Ivana was in New York City with a group of models in 1976 where she met Donald Trump.
On April 7, 1977, Ivana M. Winklmayr married Donald Trump at Marble Collegiate Church in a wedding officiated by Norman Vincent Peale.
The couple became leading figures in New York society during the 1980s.
They worked together on several large projects, including the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the renovation of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, and the construction of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Ivana had three children with Donald: Donald Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), Ivana Marie Trump, better known as Ivanka Trump (born October 30, 1981), and Eric Trump (born January 6, 1984).
Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent Czech (with the help of his maternal grandfather), while Ivanka gained only a basic understanding of her mother's native tongue and Eric was not exposed to the language since, by the time of his birth, his grandparents were comfortable using English.

Ivana took on major roles in The Trump Organization, working as a senior executive for seven years during her marriage to Trump.
Vanity Fair reported that she worked to earn an interior designer's license after moving to New York and described her as a "tough-minded business partner".
By 1983, The New York Times reported that she was in charge of design for the Trump Organization.
As the company's vice president of interior design, she led the signature design of Trump Tower.
Ivana was appointed CEO and president of the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City and later became the manager of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan.

Ivana is multilingual, being fluent in German, French, Czech, and Russian.
She became a naturalized US citizen in 1988.

Regarding the early marital relationship between Ivana and Donald Trump, covered in the documentary miniseries Trump: An American Dream,  a reviewer described Ivana as a “charismatic workaholic, a career woman, an equal”, and a life partner deliberately chosen by Trump to “work beside him and challenge him.“

However, the Trump's troubled marriage became the subject of public interest over the Christmas holiday in 1989, when the family went on vacation to Aspen, Colorado, and were observed fighting after Ivana encountered Donald Trump's mistress Marla Maples.
The Chicago Tribune reported that by February 1990, Donald Trump had locked Ivana out of her office at the Plaza Hotel, and a legal battle ensued over the legitimacy of the four prenuptial agreements the pair had successively negotiated over the years.
 
In October 1990, Ivana Trump's 63-year-old father, Miloš Zelníček, died suddenly from a heart attack.
According to The Guardian, her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's Státní bezpečnost (StB) intelligence service who relayed information from his daughter, including a prediction that George H.W. Bush would win the 1988 presidential election.
Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Ivana stood side-by-side with Donald Trump at her father's funeral in Zlín held in November 1990.
 The service was also attended by Jaroslav Jansa, secret collaborator to the StB.
The Trumps' divorce proceedings received worldwide publicity.
Front page coverage appeared in New York tabloid newspapers' for eleven days in a row, and the story was the subject of Liz Smith's entire news coverage for three months.
In a deposition relating to their divorce, Ivana accused Donald Trump of rape and of pulling out handfuls of her hair.
In Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, she confirmed that she had "felt violated".
However, in a statement provided by Donald Trump and his lawyers, Ivana Trump said that she had used the word "rape", but she did not "want [her] words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."
The uncontested divorce was granted in December 1990 on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment by Mr. Trump.
Ivana had to sign a non-disclosure agreement as a condition of the divorce settlement and she was required to seek Donald Trump’
Ivana was in New York City with a group of models in 1976 where she met Donald Trump. On April 7, 1977, Ivana M. Winklmayr married Donald Trump at Marble Collegiate Church in a wedding officiated by Norman Vincent Peale. The couple became leading figures in New York society during the 1980s. They worked together on several large projects, including the Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, the renovation of the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City, and the construction of the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Ivana had three children with Donald: Donald Trump Jr. (born December 31, 1977), Ivana Marie Trump, better known as Ivanka Trump (born October 30, 1981), and Eric Trump (born January 6, 1984). Donald Jr. learned to speak fluent Czech (with the help of his maternal grandfather), while Ivanka gained only a basic understanding of her mother's native tongue and Eric was not exposed to the language since, by the time of his birth, his grandparents were comfortable using English. 
Ivana took on major roles in The Trump Organization, working as a senior executive for seven years during her marriage to Trump. Vanity Fair reported that she worked to earn an interior designer's license after moving to New York and described her as a "tough-minded business partner". By 1983, The New York Times reported that she was in charge of design for the Trump Organization. As the company's vice president of interior design, she led the signature design of Trump Tower. Ivana was appointed CEO and president of the Trump Castle Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City and later became the manager of the Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. 
Ivana is multilingual, being fluent in German, French, Czech, and Russian. She became a naturalized US citizen in 1988.
Regarding the early marital relationship between Ivana and Donald Trump, covered in the documentary miniseries Trump: An American Dream,  a reviewer described Ivana as a “charismatic workaholic, a career woman, an equal”, and a life partner deliberately chosen by Trump to “work beside him and challenge him.“
However, the Trump's troubled marriage became the subject of public interest over the Christmas holiday in 1989, when the family went on vacation to Aspen, Colorado, and were observed fighting after Ivana encountered Donald Trump's mistress Marla Maples. The Chicago Tribune reported that by February 1990, Donald Trump had locked Ivana out of her office at the Plaza Hotel, and a legal battle ensued over the legitimacy of the four prenuptial agreements the pair had successively negotiated over the years.  
In October 1990, Ivana Trump's 63-year-old father, Miloš Zelníček, died suddenly from a heart attack. According to The Guardian, her father was an informer for Czechoslovakia's Státní bezpečnost (StB) intelligence service who relayed information from his daughter, including a prediction that George H.W. Bush would win the 1988 presidential election. Despite their marital troubles and pending divorce, Ivana stood side-by-side with Donald Trump at her father's funeral in Zlín held in November 1990.  The service was also attended by Jaroslav Jansa, secret collaborator to the StB.
The Trumps' divorce proceedings received worldwide publicity. Front page coverage appeared in New York tabloid newspapers' for eleven days in a row, and the story was the subject of Liz Smith's entire news coverage for three months. In a deposition relating to their divorce, Ivana accused Donald Trump of rape and of pulling out handfuls of her hair. In Harry Hurt III's book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump, she confirmed that she had "felt violated". However, in a statement provided by Donald Trump and his lawyers, Ivana Trump said that she had used the word "rape", but she did not "want [her] words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense." The uncontested divorce was granted in December 1990 on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment by Mr. Trump. Ivana had to sign a non-disclosure agreement as a condition of the divorce settlement and she was required to seek Donald Trump’
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