Marla Maples

Marla Ann Maples (born October 27, 1963)<ref name=":1"/> is an American singer, television personality, model, actress and presenter. She was the second wife of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States. They married two months after the birth of their daughter, Tiffany, in 1993. Donald and Marla separated in 1997 and divorced in 1999.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Early life and education

Maples was born on October 27, 1963, in Cohutta, Georgia. Her mother, Ann Locklear Maples, was a homemaker and model, and her father, Stanley Edward Maples, a real estate developer, county commissioner, singer, and songwriter.<ref name = heart>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She has one half-sister from her father's previous marriage.<ref>“Ann Maples, Marla Maples Mother Public Obituary” </ref>

Maples attended Northwest Whitfield High School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where she played basketball, served as class secretary and was crowned the 1980–1981 homecoming queen during her senior year (she returned for the 1991 homecoming to crown the school's new queen).<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

After graduating from high school in 1981, Maples competed in beauty contests and pageants. In 1983, she won the Miss Resaca Beach Poster Girl Contest, in 1984 she was the runner-up to Miss Georgia USA, and in 1985 she won the Miss Hawaiian Tropic.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

She entered the University of Georgia in 1981 but left college before graduating.<ref name = heart />

Career

Film, television, and theater

In 1991, Maples appeared as a celebrity guest at WWF WrestleMania VII, serving as special guest timekeeper in the main event match between Hulk Hogan and defending WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter. In that year, Maples also made a special appearance in the hit television series Designing Women as herself. In August 1992, Maples joined the cast of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical The Will Rogers Follies as "Ziegfeld's Favorite", a role originated by Cady Huffman when the show opened in May 1991.<ref>Template:IBDB name</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1994, Maples appeared alongside then-husband Donald Trump in a cameo appearance in the episode "For Sale by Owner" of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the television series Something Wilder in 1994.

Maples co-hosted the 1996 and 1997 Miss Universe Pageant and the 1997 Miss USA Pageant, both of which were owned by her then-husband.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maples appeared in the films Maximum Overdrive (1986), Executive Decision (1996), For Richer or Poorer (1997), Happiness (1998), Richie Rich's Christmas Wish (1998), Black and White (1999), Two of Hearts (1999), Loving Annabelle (2006), A Christmas Too Many (2007), and A Nanny for Christmas (2010).Template:Citation needed

In 2011, she returned to New York for Love, Loss and What I Wore, an off-Broadway production.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2013, Maples was featured on Oprah: Where Are They Now?<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Since then, she appeared in Switching Lanes, directed by Thomas Mikal Ford.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

On March 8, 2016, Maples was announced as one of the celebrities who would compete on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars alongside her Switching Lanes co-star, Kim Fields.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She was partnered with professional dancer Tony Dovolani.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Maples and Dovolani were eliminated on WeekTemplate:Nbsp4 of competition and finished in 10th place. Maples also joined the women of ABC's morning talk show, The View, as a guest co-host on March 11, 2016.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maples is a keynote speaker with the London Speakers Bureau, focusing on inspiring women, wellness, spirituality, and motivation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maples was featured in the Summer of Peace Summit 2018 with the opportunity to discuss topics of peace and finding common ground.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Maples spoke at the 2018 Global Summit on Science, Spirituality, and Environment in India; the event brought together speakers from around the world to discuss the integration of science and spirituality, as well as self-transformation and world-transformation.<ref>Template:CitationTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Maples was a guest speaker on the Journeys of Faith podcast with Paula Faris in 2018.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Radio and music

Maples hosted her own talk radio show, Awakening with Marla, on Contact Talk Radio. Her guests included naturopathic doctors, authors, and astrologers.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Maples' album The Endless, released in August 2013, is a musical journey of spiritual awakening and transformational energy, featuring thought leaders such as the Dalai Lama, Michael Beckwith, and Deepak Chopra.Template:Citation needed In December 2012, Maples won a "Hollywood Music in Media Award" for best New Age/Ambient song, for "House of Love", from that album.<ref name= "iTunes">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Other

