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Her books on her life and marriage advice became instant bestsellers.

It seemed everything Ivana touched turned to gold … almost.

Ivana Trump smiling

There’s a reason the “Ivana diet” never caught on.

ButDonald Trump’s first ex-wifemay not have been the best choice to pitch a weight-loss plan.

It’s not healthy you are lazy, you’re glued to the television."

The Trumps at a dinner table

If that alone didn’t make customers lose their appetites, the Italiano Diet surely did.

Dieters could also pick individual foods, such as snack bars and “instant bacon-flavored omelette mix.”

Worst of all, the stuff wasn’t even good.

Donald and Ivana Trump posing together

Somehow, each bite was worse than the last."

Only in New York could you see a woman in a fur coat waiting at a street vendor.