You should know these 12 things about Melania Trump
Because yes, from tomorrow she will be America's new first lady.
Much has been said and written about Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs) - from her (spicy) modeling career to her marriage to the newest president of the United States. But you certainly didn't know these things about her:
1. Knauss was born in 1970 in the former Yugoslavia (in Sevnica in the Slovenian region of Posavje). Her father, Viktor Knavs, managed several car and motorcycle shops and her mother Amalija was a fashion designer.
2. She speaks five languages. Melania is fluent in Slovenian, English, French, Serbian and German. (Juicy: The reason she doesn't talk much in public is because of her thick accent.) She's the first first lady to grow up in a communist nation, and the second to come from abroad at all. Louisa Adams, as the British wife of the sixth president John Quincy (who was president from 1825 to 1829), preceded her.
3. Her modeling career started early. When Melania was only five years old, she ran her first runway show. She first appeared in a commercial at the age of 16, her big break followed the following year when she met renowned photographer Stane Jerko at the age of 17. At the age of 18 she signed a modeling contract in Milan.
4. Melania is (literally) not that crazy. She graduated from university in Slovenia with a degree in design and architecture. She then continued her modeling career, commuting between Paris and Milan - where she has done (cover) shoots for magazines such as ELLE, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Self and Vanity Fair. That time she changed her surname from Knavs to Knauss and moved to New York in 1996.
5. She is Donald Trump's third wife. The two became romantically involved in 1998 and married in 2005 - a year later, she gave birth to their son Barron, who is now ten years old. Donald was previously married to Marla Maples (from 1993 to 1997), a TV personality, former beauty queen and mother of their daughter Tiffany Trump. The couple met when he was still married to his first wife, Czechoslovakian Ivana Zelnickova, with whom he got married in 1977. With her, Trump has three children: Donald Trump Jr., Eric and Ivanka.
6. Her relationship with Trump did not start off brightly. They met in November 1998 at a Fashion Week party in New York. So Donald, 24 years her senior, had just divorced his second wife and came to the party on another date. Trump said to People magazine at the time: "I saw Melania and I said," Who is that? " She was a very successful model. She was terrific. I tried to get her number, and she wouldn't give it to me. ' Anyway, the rest is history.
7. Jackie Kennedy is her role model. In 1999, when Donald (her boyfriend at the time) was considering running for president, Melania described to the New York Times envisioning the role of first lady: `` It would be very traditional for me. Just like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy. I would support him. '
8. She is the first first lady to pose naked. Three years before meeting Donald Trump, she posed nude for a French men's magazine GQ. Photographer Jarl Alé de Basseville, who took the photos at the time, finds the images 'beauty and not porn'. View the full shoot here and judge for yourself.
9. She is now a businesswoman and has her own business in order. In 2010 she launched her watch and jewelry collection, Melania Timepieces & Jewelry, and in 2013 she debuted a skin care line, Melania Caviar Complexe C6, which she promoted on Trump's programs: The Celebrity Apprentice and The View.
10. She doesn't like the spotlights. Well, when it comes to politics. When Donald announced his candidacy, Melania made it clear she had no intention of being a part of the campaign. For example, she told our American colleagues from Harper's Bazaar:
'I'm choosing not to go political in public because that is my husband's job. I'm very political in private life, and between me and my husband I know everything that is going on. I follow from A to Z. But I chose not to be on the campaign. I made that choice. I have my own mind. I am my own person, and I think my husband likes that about me. '
11. She's the least popular presidential husband since Hillary. According to a Washington Post / ABC News poll, the 46-year-old is the least popular partner of a presidential candidate since Hillary Clinton.
12. The Clintons attended her wedding. No joke. Bill and Hillary Clinton were on the guest list along with 348 other guests for Melania and Donald's wedding at the American billionaire's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida in 2005. The bride wore a $ 100,000 Dior dress. , was studded with 1,500 crystals, which took a 'legendary' 550 hours to make.
Hmmm… Interesting type, that Melania. Next year she will move into The White House and will take on the role of first lady of the United States from January 20, 2017. Then she will take over from Michelle Obama.
We certainly hear and see a lot more from Melania Knauss-Trump. Starting with tonight, in Editie NL, where Cécile Narinx - editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar and former editor-in-chief of ELLE - takes a closer look at the clothing style of the new first lady.
