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Did Malaria run back to vlad? SheltieLover Oct 2020 #1
Here's a closeup from Twitter, that is NOT Melania: George II Oct 2020 #2
Are there any pics of Mailordia smiling? Might be tough to find on to compare this with. n/t brewens Oct 2020 #10
Someone posted this, she smiled briefly and then looked totally pissed off: George II Oct 2020 #15
Looks the same to me, Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #44
Killjoy !!!!!!! We had a good conspiracy theory going for a minute. groundloop Oct 2020 #65
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Oct 2020 #66
not clever enough NJCher Oct 2020 #101
Yeah, if Melania chose PatSeg Oct 2020 #102
The nails match too. Ellipsis Oct 2020 #89
LOL! mdelaguna Oct 2020 #13
No way Mellie could crack a smile that big... sheshe2 Oct 2020 #20
Watch the gif in post 15. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #39
That is definitely NOT her. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #22
Oh Wow.. What kind of Shit are they Cha Oct 2020 #68
The nose in that closeup looks fake. wnylib Oct 2020 #82
I heard that they have perfected the FemBots....maybe this in one of them? Acornsouth Oct 2020 #88
Well, here's the Melania bot: Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #93
Doesn't look like they real thing to me either. LisaL Oct 2020 #3
Okay guys, stop with the conspiracy theories... Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #4
Did you look at the photo? LisaL Oct 2020 #7
Yes. It looks like Malania smiling to me. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #8
Even with the smile, compared to Melania smiling, which she has done on occasion, that smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #25
Yeah, okay. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #26
It doesn't.. PCIntern Oct 2020 #48
Sure. And Hillary had a body double too. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #58
This has nothing to do with Hillary. Cha Oct 2020 #70
Yes it does. It's the same ridiculous conspiracy theories that the right employed about her. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #72
Yep, from the other photos of that day, it is her. LisaL Oct 2020 #98
Nose looks different, as does chin. Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #60
Agreed that's her FreeState Oct 2020 #23
You're right the hands are hers. They are much larger than Donnie's Walleye Oct 2020 #63
I'm not a CT, but I would not recognize 'her' w/o DT in the pic. alittlelark Oct 2020 #27
It's one picture, from a flattering angle, with her smiling, which she rarely does. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #29
I assume almost all world leaders have body doubles - safety alittlelark Oct 2020 #35
Okay stop telling people what to post. Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #40
+1 Ferrets are Cool Oct 2020 #49
Stop telling me to stop telling people what to post. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #59
AND STOP YOUR DRINKING !!! Pluvious Oct 2020 #90
That's a non-starter! Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #100
I agree.. I hate when anyone does that. Cha Oct 2020 #71
Her kidneys look different too...smaller. Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #5
I didn't read the comments before I posted and I just posted the same thing. GemDigger Oct 2020 #32
LOL. Me too. Dave Starsky Oct 2020 #42
Nope, it didn't fill out her outfit like Mel's does. GemDigger Oct 2020 #62
Plus she looks happy so it can't be her. Dream Girl Oct 2020 #6
Any source for the picture? Tanuki Oct 2020 #9
That is definitely not Malaria. What is THAT about?? Squinch Oct 2020 #11
Does not look like Melania. Hope Hicks in a wig Walleye Oct 2020 #12
From the reports over the last few weeks, Hicks has been pretty sick. George II Oct 2020 #18
She's younger too. WTF? i don't think she is the first double though. 58Sunliner Oct 2020 #14
The other one you linked doesn't look like Melania or the one in the OP either. hedda_foil Oct 2020 #33
I know. She actually looks like the third double I think I have seen. 58Sunliner Oct 2020 #51
I have to admit it doesn't look much like her, especially the smile. Arkansas Granny Oct 2020 #16
It doesn't really look like Hope either. smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #28
It really doesn't look like her. Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #17
Not an expert but Melania's upper lib is straight across and her lower lip curves up more. marie999 Oct 2020 #19
I can see why people think that, but it's probably her. Renew Deal Oct 2020 #21
Fingernails are easy. I could have fingernails identical to Melania's if I paid for them... Chiyo-chichi Oct 2020 #46
It's not her she only smiles that big at Trudeau Tribetime Oct 2020 #24
Are there any videos of them walking to the helicopter? She has a distinctive "walk".... George II Oct 2020 #30
I thought she had her boobs made smaller. GemDigger Oct 2020 #31
A sex surrogate nt torius Oct 2020 #34
If you can call what he does to her sex. Oppaloopa Oct 2020 #76
Melania's smile curls up at the corners - this woman's curls down. grumpyduck Oct 2020 #36
Yes. The nose is not as straight as Melania's. The sunglasses sit furthur down. 58Sunliner Oct 2020 #52
Bottom of the nostril on the stunt double flares more than the Melania's Pobeka Oct 2020 #78
FemBots!!!...Watch out for those pointy mounds, they can be deadly Acornsouth Oct 2020 #91
The Russians need to reprogram Melania Trump! Totally Tunsie Oct 2020 #95
Is that Meredith McIver? BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #37
Hopefully his series finale will end the same as Seinfeld did! Initech Oct 2020 #38
Some people will anything for $$... 2naSalit Oct 2020 #41
Unless that is photoshopped. Kingofalldems Oct 2020 #43
You make a good point. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #55
My sentiments as well! debsy Oct 2020 #92
It's probably Melania, even if it doesn't look quite right, but what's more suspicious... Silent3 Oct 2020 #45
Ha! She really doesn't care (do you?) soothsayer Oct 2020 #47
not sure MizLibby Oct 2020 #50
that's the same woman Takket Oct 2020 #61
The tip of her nose They_Live Oct 2020 #73
Exactly! Duppers Oct 2020 #96
That ain't her. Even plastic surgery couldn't make her look like that. louis-t Oct 2020 #53
we need dental records MizLibby Oct 2020 #56
lol Cha Oct 2020 #79
Melania and Barron both have (or had) Covid FakeNoose Oct 2020 #54
The double smiles a lot more. louis-t Oct 2020 #57
Follow her parents. If she leaves for good, it's likely they will follow. keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #64
Man, that would be the scoop! Implies other fallout is already in place bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #67
Hope Hicks. Fla Dem Oct 2020 #69
Nope, not her either. Duppers Oct 2020 #97
Yes Klaralven Oct 2020 #99
The woman in post #14 Sogo Oct 2020 #74
Normally she is frowning or scowling or both ailsagirl Oct 2020 #75
The real Melania is not "real." nt SunSeeker Oct 2020 #77
Doesn't look Rebl2 Oct 2020 #80
The photo is not photoshopped but is from trip to Nashville ramblin_dave Oct 2020 #81
Her kidney's look different.. HipChick Oct 2020 #85
It's Melania. I get so tired of this. chowder66 Oct 2020 #87
NOT her Sucha NastyWoman Oct 2020 #83
The actress who plays her on Colbert's show looks more like Melania dflprincess Oct 2020 #84
Maybe it's a trick of the light and her glasses that makes people think it's not Mel dustyscamp Oct 2020 #86
She could be Laura Benanti, Melania's doppelganger from Colbert's show. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Oct 2020 #94

