A certain young lady left her country for the United States in search of a better life, but ended up years later as the country’s First Lady. This is part of the story of Melania Trump, whose full name is Melanija Knavs Trump, the Slovenian-American former model and wife of the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump.
Melania was born on April 26, 1970 in a small town in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. She attended high school and a design and photography school in Ljubljana.
She later went to the University of Ljubljana to study architecture and design, but only stayed there for a year before pursuing a modeling career at age 16. She started out modeling for fashion photographers and worked more closely with Stane Jerko, modeling for fashion, together with houses in Paris, Milan etc. She later changed her surname from Knavs to the German spelling Knauss to fit the fashion world.
The one-time model met Paolo Zampaoli, co-owner of Metropolitan models, who was in Milan exploring in 1995. He convinced her to move to the United States to represent her. She was an immigrant while working as a model before earning legal work in the country after seven weeks. Shortly thereafter she got juicy contracts and worked as a model for well-known magazines and fashion houses. Some of her work is her appearance in swimsuits for Sports Illustra, including the covers of Vanity Fair, Vogue Magazine.
She launched her jewelry line, Melania Timepieces & Jewelry, in 2010 and also owned a skincare collection. The two companies that ran their businesses ended their business relationship in 2017 and their businesses are now considered dormant. Her net worth is around $50 million.
Melania Trump played a small role in Donald’s presidential bid campaign in 2016, when she told CNN that her role would be to help women and children and also focus on social issues like cyberbullying. She became the First Lady of the United States when her husband Donald Trump won the 2016 US general election and took office on January 20, 2017. Be the Best cyberbullying and substance abuse awareness campaign on May 7, 2018.She held her first White House event on March 8, 2017, an International Women’s Day luncheon where she spoke about her life as a migrant and highlighted the role of education as a tool to address gender inequality.
First Lady Melania is involved with five well-known charities, namely the Martha Graham Dance Company, the American Red Cross, the Make A Wish Foundation and the Boys Club in New York.
parents
Melania was born to Amalija Ulčnik Knavs and Viktor Knavs in the small town of Novo Mesto, about an hour’s drive from the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. She grew up with her family in Sevnica.
Her father Viktor met her mother in 1966. He worked as a chauffeur. He worked as a car shop manager while her mother worked as a fabric designer at the Jutranjka Children’s Factory in Sevnica. She has two siblings, a sister, Ines, and an older half-brother – a product of her father’s last relationship before he married her mother – who she reportedly never met.
Thanks to Melania Trump, her parents were able to quickly become First Lady through the chain migration process much criticized by Donald Trump, shortening the time process and accelerating her status as a citizen.
religion
Grew up in a communist city and country where Christianity was banned and atheism was upheld. Her family feared being identified as Christians, although Melania and her older sister Ines were secretly baptized as Catholics on June 14, 1970 at St. Lawrence Parish Church in Raka. The certificates were hidden and could not freely practice the tenets of their faith.
The First Lady also took her turn to Pope Francis for a blessing during her trip to see the Pope. She is promoting her supremacy – she is probably the 2nd Catholic First Lady after Jackie Kennedy.
affairs, divorce
Melania met Donald Trump, who is 24 years her senior, at a party thrown by Paolo Zampaoli in September 1998 at a Times Square nightclub called Kit Kat. He approached her and she collected his phone number that evening. The couple started dating and could be seen in different places, most notably the Green Village.
She joined him during his first presidential campaign in 2000, but shortly after they went their separate ways. On the other hand, they got back together after a month. In April 2004, he proposed to her a $1.5 million 15-carat diamond ring and she became Melania Trump when they married on January 22, 2005 at an Anglican church in Palm Beach, Fla. on their honeymoon in Mar -a-Lago at his beach resort.
The marriage was her first marriage but DonaldTrump’s third. So far they seem to be getting stronger by the day and there have been no rumors of infidelity and divorce on either side. Melania speaks 5 languages fluently, a benefit for her husband’s many travels and diplomatic visits as she can help him in French, Serbian, German, Spanish and English etc.
Who is Barron? Melania Trump’s son
The union of this powerful couple was blessed with a son who they named Barron William Trump. He was born on March 20, 2006; He is their only child while he is Donald Trump’s fifth child. The story goes that he is the first teenager to live in the White House, as other children of past presidents were either adults or lived outside the walls of the White House, aside from JF Kennedy’s children.
The young teen will also be quite tall, a gene he likely inherited from his parents when Trump was around 3 cm (6 ft 2 in) tall, while Barron stood next to his dad, who is just inches from his dad’s height was.
height and body measurements
Melania Trump stands at a height of 5ft 11inches without her precious heels and that is supported by a weight of 62kg. Her other body measurements include: Chest size to be 34D, shoe size US 10, chest measurement 38, with a slim waist of 26 inches and hips 37 inches.
