A cautionary tale for sugar babies

Would-be "sugar babies" should heed the bizarre case of fashion designer Alexandra Subris.

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"Not gold digging, goal digging"
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Silvio Berlusconi once infamously told a story about a woman who asked him what she should do to find a job. "Find yourself a rich man," he replied. One woman who may regret taking similar advice is Melania Trump, the third wife of a man who makes Berlusconi look like the model of chivalry. She certainly doesn't seem exactly thrilled to be First Lady. Indeed, the New York Daily News notes that at public events, such as last Friday's inauguration, whenever the new president turns away from her, "his wife's encouraging smile gives way to a scowl as despondent as the grey rainclouds overhead".

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