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. Did Malaria run back to vlad?
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:23 PM
Oct 2020

Likely she refused to accompany shitstain so he hired double if this was a double.

Ms. Toad

(34,065 posts)
44. Looks the same to me,
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:55 PM
Oct 2020

for the brief period of time she's smiling.

The upward curve from the center of her lip to the left corner. The line of the teeth & how much is showing. The crease from just left of center of her chin up toward her left cheek.

PatSeg

(47,411 posts)
66. Ha, ha, ha!!!
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:23 PM
Oct 2020

The next ten days are going to be torture! Meanwhile, Donald Trump is not clever enough to use a double for his wife.

NJCher

(35,658 posts)
101. not clever enough
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 11:25 PM
Oct 2020

and in his mind, why would he ever need a "double" Melania? In trump's mind, he is king and will be king forever.

Having said that, though, I don't think the "double" looks like Melania.

PatSeg

(47,411 posts)
102. Yeah, if Melania chose
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 11:37 PM
Oct 2020

not to accompany him, I don't think it would be any problem for him. Like you say, he is king and anyone else is just an insignificant accessory.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
20. No way Mellie could crack a smile that big...
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:35 PM
Oct 2020

She can barely open her mouth to speak, way to much Botox. Plus the nose is to pointed. Not Mel.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
22. That is definitely NOT her.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:38 PM
Oct 2020

From a distance they might be able to pass her off, but up close, no way.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
68. Oh Wow.. What kind of Shit are they
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:25 PM
Oct 2020

trying to pull?

