{{Short description|American model and socialite (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Bettina Trump | image = Bettina Anderson 2025.jpeg | caption = Anderson in 2025 | birth_name = Bettina Elisabeth Anderson | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|09}} | birth_place = [[Palm Beach, Florida]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | political_party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Donald Trump Jr.]]|2026}} | relatives = [[Trump family]] (by marriage) | education = [[Columbia University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''Bettina Elisabeth Trump'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/bettina-anderson-changes-instagram-name-224005061.html|title=Bettina Anderson Changes Instagram Name to Bettina Trump After Wedding to Don Jr.|access-date=May 30, 2026|date=May 27, 2026|last=Loop|first=Erica|work=Yahoo!}}</ref> ({{née}} '''Anderson'''; born December 9, 1986) is an American socialite and model. She is married to [[Donald Trump Jr.]] and is the daughter-in-law of [[President of the United States|United States p<!-- please note that MOS:JOB determines that a jobtitle should be lowercased if preceded by a modifier (such as "United States")-->resident]] [[Donald Trump]].
==Early life and education== Bettina Elisabeth Anderson was born on December 9, 1986, in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], to Harry Loy Anderson Jr. and Inger Anderson, and has a twin sister, Kristina.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-evelyns-army-gets/186966622/ |title='Evelyn's army' gets job done for Israel Bond fashion show' |date=December 16, 1986 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> Harry Loy was a businessman who became the youngest bank president in the US at the age of 26<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/2013/12/10/harry-loy-anderson-jr-youngest/9635932007/ |title=Harry Loy Anderson Jr., youngest bank president, dies at 70 |date=December 9, 2013 |last=Donnelly |first=Shannon |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> and led Worth Avenue National Bank, and was a board member of the Historical Society of [[Palm Beach County]] and of the national board of governors for the [[American Red Cross]],<ref name="PeopleInfo"/> while Inger was a Swedish model<ref name="TelegraphEngaged">{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/12/16/donald-trump-jr-engaged-to-palm-beach-socialite/ |title=Donald Trump Jr engaged to Palm Beach socialite |date=December 16, 2025 |last=Kelly |first=Kieran |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref><ref name="PeopleInfo"/> turned businesswoman.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Precious Mae|last=Bacudo|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/who-are-bettina-andersons-parents-trump-jrs-fiancee-bettina-anderson-daughter-palm-beach-1763406|title=Who Are Bettina Anderson's Parents? Trump Jr.'s Fiancée Bettina Anderson Is Daughter of Palm Beach Royalty|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=December 16, 2025|access-date=January 8, 2026}}</ref>
Anderson attended a [[Montessori education|Montessori school]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/palm-beach-daily-news-authors-read-ralp/186966887/ |title=Authors read 'Ralphie the Roach' |date=December 17, 1992 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> and later the [[Palm Beach Day School]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-dimaggios-buzz-a/186966984/ |title=DiMaggio's 'buzz' a hit in S. Fla |date=March 9, 1999 |last=Capozzi |first=Joe |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> where she played lacrosse.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/palm-beach-daily-news-day-school-lacross/186967099/ |title=Day School lacrosse bests Olympic Heights |date=April 20, 2001 |last=Strauss |first=Michael |work=[[Palm Beach Daily News]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> She also attended [[Saint Andrew's School (Florida)|Saint Andrew's School]] in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]; the ''[[Boca Raton News]]'' described Anderson as key to Saint Andrew's unbeaten lacrosse season in 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/boca-raton-news-glanfield-anderson-sco/186967147/ |title=Glanfield, Anderson, Scots, and Lions excel |date=May 10, 2004 |last=Deutsch |first=Hannon |work=[[Boca Raton News]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> At Saint Andrew's, she founded a hair accessory business with Kristina.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-problem-fixer/186967295/ |title=Problem fixers |date=October 29, 2004 |last=Shores |first=Karla |work=[[South Florida Sun Sentinel]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
Anderson graduated from Saint Andrew's in 2005<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/palm-beach-daily-news-the-palm-beach-day/186968011/ |title=The Palm Beach Day School Congratulates |date=November 27, 2005 |work=[[Palm Beach Daily News]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> and from [[Columbia University]] in 2009<ref name="PeopleInfo">{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/bettina-anderson-donald-trump-jr-what-to-know-11870027 |title=Who Is Donald Trump Jr.'s Fiancée? All About Socialite Bettina Anderson |date=December 16, 2025 |last1=Aizin |first1=Rebecca |last2=Comiter |first2=Jordana |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> with a degree in art history, criticism, and conservation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5651378-donald-trump-jr-engaged/ |title=Trump Jr. says he is engaged |date=December 16, 2025 |last=Fields |first=Ashleigh |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
