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"Ladies, you have to be strong and independent. And remember, don't get mad — get everything," said Ivana Trump during her cameo appearance in the 1996 film "The First Wives Club" (via The New York Post ). Within reason, Ivana did get everything: four husbands, a 45-room mansion, millions of dollars, plus success as a self-help writer and fashion entrepreneur. However, having everything also came with a lot of tragedy.

In her journey from promising Czechoslovakian skier to New York socialite-model-businesswoman married to the future president in the '70s and '80s, there's enough tragedy to fill a book on its own. But her trials and tribulations didn't end there. Between the fallout of Ivana's split from Donald Trump in 1992 an

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