Melania Trump's U.N. Speech Dress
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Melania Trump's U.N. Speech Dress refers to a series of image macros and jokes about First Lady Melania Trump's puffy pink dress, which she wore during her address to the United Nations in September 2017.
Origin
On September 20th, 2017, First Lady Melania Trump gave a speech at a U.N. Luncheon on cyber-bullying. While the reaction to the speech referenced her husband United States President Donald Trump's frequent insults toward political and cultural rivals, others focused on the $3,000 hot pink Delpozo coat dress. she wore (video below).
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As the speech was covered by most major news outlets, including CNN,[1] many responded to the speech in real-time. Some made comments about the price of the dress coat and the irony of her speech, while others specifically made jokes about the appearance (examples below).
Several media outlets covered the reaction to the dress, including Fox News, [3] PopSugar,[4] The BBC[5] and more.
That day, Twitter [2] user @rosalita2740 juxtaposed a picture of Trump making the speech against a picture of Violet Beauregarde turning into a blueberry from the film Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. They captioned the picture "Just watched Melania Trump speech. For some reason it made me think of the blueberry girl from Willy Wonka. 🤔 " The tweet (shown below) received more than 110 retweets and 400 likes in 24 hours.
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