==Career== ===Socialite and modeling work (2005–present)=== [[File:P20250713DT-1356 President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the FIFA Club World Cup Final soccer match.jpg|thumb|Anderson with [[Donald Trump Jr.]] (right) at the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup final]].]] In May 2005, P Model Management recruited Anderson for work in [[Milan]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-palm-beach-post-one-for-the-ages-pa/186968041/ |title=One for the ages: Pair has talent for talent |date=May 8, 2005 |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> She modeled for the cover of ''[[Quest (lifestyle magazine)|Quest]]'' in 2020 and did a photoshoot with Hamilton Jewelers that year.<ref name="PeopleInfo"/> Anderson has appeared on the cover of ''[[Society (magazine)|Society]]''.<ref name="TelegraphEngaged"/> She is a socialite in the Palm Beach area<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-jr-engaged-bettina-anderson |title=Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged (Again). Will Bettina Anderson Get a White House Wedding? |date=December 16, 2025 |last=Wickman |first=Kase |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> and has planned local fundraisers, including for the [[Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/04/style/the-paradise-fund-offered-palm-beach-societys-young-offspring-the-chance-to-give-back-and-have-some-fun-in-florida.html |title=A Palm Beach Fund-Raiser for the Next Generation |date=December 3, 2014 |last=Morris |first=Bob |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
===Philanthropy=== Anderson and her brothers founded The Paradise Fund, a nonprofit that assists with disaster relief. In October 2021, she led the fund's Project Paradise Film Fund, which supports media covering the [[wildlife of Florida]]. By April 2023, Anderson had become the executive director of The Paradise Fund, an organization that was later renamed to Paradise.ngo.<ref name="PeopleInfo"/> She has advocated for the Hope for Depression Research Foundation and, according to ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'', has volunteered with the [[Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://people.com/donald-trump-jr-and-bettina-anderson-are-engaged-11869912#comments |title=Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson Reveal They're Engaged at the White House in Announcement from Donald Trump |date=December 16, 2025 |last=Flam |first=Charna |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
==Views== According to ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', Anderson is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. Amid the [[George Floyd protests]] in 2020, she supported the [[Black Lives Matter]] movement and encouraged followers to follow [[Public health mitigation of COVID-19|measures to mitigate]] the spread of [[COVID-19]], including a post the day before the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]] of her in a mask with a sign reading, "Only you can stop the spread of ignorance".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2024/12/17/bettina-anderson-blm-palm-beach-socialite-donald-trump-jr/ |title=Bettina Anderson: the Palm Beach socialite who stole Donald Trump Jr's heart |date=December 17, 2024 |last=Bates |first=Daniel |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
In October 2024, she held a fundraiser for [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2025/12/05/bettina-anderson-trump-guilfoyle-greece-florida-photos/87600714007/ |title=What to know about Bettina Anderson, Florida socialite dating Trump Jr. |date=December 5, 2025 |last=Sangalang |first=Jennifer |work=[[The Palm Beach Post]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
In August 2024, the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' published photographs of Anderson and [[Donald Trump Jr.|Trump Jr.]] at a bar, and in December, the ''Mail'' published additional photographs of Anderson and Trump Jr. holding hands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/11/who-is-bettina-anderson-socialite-trump-jr/76915826007/ |title=Who is Bettina Anderson, the socialite seen holding hands with Donald Trump Jr? |date=December 11, 2024 |last=Cruz |first=Melissa |work=[[Palm Beach Daily News]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> Anderson accompanied Trump Jr. to [[Serbia]] in March 2025,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/donald-trump-jr-serbia.html |title=Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage |date=March 19, 2025 |last=Lipton |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Lipton |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> to the [[2025 FIFA Club World Cup final|FIFA Club World Cup final]] in July,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6491517/2025/07/13/club-world-cup-vip-trump-guide/ |title=Trump and the Club World Cup final VIPs: A guide to the politicians, sports stars and tycoons at MetLife Stadium |date=July 13, 2025 |last=Anzidei |first=Melanie |work=[[The Athletic]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> and to Trump's dinner with Saudi crown prince [[Mohammed bin Salman]] in November.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/us/politics/trump-saudi-dinner-guests.html |title=Who Attended Trump's Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? |date=November 18, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref> The following month, the elder Trump announced his son's engagement to Anderson at a [[White House]] holiday party.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/us/donald-trump-jr-engaged-bettina-anderson.html |title=Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Palm Beach Socialite Bettina Anderson |date=December 16, 2024 |last=Cameron |first=Chris |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 16, 2025}}</ref>
Anderson and Trump Jr. married in a private ceremony on May 21, 2026, ahead of a private wedding celebration in the [[Bahamas]] on May 23, 2026.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-wont-attend-son-wedding-citing-responsibilities-in-washington/|title=President Trump won't attend son Donald Trump Jr.'s wedding, citing responsibilities in Washington|work=[[CBS News]] |first=Kathryn|last=Watson|date=May 22, 2026|access-date=May 22, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cusumano |first1=Anthony |last2=Wooten |first2=Casey |title=Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson get married in Florida |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-jr-bettina-anderson-married-west-palm-beach-florida-rcna346602 |website=[[NBC News]] |date=May 22, 2026 |access-date=May 23, 2026}}</ref>
== See also == * [[Kai Trump]] – Step daughter
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