Trump Flaunts Teen for Vodka Party?

[Wiz Imp]

This article was just referenced by the guest host on Adam Mockler's YouTube channel. Why has this received no attention?

https://www.tmz.com/2008/03/18/trump-flaunts-teen-for-vodka-party/

Donald Trump and his vodka line could be in hot water after pics surfaced of a 17-year-old girl -- naked except for body paint -- serving (and quaffing) drinks at a 944 Magazine Super Bowl party for the vodka.

In photos obtained by Nik Richie over at TheDirty.com, Chanell Elaine Hallett is seen working as a hostess -- totally nude except for a little paint. According to the website, her drivers license suggests that her 18th birthday would've fallen about a week and a half after the Super Bowl week event. (And in case you're wondering, it's common for AZ licenses to be good for 50 years.)

For their part 944 Magazine says they "had no part in hiring promotional models for the Trump Vodka lounge. Trump Vodka outsourced the models through an Arizona-based promotional modeling and marketing agency and neither party was aware of the underage hire. All precautions were taken to ensure all service staff was of legal age, and we do intend to investigate the issue further."

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/happened-trump-vodka-160300350.html

What Happened To Trump Vodka?
Erin Wisti
Wed, September 3, 2025 at 12:03 PM EDT
Trump Vodka's early success was not to last. In February 2008, the brand ran into its first major scandal during a sponsored Super Bowl party. At first, the party seemed like another hit, attracting the likes of Paris Hilton and Brody Jenner, who were regulars on the nightlife circuit back then. Then, party photos surfaced of a 17-year-old hostess working at the Trump Vodka lounge while topless. Trump's team denied hiring the woman, claiming she snuck in to gain media attention for herself.

[SaydiTom]

1. over the years I posted this so many times on my twitter account

including to all kinds of media. No media would ever respond. Even TMZ who originally reported it.

[UpInArms]

2. Not "while topless"

totally nude except for a little paint

[MineralMan]

3. From 2008? 17 years ago.

Statute of Limitations on this one. Interesting, but irrelevant now.

[Wiz Imp]

4. It's relevant in discussing Trump's history and as evidence of involvement in unsavory activities

There has been a lot more discussion of less scandalous actions by Trump that happened before this.

[Celerity]

5. Trump Vodka teen still has the flacks spinning (2008)

https://www.bostonherald.com/2008/03/20/trump-vodka-teen-still-has-the-flacks-spinning/

PUBLISHED: March 20, 2008



The Arizona teen at the center of a Super Bowl scandal that has snared Donald Trump is doing something the media-mad mogul would probably applaud: She’s selling her story to the highest bidder. A representative for Chanell Elaine Hallett, who was just 17 when she sashayed around a Super Bowl blowout wearing only body paint and pushing Trump Vodka, told us yesterday he is in negotiations with several media outlets to peddle the rights to a first interview with the teen.

As we told you yesterday, Chanell was serving and quaffing cocktails at the Trump Vodka VIP Lounge at 944 magazine’s Super Village during the nights leading up to the New England Patriots’ embarrassment in the desert. We hear that Chanell was hired to be a hostess at the event, seating guests and squiring celebrities to VIP areas but at some point in the evening she morphed into a naked, body-painted Trump Vodka slinger.

Aron Mezo, whose Professional Events Marketing of Scottsdale was hired by Trump Vodka to supply models for the party, said his company supplied only three girls for the party – and all were over 21. A spokesgal for The Donald’s booze company continued to insist yesterday that they never hired Chanell and accused the teen of being a party crasher who got inside, got naked and served drinks “to seek publicity for herself.”

“Neither Trump Super Premium Vodka nor Drinks America hired her. Miss Hallett was not recruited, hired or paid by us,” said The Donald’s spirited PR gal. “Again, we are appalled and always work to adhere to our social and civic responsibilities as a premium alcoholic beverage marketing company.” Meanwhile, defamer.com unearthed some rather naughty pics of the frisky teen locking lips with another gal that were posted on her MySpace page.

Bottoms up!