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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Fashion |
Founded | 1999 |
Founder | Donald Trump |
Defunct | 2017 |
Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Owner | Donald Trump |
Website | trumpmodels.com (archived) |
Trump Model Management, later shortened to T Management, was a New York City-based modeling agency founded by Donald Trump as T Models in 1999. It was closed by Trump in April 2017, shortly after he became U.S. president. [1] [2]
While the agency had a respectable "legends" division, its new talent division never launched the career of a new model, [3] and was considered to be an inconsequential agency when it folded. [4]
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In October 2014, Trump Model Management was sued by model Alexia Palmer. Palmer alleged that 80% of her wages were taken away from her as "expenses" and that she had been paid less than $4000 over a two-year period. The lawsuit was dismissed in March 2016. [5]
In July 2015, it was reported that Trump Model Management and Trump Management Group LLC combined had requested US visas for almost 250 international fashion models. [6]
In August 2016, former Trump models alleged that they had worked for the agency without the company having obtained proper work visas on their behalf. [7] [8] [9]
In September 2016, Senator Barbara Boxer called on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to investigate the allegations. [10]
In 2016 and early 2017, the company saw senior staff departing to start new agencies, and models announcing departures from the company, with some citing concerns about Trump’s politics. [3]
In April 2017, after Trump was inaugurated as U.S president, it was announced that the agency would be closed down. [11] [12]
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