To cohost Tuesday’s Worldwide Girls of Braveness awards on the U.S. State Division with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, First Woman Melania Trump was unmissable in a leopard-print calfskin coat. However the Palm Seaside-based designer, Milly Park, who created the type was at midnight Tuesday afternoon that it had been worn publicly.
In its nineteenth yr, the Secretary of State’s IWOC award has acknowledged 200-plus ladies from greater than 90 nations, who’ve proven distinctive braveness and management — usually at nice private danger. U.S. diplomatic missions abroad nominate one girl of braveness candidate from their respective host nations, and finalists are chosen and authorised by senior division officers.
This yr’s honorees included the president of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee Henriette Da of Burkina Faso; Amit Soussana, an Israeli legal professional and advocate for the hostages that stay below Hamas management following the Oct. 7, 2023 assaults; Main Velena Iga, an activist working to fight violence in opposition to ladies and curb human trafficking in Papua New Guinea; Angelique Songco, a frontrunner of the small crew of rangers which can be defending the Tubbataha Reefs Pure Park from unlawful fishing and poaching within the Philippines; Georgiana Pascu, an advocate, who has secured rights and protected remedy of 1000’s of kids and adults with disabilities in Romania; Zabib Musa Loro Bakhit, founder and government director of Girls for Justice and Equality in South Sudan; Namini Wijedasa, an award-winning journalist who has chronicled the human toll of Sri Lanka’s civil battle and its aftermath, and Amat Al-Salam Al-Hajj, founder and president of the Abductees’ Moms Affiliation in Yemen. As well as, the 2025 Madeleine Albright Honorary Group Award was devoted to the ladies scholar protest leaders of Bangladesh, who took motion final summer season.
Extolling in regards to the energy of common love, Trump stated, “At this time we have fun braveness, a energy that’s primarily based in love.” She additionally praised the ladies, who communicate out for justice and empower voices, whereas propelling others ahead and “instigating progress.” The primary woman stated, “Their journeys remind us of true braveness…exhibiting that love is a type of true justice.”
Henriette Da, a human rights advocate from Burkina Faso, is honored by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Woman Melania Trump through the Worldwide Girls of Braveness Awards ceremony.
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For the indoor occasion, Trump sported a leopard-print belted jacket from the American designer Milly Park, who stated she despatched it to the primary woman as a present in December to Mar-a-Lago. Reached by cellphone Tuesday afternoon, Park wasn’t conscious that Trump had worn the look, (which is able to retail for between $11,000 and $12,000) from her fall assortment publicly. “Oh, I see, sure, I assume that is it,” Park stated, including that she had despatched three particular items to Trump. “I didn’t know. I’ve been so busy.”
The Cavallino leopard-print calfskin coat was featured on Milly Park’s runway final month. The Palm Seaside, Fla.-based firm does about 70 p.c of its manufacturing in New York. Launched final spring, Park is a self-taught designer, who by no means labored with some other attire corporations. Mentored by her grandmother, Park stated she has been designing, embroidering and making garments and patterns since she was a baby.
Born in Venezuela, she was raised in Canada earlier than migrating to the U.S. a few decade in the past. Park, who grew to become a U.S. citizen, divides her time between Palm Seaside and Marbella, Spain. The Milly Park model gives ready-to-wear, sportswear, swimwear, bridal and customized for girls, in addition to designs for males and youngsters. As for Trump’s selection, Park stated, “I’m past honored and shocked that the primary woman wore my piece right now.…That is one thing to have fun about.”
Whether or not there was a be aware of acknowledgement despatched to Park for her parcels is unsure. The designer stated, “I’m undecided. I may have [received one]. My husband and I’ve been touring a lot. And I’ve been so targeted on launching my new assortment, which simply occurred on the Palm Seaside [International] Boat on March 20. I may probably have one thing within the mail however I haven’t checked it.”
First Woman Melania Trump appears to be like on as she attends the Worldwide Girls of Braveness Awards ceremony on the State Division in Washington, DC, on April 1, 2025.
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Trump’s trend sense has been within the information just lately, after an eBay vendor posted a marriage robe that was stated to be a John Galliano-designed Dior one for the primary woman’s 2005 nuptials. The frock, which is now not on eBay, was provided at a beginning bid of $45,000. Dior declined to remark, an eBay spokesperson stated the corporate doesn’t have an authentication course of for bridal, and a supply advised WWD that Trump’s wedding ceremony robe was stowed away in Mar-a-Lago.
