Melania Trump began her modeling career in Europe, working with Karin Models in Paris, an agency run by Jean-Luc Brunel. Brunel would later be accused of trafficking young women through MC2 Model Management, which was financially backed by Jeffrey Epstein.
Both men are now dead — Brunel found hanged in a French prison in 2022, Epstein in a New York jail cell in 2019. Their deaths, officially ruled suicides, silenced key witnesses in one of the most sprawling sex trafficking networks ever exposed.
Melania’s entry into the U.S. modeling scene was facilitated by Paolo Zampolli, a Trump associate who ran Metropolitan Models in New York. Zampolli claimed Melania had sufficient tear sheets to qualify for an H-1B visa, though her own accounts suggest she may have worked in the U.S. before securing proper documentation —raising questions about visa misuse.
She modeled for Camel cigarettes in Times Square and appeared in nude photo shoots for Max magazine prior to her visa approval. She later became affiliated with Trump Model Management, an agency founded by Donald Trump that was known for recruiting foreign models under controversial visa practices.
Epstein’s network included MC2 Model Management, which he helped fund with up to $1 million. The agency was a rebranding of Brunel’s earlier U.S. venture, Karin Models of America. Epstein and Brunel targeted Eastern European models, often recruiting through agencies like 1Mother Agency in Kyiv.
Virginia Giuffre, one of Epstein’s accusers, stated that Brunel was among the men she was directed to have sex with by Ghislaine Maxwell.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Mar-a-Lago served as a social hub for Trump, Epstein, and other high-profile figures. Epstein was a member of the club, and Zampolli frequently attended events there.
Mar-a-Lago was described as a glitzy entertainment venue with lax vetting standards, often hosting parties that drew in modeling talent and media elites.
The overlap between Melania’s modeling trajectory, Epstein’s recruitment pipeline, and Mar-a-Lago’s social ecosystem suggests a convergence of spectacle, power, and exploitation. While no direct evidence has surfaced linking Melania to Epstein’s trafficking operations, the proximity of her career path to known exploitative networks warrants deeper scrutiny.
Two of the central figures in this narrative—Jeffrey Epstein and Jean-Luc Brunel — are now dead. Their absence leaves gaps in testimony, but their documented actions remain.
The system they helped build continues to operate, reshaped but not dismantled. Death, in this case, is not closure — it’s camouflage.
Here’s a photo (linked) of Melania Knauss, model and recent immigrant from Slovenia, clasping hands with Donald Trump, businessman and new head of his own modelling agency.
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