THREAD. Welp. I think I've found the former beauty queen Trump is rumored to have gotten to know perhaps a little too well in Moscow in 1996.
The SSCI leaves several clues about the "Miss Moscow" pageant winner, even amidst all the annoying redactions.
The SSCI leaves several clues about the "Miss Moscow" pageant winner, even amidst all the annoying redactions.
"Miss Moscow" is in fact only mentioned twice in the entire report. Here are both mentions.
1. A news article, translated from Russian, from 1998. Note "Miss Moscow" is in inverted commas (I'll come back to that).
2. Footnote from architect Theodore Liebman's interview.
1. A news article, translated from Russian, from 1998. Note "Miss Moscow" is in inverted commas (I'll come back to that).
2. Footnote from architect Theodore Liebman's interview.
The SSCI also cites Trump's alleged mystery paramour as being written up or quoted in the Russian press -- the sources are redacted, but the first is from 1998 and the second from 2007.
So let's take some stand-out words from the first article. Probably not too many Russian articles in 1998 mentioning Trump, Tina Turner and Claudia Schiffer, right? Well, yeah. Here's an April 7, 1998 article from Kommersant. And lookee: kommersant.ru/doc/197854
The quote is Trump talking. He says: "I'm very glad to meet Masha again. When I came to Moscow two years ago, she was the most beautiful hostess of your capital. And at the Hotel Balchug, where I stayed, Tina Turner and Claudia Schiffer were also staying."
SSCI:
SSCI:
Hello there, Masha Kalinina. She's described by Kommersant as "Miss Moscow 88."
Trump further comments: "I'm in talks about [a Trump Tower in Moscow] right now. And by the way, by my next trip to Russia, I want to learn a little Russian. I hope Masha will help me."
I'll bet he did.
I'll bet he did.
A little history now. What Kalinina won was the USSR's first beauty pageant, formally known as Moscow Beauty 1988. *She* was colloquially referred to as Miss Moscow. A year later the name of the pageant was changed to "Miss USSR". medium.com/greatepicurean…
Which likely explains the SSCI footnote I showed you earlier: "which later became Miss Russia." Close enough.
The rest of Kalinina's bio fits, too. Here's another article, in Russian, from Komsomolskaya Pravda, about her (complete with her '88 pageant photo -- she was 17 that year).
After winning, KP notes, she moved West, became a model and acted as "beauty ambassador" of the USSR, in which capacity she met President George H. W. Bush.
Though that commander-in-chief doesn't seem to have taken as much of a shine to her as a later one.
Though that commander-in-chief doesn't seem to have taken as much of a shine to her as a later one.
KP goes on: "Among her admirers is even the current president of America.
'My friend lives in New York -- the billionaire Donald Trump. He bought the rights to 'Miss Universe,' said Kalinina. 'He has some kind of feelings for me, but we did not have an affair..." (Cont'd.)
'My friend lives in New York -- the billionaire Donald Trump. He bought the rights to 'Miss Universe,' said Kalinina. 'He has some kind of feelings for me, but we did not have an affair..." (Cont'd.)
"...I told him right away, 'I have a boyfriend.' He objected: 'Drop him'. 'Then you leave your wife,' I said. And we remained friends.'"
So what's Kalinina been up to since 1996? Well, for starters, she's a dedicated yogi. Here she is on YouTube:
She's also been in Hollywood movies.
Well, O.K. one Hollywood movie. A low-budget horror flick called STAY ALIVE released in 2006... starring Frankie Muniz and Adam Goldberg! imdb.com/title/tt044179…
From IMDB's summary: "For a group of teens, the answer to the mysterious death of their old friend lies within the world of an online video game based on the true story of an ancient noblewoman known as the Blood Countess."
Guess who played the Blood Countess?
.@realDonaldTrump, you naughty boy.
