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Chris Sommerfeldt

Records show Melania Trump received up to $1 million in photo royalties last year

Melania Trump's modeling days apparently aren't completely behind her.

The first lady has raked as much as $1 million in royalties from photos of herself since her husband took office, according to federal records.

The 48-year-old former model revealed in her husband's mandatory financial disclosure forms made public Wednesday that she received between $100,001 and $1 million in royalty payments from Getty Images last year.

Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's spokeswoman, declined to comment on which photos the royalties pertained to, only telling the New York Daily News that they relate to images taken before Donald Trump became president.

Getty has an extensive pre-White House photo catalog of the first lady that includes shots of her and her son, Barron, as well as steamier images from her modeling days.

Getty did not respond to a request for comment.

Trump was still at a hospital outside Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, recovering from a kidney operation she had earlier this week.

The first lady said she was "feeling great" Wednesday afternoon.

"Look forward to getting back home soon," she tweeted.

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