Marla Maples is an American actor who was the second wife of former US President Donald Trump. The two married in 1993 and divorced in 1999. They had a child together, Tiffany. 

She was born on October 27, 1963, in Cohutta, Georgia. Maples attended Northwest Whitfield High School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where she was crowned 1980–1981 homecoming queen. 

After graduating high school, Maples tried out in various pageants and beauty contests. She was the runner-up Miss Georgia in 1984 and won Miss Hawaiian Tropic in 1985. Maples entered Georgia University in 1986 but left before graduating. 

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Maples has appeared in several high-profile films and shows like ‘Dallas’ and ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel Air’. She’s also interviewed NBA legend Michael Jordan for Inside Edition. 

The 58-year-old has dabbled in music as well and Maples’ 2013 album ‘The Endless’, features Deepak Chopra and the 14th Dalai Lama. She’s also been a contestant on ‘Dancing with the Stars‘. 

Maples met Trump when his marriage with Ivana was crashing. They bumped into each other at Madison Avenue, and their relationship had its ups and downs as well. The former president reportedly broke up with Maples at one point by Fed-exing her a letter, as per Vanity Fair. However, Tiffany’s birth was one of the factors that led Trump to propose to her. The other was his attempt to take his casinos public – something the affair with Maples, so prominently featured in tabloids, was making quite difficult. 

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The actor told the New York Times that during their time together, she’d known Trump would run for president one day, but at the time hadn’t quite openly supported her ex-husband, saying she had friends on both sides of the political spectrum. 

Maples is bound by a prenup agreement from speaking more about her marriage with Trump. 

In recent times, she advocated for as-yet unsuccessful COVID treatment methods, such as Vitamin C drips, and later joined Robert F Kennedy Jr in promoting discredited theories about the disease.