8 Pics Of Lara Trump's Formerly Thin Lips That Are Jarring To See Today

Lara Trump's lips have grown exponentially from when she first started being photographed alongside hubby Eric Trump to when she became a well-known political pundit. Her seemingly filler-enhanced puckers have not gone unnoticed, especially by the anti-Trump contingent. In March 2022, Lara made some television appearances where she went on the attack against then-president Joe Biden as Donald Trump's relationship with Vladimir Putin came under scrutiny. That led to Jimmy Kimmel bashing her rumored cosmetic procedures during a monologue. "[Lara] was on Fox News last night to lash out at Joe Biden and put those big new lips she has on daddy-in-law's a**," he said on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."

As chatter swirled about the work Lara had done, Nicki Swift decided to get an expert's opinion. Dr. Mariano Busso, a certified cosmetic dermatologist, compared older pictures of the would-be singer turned political analyst to more recent ones and noted how her face had changed. "Her nose seems to be less prominent in the second picture," Busso told us in April 2024. "Her face seems rounder on the second picture, and her cheeks are fuller," he added. The cosmetic dermatologist estimated the price tag on Lara's plastic surgeries and other procedures at over $120,000.

That same month, a user on X also compared pics of Lara's face before and after plastic surgery. One aspect of her transformation that stood out the most was how engorged her lips had become. "What happens to all these women and their lips?" one user asked, referring to women among the Mar-a-Lago contingent. To put the drastic change of Lara's mouth in perspective, we gathered pics that showcase her formerly thin lips through the years.

Early on in her relationship with Eric Trump, Lara Trump was his plus-one for a family Thanksgiving gathering in Mar-a-Lago in November 2008. While her strapless red dress was very MAGA, her face looked completely different from how it would after adopting the Mar-a-Lago aesthetic. Lara's cheeks appeared to be naturally full, with slight wrinkles visible on her forehead. Based on the photo, she seemingly was not getting injections to smooth out her skin, nor to pump up lips. Even though she wore a glossy pink lipstick to highlight them, her pout was barely visible as she posed next to her future husband.

To show support for his sister, Ivanka, Eric Trump brought Lara Trump to the opening of Ivanka Trump's Fine Jewelry Boutique in December 2011. The couple looked sleek on the red carpet of the event in matching black coats. Lara had her blond locks tied back in a tight ponytail, which offered a clear view of her face and large dangling earrings. She also caked on the makeup with plenty of foundation and heavy eye makeup. Lara eased up on the lipstick, however, as she wore a light pink shade that did little to accentuate her lips. The would-be political pundit struck a serious expression while posing for photos and pursed her lips for the camera. It was a far cry from how they would look on future TV appearances, as pushing her lips together made her bottom lip slightly larger, but her top lip was hardly noticeable.

Throughout the 2010s, Lara and Eric Trump frequented multiple animal-centric events such as National Zookeeper Week at the Staten Island Zoo in July 2012. This was before Lara's style transformation, when it was still common to see her dress casually even when she knew cameras would be snapping her photo. In one pic, both Lara and Eric looked over their shoulders while he let a baby fox nap on his shoulder. Lara looked sun-kissed, with tanned arms and a bronzed face. She flashed a large smile, which resulted in her lips becoming nearly indistinguishable from the rest of her face. Her bottom lip barely stood out, while her top lip looked non-existent.

In April 2013, Lara and Eric Trump went to a Hamptons Magazine & American Heart Association ball in New York City. Lara's hair was tied back in a tight ponytail, and her skin looked blemish-free as she gave the camera a large smile. She had applied lipstick with a pink hue, but the beauty product did little to highlight her thin lips, especially against her foundation. The lipstick at least gave them a little definition, but it was nothing compared to the inflated balloons that Lara's smackers would become once she spent more time in the limelight.

Lara and Eric Trump wore slightly matching blue, black, and white outfits when they attended a Harboring Hearts event at Rubin Museum of Art in New York City in June 2014. Judging from the photo, it seems she started making changes to her face around this time. Her forehead appeared to be aided by Botox, as it looked wrinkle-free. However, it seems she was still years away from touching the filler. As she flashed a smile that showed off her sparkling white teeth, her top lip virtually disappeared. Unfortunately, it also looked like there was also some foundation on her lips, which made them blend with the rest of face.

When attending the Concourse for the Kids held at the Trump National Golf Club in September 2014, Lara Trump chose an inappropriate outfit that looked severely out of place for the event. Posing next to Eric Trump, she rocked a body-hugging black tank top with a plunging neckline that put her seemingly surgically enhanced assets on display. Despite being halfway to the Mar-A-Lago look with her outfit, she had not yet opted for fillers to inflate her lips. In one photo, she stood stone-faced next to her beau with her mouth tightly closed. Fortunately, she chose a glossy lip shade, because if not for that, then her pout would have gone entirely unnoticed.

It came as no surprise that Lara Trump was with Eric at his eponymous Foundation's Elite Donor Reception in December 2014. As seen in a photo from the event, Lara was marginally conservative with her beauty products, and her skin looked taut and without any wrinkles in sight. This was another example of her pink lip gloss doing the heavy lifting around her mouth, as Eric's lips looked twice the size of Lara's while the two posed side-by-side. Perhaps she had started to dabble with injections, as her bottom lip looked much larger than her ultra-thin top one.

One of the last pictures of Lara Trump with thinner lips came in September 2015 when she attended the 9th Annual ETF Golf Invitational at Trump National Golf Club Westchester with Eric Trump. She looked fairly sporty in a gray zip-up turtleneck and a pair of bright red shorts. She also wore a matching red MAGA hat — the brightness of which overshadowed her face in snaps taken on the golf course. When she smiled next to her husband, Lara's puckers did appear a tad more engorged than the above thin-lipped pics, but they were moderately enhanced compared to how massive they would become post-2020. Her top lip was meatier than the ultra-thin days, but was much smaller than her bottom lip.