0101607: Ivana Trump Officially Announces Engagement

Although news of her impending “I do’s” was broadcast by the media in July 2007, Ivana Trump officially announced on October 15, 2007 that she will soon be the bride of Rossano Rubicondi. As the couple enjoyed a Park Avenue performance by Italian pop star Nicola “Niko” Congui, the business-savvy socialite informed Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump Jr. and her daughter-in-law Vanessa that she will receive a wedding band to accompany her pink diamond engagement ring on April 12, 2008. Following in the Trump family tradition, the New York Daily News reports that the designer/author will exchange vows with her love of the past five years at Mar-A-Lago, the Palm Beach, Florida estate where Donald Trump took Melania Knauss to be his bride in January 2005 and Donald Trump Jr. pledged his devotion to Vanessa Haydon in November 2005.