She claims to have written for student newspaper Lion’s Roar which allowed students to ‘freely vent their creative juices’, the yearbook says. Successor: Allen last year took over from Petraeus as head of Western troops in Afghanistan Mrs Kelley - who appears in the yearbook under her maiden name Khawam - was a ‘Mathlete’ and would have competed against other schools in maths competitions.Ĭareer man: US General John Allen (left) and David Petraeus (centre) greet US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta (right) as he lands in Kabul in 2011 Petraeus also made an appearance, but it was in 2010 and long after she had left school. Its website says: ‘The Council provides its members and the greater Philadelphia community with access to influential figures in the global area as well as opportunities to visit fascinating destinations through its unique travel program.’ She was a student member of the World Affairs Council and would have been given the opportunity to meet dignitaries at the highest level including presidents, prime ministers and princes.Īccording to the Philadelphia branch of the nationwide non-profit organisation, it was founded in 1949 to inform people of all ages ‘on matters of national and international significance’.Īmong the guest speakers in the past have been Prince Albert of Monaco, Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush and Tony Blair. MailOnline can also reveal that Mrs Kelley might have had access to ‘influential figures in the global area’ even before she left high school.įamily affair: Kelley, who throws parties for the military in Tampa, poses with the Petraeuses and her sister ‘She didn’t date anyone to my knowledge while she was at Lower Moreland. ‘She would wear shorts in the summer and she and her sister would wear matching jeans that were usually pretty tight. She didn’t touch you or anything but she would look you in the eye and smile. ‘I remember her making a comment, it was something like: ‘We are going to get a nose job and when we you do you’ll all be in awe of us. It did come out and it was quite pronounced and thick. The friend said: ‘People used to say things. The friend added that both Mrs Kelley and her sister ‘used to get teased about their noses’. I guess some people get their partying out of the way when they are younger - they were pretty quiet at school so I guess it’s all coming out now’. ‘I’m stunned they are involved in all this.
I’m not sure they even went to the prom and I don’t think they went to any of the parties that happened. ‘They joined in year 11 so there was just one year before we went to college, and they didn’t have much time to make lots of friends. In her official 1993 graduation photo for Lower Moreland High School in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania she posed wearing a black dress and pearls around her neck with her jet black hair tumbling over her left shoulder. Judging by pictures in her high school yearbook, she was glamorous and well aware of her charms even at a young age. Since the scandal broke she has appeared in public ‘looking a million dollars’, notably in a bright yellow dress and three inch heels as she climbed into her Mercedes outside her mansion in Tampa, Florida yesterday and today in a polished pink and gold heels ensemble.
The claims show that Mrs Kelley’s interest in carefully crafting her image started at an early age. It is not clear if Mrs Kelley followed through on her promise to get plastic surgery. She was also ‘flirtatious’, gave boys she met a big grin and used to wear tight blue jeans which brought many an admiring male gaze. Then and now: In her teens, Jill Kelley allegedly was defensive of her nose saying she would get plastic surgery