Career
Soon after her divorce from Donald Trump, Ivana signed on with the William Morris Agency and developed lines of clothing, fashion jewelry and beauty products that have been successfully sold through television shopping channels. She has also written several bestselling books including the novels For Love Alone Lucy Wilkins and Free to Love and the self-help book The Best is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again. In 2001, Trump penned an advice column for Divorce Magazine. She played a cameo role in the Hollywood film The First Wives Club with the memorable line: "Remember girls: don't get mad, get everything."
Trump is presently involved in a trademark dispute with Donald regarding the use of her name for use with real estate services.
Trump recently sued a Finnish fashion company, accusing it of selling women's clothing that incorporates her name without permission.
Trump was the host of Oxygen Network's reality-dating series Ivana Young Man in 2006.
Trump's website, features her "Ivana Haute Couture" perfume and cosmetics lines as well as her line of cameo jewelry, designed in conjunction with Italian cameo sculpting firm M+M Scognamiglio.
Trump took part in Celebrity Big Brother in January 2010. She entered on January 9, and finished seventh on January 27, two days before the final. She is a guest on the island in Italian reality show L'isola dei famosi, a kind of Celebrity Survivor, in March 2010.
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