Where are they going there?

Maybe trump wants it to seem like she's traveling with him even though she didn't want to go.

That face is way too nice for melania's stern shit.

wnylib

(21,433 posts)
82. The nose in that closeup looks fake.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:46 PM
Oct 2020

Take a good look at it. Does not match the skin tone of the face and has a wrinkle on the side as if it was molded on but not smoothed out.

The shoulders and angle of leaning remind me of Ivanka.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
93. Well, here's the Melania bot:
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 10:45 PM
Oct 2020
&list=TLPQMjUxMDIwMjCnPplaktNOcA&index=3

(See an additional video at Post #95.)

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
3. Doesn't look like they real thing to me either.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:24 PM
Oct 2020

They should have put a mask on her. Big sunglasses ain't enough.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
4. Okay guys, stop with the conspiracy theories...
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:25 PM
Oct 2020

This is QAnon level bullshit.

Some of that conspiracy had its roots in the supposed Hillary double on the 2016 campaign.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
8. Yes. It looks like Malania smiling to me.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:27 PM
Oct 2020

Something she rarely does, and even rarer where she shows her teeth like that, so, we don't often process images of her smiling.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
25. Even with the smile, compared to Melania smiling, which she has done on occasion, that
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:39 PM
Oct 2020

does not look like her at all.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
72. Yes it does. It's the same ridiculous conspiracy theories that the right employed about her.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:32 PM
Oct 2020

Once you open yourself up to the possibility of these body doubles, you lose credibility when pushing back against it from the right.

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2016/09/12/conspiracy-theorists-suggest-hillary-clinton-uses-body-double-after-health-scare/

It was ridiculous then and it's ridiculous now.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
98. Yep, from the other photos of that day, it is her.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 11:11 PM
Oct 2020

She just looked happy in this particular photo and I haven't seen her to look happy before.

Kingofalldems

(38,452 posts)
60. Nose looks different, as does chin.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:39 PM
Oct 2020

Is it her? Probably but sure looks different than the pic below.

FreeState

(10,570 posts)
23. Agreed that's her
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:38 PM
Oct 2020

Look at her hands and nails - they are the same - the photo is just a very flattering angle.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
29. It's one picture, from a flattering angle, with her smiling, which she rarely does.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:41 PM
Oct 2020

While half her face is covered in glasses.

I see people on Facebook post photos that look nothing like them, either, because the angle is good or the lighting is very favorable or whatever. I doubt they have body doubles....

alittlelark

(18,890 posts)
35. I assume almost all world leaders have body doubles - safety
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:47 PM
Oct 2020

Dunno if that pic is of a body double - time , and more pics will tell.

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
59. Stop telling me to stop telling people what to post.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:32 PM
Oct 2020

It's funny how this board gets so riled up over the insane QAnon conspiracies and yet you all have your own too.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)
32. I didn't read the comments before I posted and I just posted the same thing.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:43 PM
Oct 2020

I thought it was just me that thought so.

58Sunliner

(4,384 posts)
14. She's younger too. WTF? i don't think she is the first double though.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:28 PM
Oct 2020

She looks too thin.
Another photo with DT found on twitter who doesn't look like her either.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ElFEqUlU0AEWuC9?format=jpg&name=medium

58Sunliner

(4,384 posts)
51. I know. She actually looks like the third double I think I have seen.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:12 PM
Oct 2020

Last edited Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:46 PM - Edit history (1)

Which makes me feel weird because it sounds crazy. But I believe I'm right.
#3?


Arkansas Granny

(31,515 posts)
16. I have to admit it doesn't look much like her, especially the smile.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:28 PM
Oct 2020

She always looks like she smells something bad.

Could that be Hope Hicks? It wouldn't be out of the question for her to be travelling with him.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
17. It really doesn't look like her.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:29 PM
Oct 2020

The woman in this Twitter pic has more of a "gummy" smile, and the nose doesn't match very well.

