She is the only first lady to have posed nude
Three years before she met Donald Trump, Melania posed nude alongside for a French men's monthly magazine. The "bombshell" photo set, obtained by the New York Post, shows her lying naked in a bed alongside Scandinavian model Emma Eriksson.
Photographer Jarl Ale de Basseville, who took the pictures, says the images are "beauty and not porn", adding: "I always loved women together because I have been with a lot of women who desired the menage a trois."
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An unnamed insider said Melania behaved "like a true professional" during the shoot and was "charming throughout".
Donald, meanwhile, said: "In Europe, pictures like this are very fashionable and common."