Bettina Anderson

Bettina Elesabeth Anderson was born on December 9, 1986, in Palm Beach, Florida. Anderson was born to Harry Loy Anderson Jr. and Inger Anderson, alongside her twin sister, Kristina. Harry Loy was a businessman who became the youngest bank president in the United States at the age of 26 and led Worth Avenue National Bank, also serving as a board member on the Historical Society of Palm Beach County and the national board of governors for the American Red Cross, Anderson attended a Montessori school and later the Palm Beach Day School, where she played lacrosse. Anderson attended Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton; the Boca Raton News described Anderson as a big key to Saint Andrew's' unbeaten lacrosse season in 2004. At Saint Andrew's, she founded a hair accessory business with Kristina. Anderson graduated from St. Andrew's in 2005 and from Columbia University in 2009 with a degree in art history, criticism, and conservation. ==Career==

Socialite and modeling work (2005–present) (right) at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final. In May 2005, P Model Management recruited Anderson for a modeling gig in Milan. She modeled for the cover of Quest in 2020 and did a photoshoot with Hamilton Jewelers that year. and has planned fundraisers in Palm Beach, including for the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach. 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. ==Views==

According to The Daily Telegraph, Anderson is a "big Republican". Amid the George Floyd protests in 2020, she supported the Black Lives Matter movement and encouraged followers to follow measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, including a post the day before the 2020 presidential election of her in a mask with a sign reading, "Only you can stop the spread of ignorance". In October 2024, she held a fundraiser for Donald Trump. == Personal life ==

In August 2024, the Daily Mail published photographs of Anderson and Trump Jr. at a bar, and in December, the Mail published additional photographs of Anderson and Trump Jr. holding hands. Anderson accompanied Trump Jr. to Serbia in March 2025, to the FIFA Club World Cup final in July, and to Trump's dinner with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in November. The following month, the elder Trump announced his son's engagement to Anderson at a White House holiday party. ==References==