. LOL
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:27 PM
Jun 2019

using the word SUPERFICIAL in defense of the Stepford wife currently pretending to be "First Lady"

Jeffersons Ghost

(15,235 posts)
18. K&R LOL!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:35 PM
Jun 2019

So the very 1st First-Lady photographed nude, wants to be a cover-girl again!



Here's the musical future for Teflon Don


tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
22. I can't believe some terrible person put a black bar over her kidneys!
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:38 PM
Jun 2019

She might have to go in to have them worked on again.

leftieNanner

(14,997 posts)
61. We used to call crazy shoes like that
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jun 2019

"Carry me to the car darling" shoes.

Or to be less polite, "F*** me shoes".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
26. My opinion of Anna Wintour has just been revised upward.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:45 PM
Jun 2019

Having Melania on the cover would only cheapen the magazine's image.

Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
28. Then I guess its no big deal?
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 06:46 PM
Jun 2019

The mag did the 1st a favor, sounds like...

“Her role as First Lady of the United States and all that she does is much more important than some superficial photo shoot and cover,” she added. “This just further demonstrates how biased the fashion magazine industry is, and shows how insecure and small-minded Anna Wintour really is.”

George II

(67,782 posts)
30. She may not get on the cover of Vogue, but she's been on the wing of a trump shuttle....
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:01 PM
Jun 2019

....half naked brandishing a hand gun.

Which is more prestigious?

Johnny2X2X

(18,744 posts)
39. Use her old photos
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:17 PM
Jun 2019

The ones where she was fully nude doing simulated sex acts with another fully nude woman. The way her husband has treated homosexuals demands an accounting of her previous stance on gay sex on film.

MBS

(9,688 posts)
45. Thank you and all the commenters for this thread.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:25 PM
Jun 2019

I desperately needed something to laugh about -and you guys came through in spades.
Just what the doctor ordered.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
46. If it doesn't matter then why did they ask?
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:25 PM
Jun 2019

I'm guessing Michelle Obama was asked by Vogue if she would be on the cover.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,481 posts)
51. Michelle Obama served as FLOTUS with dignity....
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:36 PM
Jun 2019

Her cover stories were human interest stories on her upbringing, her education choices a d career, her causes, her work on behalf of the Nation, as well as for Fashion.

Melania Trump is not that interesting. Not much to write about. She is hardly in public doing speeches, on the TV shows, visible like Michelle was. All that matters to readers of these publications.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,153 posts)
53. "all that she does is much more important than some superficial photo shoot and cover"
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:37 PM
Jun 2019

And what would that be exactly?

Hows that "Be Best" campaign going? Haven't heard much about it recently.
Before that it was the anti bullying in social media campaign, that sure died quickly.
Her idea to visit the concentration camp children with a jacket that said "I don't care do you?". That sure went over well.

Really, please name this important stuff she is doing. We'd like to know.

no_hypocrisy

(45,771 posts)
56. Between you and me, this has got to bother Trump more than Melania.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:47 PM
Jun 2019

Let me explain.

Trump's adult life has been built upon resentment. Resentment against a variety of elite. Old money. CEOs. Restricted country clubs that wouldn't accept him and his family as members. Not being invited to their parties. Not being offered a seat on their board of directors or trustees. Not even invited to sit on a university board. Frozen out altogether.

He's still seething. Almost insanely angry.

He tried to elevate himself with Marla Maples before and after their marriage. All he got was ridiculous photo spread of her eating grapes out of his hands in Vanity Fair.

Vogue and Anna Wintour are known to be the pinnacle of style and being elite. Wintour has to like you to be on the cover, let alone between the pages.

Trump has to be wild with rage to know that Wintour has purposely snubbed his wife while allowing Michelle Obama on the cover more than once.

And remember those nude shots of Melania for the escort service. By having Wintour put her on the cover, it's kind of erasing Melania's past, the way that nobody calls your child a bastard once you get married.

mountain grammy

(26,568 posts)
58. Boo fucking hoo, Melanie.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 07:55 PM
Jun 2019

Good for Vogue..taking a stand!!

“If you’re talking about the first lady [Michelle Obama] or Senator [Kamala] Harris, obviously these are women that we feel are icons and inspiring to women from a global perspective,” Wintour responded. “I also feel even more strongly now that this is not a time to try — and I think one has to be fair, one has to look at all sides — but I don’t think it’s a moment not to take a stand.”

“You have to stand up for what you believe in and you have to take a point of view,” she added. “We profile women in the magazine that we believe in the stand that they’re taking on issues we support them in the fact that we feel that they are leaders.”

delisen

(6,039 posts)
60. Babies caged in concentration camps vs no Vogue cover for Melania?
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jun 2019

Victim of bias if one doesn't get a fawning honorary publicity cover?

Stephanie Grisham could be using her access to save the lives of children but instead plays the latter-day Marie Antoinette.

world wide wally

(21,719 posts)
63. She should be used ot it by now, and she will see a lot more of it as long as she is
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:13 PM
Jun 2019

married to this enemy of humanity.

Marcuse

(7,392 posts)
65. As actor Chris Meloni and others are accused of slut shaming recall that...
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 08:32 PM
Jun 2019

the deplorables posted fake nudes of the President’s wife and mother. And also remember that the Trumps are without shame and are proud of their careers. That’s how they met.
[link:https://www.washingtondcpress.com/conservatives-are-furious-with-actor-chris-meloni-for-tweeting-naked-photo-of-melania-trump/|

dflprincess

(28,057 posts)
71. "Being on the cover of Vogue means so little to me
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 09:01 PM
Jun 2019

that I shall put out an official statement so people know how little it means to me. So there, ha-ha."

llmart

(15,499 posts)
75. This thread has made my weekend.
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 10:09 PM
Jun 2019

I want the entire family shunned, mocked and shown for who they really are until they go away with their tails between their legs knowing that they were despised across the country. I want us to be able to get back to some sense of normalcy because I'm not sure I can take much more of this crap!

The porn star is no First Lady and never will be. My FLOTUS is still Michelle Obama.

3catwoman3

(23,812 posts)
78. She's already had plenty of photo...
Sun Jun 23, 2019, 11:39 PM
Jun 2019

...spreads. (I am resisting with all my might the temptation to give into the obvious double entendre potential here.)

I'm delighted we will be spared this one.

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