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Other photos in Melania\u2019s portfolio, like a girl-on-girl themed spread<\/a> for a 1997 issue of France\u2019s Max<\/em> magazine, where she appeared topless in one photo and preparing to be whipped in another, also drew attention during Donald Trump\u2019s 2016 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n Dylan Jones,<\/strong> who was editor of British GQ<\/em> at the time and now edits the London Evening Standard,<\/em> wrote about the photos in a 2023 column<\/a>. \u201cIt sounds tacky now but was intended as a tongue-cheek takedown of corporate debauchery,\u201d he said. \u201cNot that Trump understood that, of course; he was simply pleased to have his girlfriend photographed in his own plane in a fancy magazine.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe loved the pictures when he eventually saw them and called the office personally to congratulate us,\u201d Jones continued. \u201cThis was nothing less than surreal, especially as the irony of the exercise appeared to have escaped him. He was charming, though, if slightly unhinged. We even framed some of the pictures and couriered them over to his apartment in New York. For me the whole project was a successful prank, highlighting the ludicrous nature of celebrity culture in the Noughties.\u201d<\/p>\n