Renew Deal

(81,856 posts)
21. I can see why people think that, but it's probably her.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:36 PM
Oct 2020

Smile is close. Nose is close. Fingernails look almost the same. I think it's just a good picture of her while she's smiling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump#/media/File:Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg

Chiyo-chichi

(3,579 posts)
46. Fingernails are easy. I could have fingernails identical to Melania's if I paid for them...
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:02 PM
Oct 2020

and I'm a 58-year-old dude!

George II

(67,782 posts)
30. Are there any videos of them walking to the helicopter? She has a distinctive "walk"....
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:41 PM
Oct 2020

....(that's all I'll say about that!), and were they holding hands?

grumpyduck

(6,232 posts)
36. Melania's smile curls up at the corners - this woman's curls down.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:47 PM
Oct 2020

Also, M's chin is rounder and her cheekbones seem more pronounced.

And that smile in the helicopter seems genuine, not an M smile.

So who the heck knows? Maybe the Body Snatchers cloned her. Ooooo nooooo!

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
78. Bottom of the nostril on the stunt double flares more than the Melania's
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:35 PM
Oct 2020

That's the give away for me.

Oh boy this is fun!

BannonsLiver

(16,370 posts)
37. Is that Meredith McIver?
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:49 PM
Oct 2020

“Author” of Melania’a 2016 RNC speech. A woman who supposedly worked for trump for years that no one has ever seen.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,490 posts)
55. You make a good point.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

In these days of the internet, computer graphics and thousands of nefarious people wanting to spread disinformation to keep everyone's heads spinning, who knows?

Russia is known to use this sort of tactic........

Silent3

(15,206 posts)
45. It's probably Melania, even if it doesn't look quite right, but what's more suspicious...
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:57 PM
Oct 2020

...than the facial resemblance is the hand reaching, in an apparently affectionate manner, behind Trump's back.

That's not like the real Melania at all!

Takket

(21,563 posts)
61. that's the same woman
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:52 PM
Oct 2020

you can't fake laugh lines. slope of the nose and her elongated nostrils are the same. laugh lines are more pronounced on the elft because she's smiling more wide.

look i know people want to believe there is a "fake melania" for some reason but there really isn't.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
96. Exactly!
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 11:07 PM
Oct 2020

Everyone who personally knows me thinks I'm a face recognition expert. I just have a thing about faces, so I could be wrong but as some above said...
If tRump were not in the pic I would never have considered this was the 3rd Mrs. TRump.

louis-t

(23,292 posts)
53. That ain't her. Even plastic surgery couldn't make her look like that.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:21 PM
Oct 2020

'Course it's hard to tell without seeing the squinty eyes. You could measure the forehead for starters.

FakeNoose

(32,634 posts)
54. Melania and Barron both have (or had) Covid
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:25 PM
Oct 2020

It's been in the news several times. Most likely she won't or can't go out in public.

The stunt double is much friendlier than Melania, but why isn't she afraid of getting his germs?
One wonders. Hmmm.....



keithbvadu2

(36,778 posts)
64. Follow her parents. If she leaves for good, it's likely they will follow.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:09 PM
Oct 2020

Follow her parents.

If she leaves for good, it's likely they will follow.

bucolic_frolic

(43,137 posts)
67. Man, that would be the scoop! Implies other fallout is already in place
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:25 PM
Oct 2020

and that something big is up.

I don't think that's her. Too young.

Sogo

(4,986 posts)
74. The woman in post #14
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:33 PM
Oct 2020

is clearly not Melania. That validates the fact that they use body doubles.

The women in post #51 and the OP are closer in looks to Melania, but still are not her, IMO.

OP = chin, nose, smile and cheekbones are too angular.

#51 = movements are too relaxed, not so controlled as Melania.

#14 = a much younger girl who doesn't look like Melania at all, and much too short.

chowder66

(9,067 posts)
87. It's Melania. I get so tired of this.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 10:07 PM
Oct 2020

Regarding the photo in the O.P.
The tip of her nose is a little blurry if you zoom in and she is not giving a full smile, she may be on her way to giving one but it isn't there yet when the pic is snapped. There is a tiny fore-shortening of her head based on the way she is bent and the length of her face.


Her oversized glasses mask a lot of her face, not the right part though.
Plus she seems to get filler pretty regularly.

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