Marla Maples, an American actress, television personality, and socialite, was born on October 27, 1963, in Dalton, Georgia, to Ann, a former office worker, and Stan Maples, a real estate developer. Her father later divorced Ann to marry a high school classmate of Maples', making her a distant cousin of actress Heather Locklear.
Maples attended Northwest Whitfield High School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where she was a standout athlete, starring on the varsity basketball teams. Her early life was marked by a secret affair with businessman Donald Trump, whom she began dating in 1986 while Trump was still married to Ivana Trump. The affair was discovered in 1991 by Ivana, who confronted Maples on a ski slope in Aspen, Colorado, leading to a highly publicized divorce.
Maples has one child with Trump, Tiffany Ariana Trump, born on October 13, 1993, who was named after the iconic Tiffany Company Building. However, Trump later divorced Maples after a National Enquirer story surfaced, revealing that a Florida police officer had caught Maples and Trump's bodyguard, Spenser Wagner, under a lifeguard station on Boyton Beach.
After the divorce, Maples signed a deal with HarperCollins to write a book about Trump, titled "All that Glitters is not Gold," but the project was abandoned when Trump threatened litigation, claiming the book violated their divorce agreement. Maples later became engaged to producer Michael Mailer, son of writer Norman Mailer, but the engagement was called off for unexplained reasons, allowing Mailer to marry someone else instead.
Today, Maples is a confirmed spiritualist and single mom, hosting her own radio show on Contact Talk Radio every first Friday of the month. Despite her tumultuous past, Maples has found a sense of purpose and fulfillment in her spiritual journey and her work as a radio host.
