Melania Trump: from top Beautiful model to first lady of the United States
Donald Trump will move to the White House with his wife Melania, who was little seen and heard during the presidential campaign. So who is the future first lady of the United States? Portrait.
FROM MELANIJA TO MELANIA
Melania was born in communist Yugoslavia in 1970 under the name Melanija Knauss. His childhood village, Sevnica, is now in Slovenia.
At 16, she entered the modeling industry, then went to work in Milan, Italy, and then in Paris.
The young Melanija will take a break from her career to study design and architecture at a university in Slovenia. However, she will not finish her studies to return to modeling.
In 1996, she moved to New York to pursue her career. She will be on the covers of popular magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and New York Magazine, and will appear in television commercials.
Later, after meeting Donald Trump, she will go into business with a jewelry and then cosmetics company, as shown in this ad.
The function of first lady
Unlike Canada, the office of first lady of the United States is a formal institution attached to the office of the president. The current first lady, Michelle Obama, took advantage of this post to promote several causes, including physical activity and education of girls around the world.
HIS MEETING WITH DONALD
It was during a party organized by the boss of a modeling agency that she met Donald Trump for the first time, in 1998, in New York.
“He wanted my number, but he was with someone. So, obviously, I refused, ”she told an American media. However, Donald will give her his phone numbers and she will call him back.
In 1999, a New York Times reporter asked her how she would view her role as first lady if her then-boyfriend Donald Trump became president.
I would be very traditional. Like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy. I would encourage him.
Melania Trump
Melania will obtain American citizenship in 2006, a year after her marriage to the real estate mogul. She will adopt her husband's name.
“We have a great relationship. I have my own personality, he has his own personality. And I think it's very important. I don't want to change him and he doesn't want to change me, ”she explained in an interview this winter.
She has a 10 year old boy with Donald Trump, Barron William.
HISTORY OF PLAGIATION
Last July, Ms. Trump's speech at the Republican convention was criticized for similarities to a speech Michelle Obama gave in 2008.
The writer of her speech, an employee of the Trump clan, will write a letter to admit that she was responsible for this plagiarism, which you can review here.
MELANIA, SLOVENIA AND FRENCH
For nearly two centuries, all of the first ladies of the United States have been born with American citizenship.
The European Melania will therefore be the first woman of foreign origin to hold this position since the English Louisa Adams, wife of President John Quincy Adams (1825-1829).
Like many Europeans, Melania speaks several languages. In addition to English and her native language, Slovenian, Melania says she speaks Italian, German ... and French.
This can be verified when she comes on an official visit to Canada, a necessary step for the new American presidents and their spouses.
