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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Catherine Armecin Martin

'Just an Optical Illusion': Former Beauty Queen Addresses Viral Donald Trump Kiss

A single, highly controversial photograph of Donald Trump appearing to kiss former Miss Albania Angela Martini has resurfaced nearly 15 years later after the latter addressed the controversy. The image of the pair smooching, at least that's how the public viewed it at the time, went viral because it happened just six years after Trump's wedding to Melania Trump.

The beauty queen, who competed in Miss Universe 2010, claims that the interaction was nothing more than a standard peck on the cheek and that the media frenzy was entirely unfounded. She shared the details of the encounter and blamed the online chatter on a distorting camera angle.

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