In 1990, Maples starred in an advertising campaign for No Excuses jeans.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1993, she designed a line of maternity clothes, sold in several major department stores.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In January 2000, a memoir by Maples, All That Glitters Is Not Gold, was announced by the ReganBooks division of HarperCollins Publishers. In February 2002, a spokeswoman for the publishing company said, "The author and publisher by mutual consent have agreed not to publish the book."<ref name=":0" />

Maples makes personalized videos through the website Cameo.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Personal life

Relationships

Maples' relationship with Donald Trump was initiated while he was married to his first wife, Ivana, whom Trump divorced in 1990.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Maples met him in 1984 and had a highly publicized relationship<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> later with at least one breakup.<ref name="carswell19910708">Template:Cite news</ref> One New York Post headline reported that Maples said Trump gave her the "best sex I've ever had."<ref name="sporkin19900305">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref name="ah20110105">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="farhi20161201">Template:Cite news</ref> Maples and Trump had one child, daughter Tiffany Trump, born on October 13, 1993.<ref name=":2">Template:Cite web</ref>

According to Maples, the 1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting, on December 7, caused Trump to reevaluate his life and propose to her.<ref name="elison201702">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The couple married on December 20, 1993, at New York's Plaza Hotel, in a ceremony reportedly attended by 1,000 guests including Jeffrey Epstein,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Rosie O'Donnell and O.J. Simpson.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

In 1996, Trump fired his bodyguard Spencer Wagner four months after a police officer found Maples and the bodyguard together under a lifeguard stand on a deserted beach at 4:00Template:Nbspa.m.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite news</ref> Both Maples and Trump denied that she was having an affair, despite reports in the National Enquirer and other tabloids; the bodyguard himself told conflicting stories about the incident.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> Maples and Trump separated in May 1997<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and divorced on June 8, 1999, seventeen days before his father's death.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> Under the terms of their prenuptial agreement and divorce settlement, Maples is bound by a confidentiality agreement regarding their marriage.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

Philanthropy

Maples is committed to supporting charities and non-profit organizations and is a long-time vocal advocate of Kids Creating Peace, an organization uniting Israeli and Palestinian children.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maples is involved with AWARENYC.org as an advisory board member. AWARE (Assisting Women through Action, Resources & Education) is a grassroots organization dedicated to promoting awareness and generating funds in order to make meaningful improvements in the lives of women and girls in the New York City community and worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Maples also supports and is on the Steering Committee for The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Health and wellness

Maples is an advocate of health and wellness. Maples describes herself as a "mostly-vegan" who avoids dairy, eats organic, and chooses to be gluten free.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She also joined Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Children's Health Defense.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1986	Maximum Overdrive	2nd Woman
1987	Funland	Mother
1996	Executive Decision	Nancy
1997	For Richer or Poorer	Cynthia
1998	Happiness	Ann Chambeau
1999	Black and White	Muffy
2006	Loving Annabelle	Lauren
2015	Switching Lanes	Stacey Jefferson
2021	The Birthday Cake	Aunt Emma

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Dallas	Maggie	Episode: "Cally on a Hot Tin Roof"
1991	P.S. I Luv U	Leslie	Episode: "Where There's a Will, There's a Dani"
1991	Designing Women	Herself	Episode: "Marriage Most Foul"
1994	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Herself	Episode: "For Sale by Owner"
1994	Something Wilder	Donna	Episode: "Love Native American Style"
1996	Clueless	Buyer #2	Episode: "Cher, Inc."
1997	The Big Easy	Grace Belvedere	Episode: "Platinum Blonde"
1997	Spin City	Jennifer	Episode: "The Goodbye Girl"
1997	The Christmas List	Faith	Television film
1998	The Nanny	Herself	Episode: "The Best Man"
1998	Richie Rich's Christmas Wish	Mrs. Van Dough	Television film
1999	Two of Hearts	Joan Michaelson	Television film
1999	Sunset Beach	Barbara Birch	Episode #1.559
2007	A Christmas Too Many	June	Television film
2010	A Nanny for Christmas	Brandy	Television film
2014	Liv and Maddie	Amy Becker	Episode: "BFF-A-Rooney"
2019	The Righteous Gemstones	Gay Nancy	3 episodes

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