Trump and the Elite Modeling Scandal: How Power Seduced and Silenced Teenage Dreams

The untold story of Trump’s presence among predators exploiting underage girls at the world’s biggest modeling contest — and the culture that enabled it.

By Brian Daitzman

On a breezy evening in September 1991, the Spirit of New York yacht glided toward the Statue of Liberty. Teenage girls, some as young as 14, danced under disco lights in the company of much older men, including real estate mogul Donald Trump, according to a report by The Guardian. It marked the start of a week-long contest that reveale…