Melania Trump could see Vanity Fair come back crawling to make her cover star

Vanity Fair's new chief wants to put Melania Trump on the cover, as liberal US media outlets tack to the right, as per a new report. Mark Guiducci, 37, has reportedly said he is "potentially interested in putting" the First Lady on the prestigious magazine's cover, according to Semafor.

Mrs Trump, 55, was previously excluded from the covers of the nation's fashion magazines, including Conde Nast's Vogue and Vanity Fair, during her first stint in the White House between 2016 and 2020.

Guiducci became boss of Vanity Fair following the exit of former editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, who led the iconic title as it lost web traffic and saw a staff exodus after the reign of famed former VF boss Graydon Carter.

Jones, like Graydon, took a staunch anti-Trump line after the business mogul took the keys to the White House, but Guiducci is apparently looking to change the magazine's editorial line.

"They are biased, and they have likes and dislikes, and it's so obvious", Melania told Fox News in 2022 about her exclusion from Vogue. "And I think American people and everyone see it, and I have much more important things to do - and I did in the White House - than being on the cover of Vogue."

Now, Guiducci is said to want to change who appears on the magazine's pages and has a "greater open-mindedness to seeking access to figures likely to repel magazine's liberal readers," according to Semafor.

Melania did appear on the cover of Vanity Fair Mexico in 2017, but under Guiducci's stewardship she may soon appear on Vanity Fair's US edition for the first time.