Many rich and famous people have used plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery to achieve their desired looks.
“I’d never do anything on my face or my body,” Melania said at the time.
“I think you age naturally everybody’s aging.
What’s the purpose?
If you have Botox done and full lips and all that, if it makes you happy, fine.
But it’s not for me.”
Speaking toGQin 2016, Melania again dismissed claims she’d had work done.
“I didn’t do anything,” she said.
“I live a healthy life, I take care of my skin and my body.
It’s all me.
I will age gracefully, as my mom does.”
Many commenters on the post agreed with the speculation that plastic surgery could be what caused the change.
Dr. Dan Yamini fromVisthetic Surgery Institute and Med Spais a board-certified Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
Yamini also offered other possible cosmetic explanations for her look.
None of that has been confirmed by Melania herself.
Grisham called it “a ridiculous non-story” while speaking toCNN.
That didn’t stop social media users from continuing the #FakeMelania speculation for years after.
One person retweeted the suspicious photo andsaid, “You guys …
I don’t like conspiracy theories … but …
Some netizens thought they noticed a difference in Melania’s eyes at the RNC.
The Daily Mail reported that some called her “wide-eyed” afterward.
Linkov assumed Melania had some other work done based on his evaluation of photos from 1987 to 2024.
He guessed that she’d spent over $200,000 on various plastic surgeries or cosmetic procedures on her face.
“She could have had some undereye and cheek filler,” Schimpf said.
“That often causes bruising, so it makes sense that she would be wearing sunglasses.”
