Ivana Trump

Czechoslovakian-American businesswoman, news figure and socialite. A former world-class skier, she earned a Master's degree from the University of Prague. She became a fashion model and the wife of multi-tycoon "the Donald," for 13 years until they divorced in 1991 to the tune of a big bucks million settlement. In her First Wives Club film cameo, she cheerfully urged, "Don't get mad. Get everything."

The only child of an engineer and a telephone operator, raised in the factory town of Zlin, Ivana skied competitively as a kid and was a member of the national ski team. After graduating from Charles University in Prague with a master's in physical education, she married Austrian skier Alfred Winklmayr to get a western passport. They separated two years later when she moved to Montreal, where she modeled. She met Donald Trump in 1976 while on a shoot in New York City and married him nine months later, on 7 April 1977. They were the glamour couple of their day in the '80s.

Glamorous, with a Slavic accent, she kept a daily fitness program with her personal trainer and became more beautiful each year with the subtle addition of a bit of cosmetic surgery here and there. After an unflattering photo appeared in May 1989, Ivana went into a low-profile period. When she reappeared, her bust line was perkier and her face lines erased. Although she never admitted the renovation, her photo shoots showed a blonder, slimmer, prettier image. She was the epitome of high fashion unhampered by any fear of going over the top.

In their 13-year marriage, she and Trump had three children, Donald, Jr., born in 1977, Ivanka, 1981 and Eric, 1984. According to accounts, she was doing a good job with her kids, showing them the tough-love of discipline and care.

As well as their $3.7 million home, Ivana was given a settlement of $25 million. "She can't even do her nails for that," scoffed a friend. As this represented a mere 1.