Vanessa Trump’s Life as a Model and Socialite, in Photos

Before she was the daughter-in-law of the president, Vanessa Trump was Vanessa Haydon: a young New York City-raised model who often found herself surrounded by the who’s who of the early to mid-aughts. She attended galas and fashion shows alongside MTV V.J.s, Tinsley Mortimer, and even a pre-Kim Kardashian Jonathan Cheban. Here, a look back at Vanessa Trump’s life in New York before and during her marriage to Donald Trump Jr.