We are talking about Melania here, not Cindy Crawford.
If if by some incredible stretch of logic you would include a fashion model in the EB-1A, where was Melaina of the top of that class, even on her best days? She was a cheap escort/hostess who posed for nude photos.
If if by some incredible stretch of logic you would include a fashion model in the EB-1A
The logic is the law as written.
No one's defending MT here, so no one cares about your personal feelings.
I'm asking what the legal standard is. What magazines qualify, what pages, what locations of billboards, what renumeration, etc.
Even if they tried to paint a rosy picture of her moderate carrier, she still reached a certain level (Sports Illustrated, British GQ, Times Square) and you need a proper reasoning what's enough and what's not.
Legally you are possibly correct that with the right lawyers and a strong vouching (she was publically dating Trump) she could have got the visa in 2000-2001. I was looking at current standards and certain loopholes were closed in 2010.
Trump was deeply connected with "modeling" executives at the time, including ones who brought her to the US. They could have easily been what got her over the finish line.
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u/bloedit 3h ago
You didn't say anything of substance here.
Well, do elaborate how she failed the legal standard for fashion models. That's what matters.