THIS IS THE SISTER OF MELANIA TRUMP THAT VERY FEW HAVE HEARD ABOUT
Before the media, Ines Knauss remains in a discreet background, but her presence in the life of the first lady is fundamental in her day-to-day life.
Although her popularity has grown exponentially, Melania Trump has for years been part of the circle of beautiful American people who celebrate parties in the Big Apple and move during the summer season to the Hamptons or Florida. But the fame and attentions that she has always enjoyed - now even more so since she became first lady - have never managed to cloud her vision. Trump leads a calm and relaxed life, she is a teetotaler, and has her older sister, Ines Knauss, as her maximum confidante.
On all those occasions when Donald has to travel, Melania takes refuge in the one who, in addition to being her sister, acts as her companion and friend since they were little. In the capital of Slovenia, Liubljana, they shared a home away from their parents to study fashion design, and even then they did not leave anyone indifferent: they attracted attention for their careful appearance. And when they left the country to try their luck in the world of fashion –Melania wanted to be a model and her sister her designer ––, they tried together, first in Milan and then in Paris, before moving to New York in 1996 .
Unfortunately, success was only reserved for Melania, despite the fact that she both looked very alike, and not just physically. “Ines was not like the other girls you might find there, who behaved like queens. She was very polite and delicate, ”said photographer Ale de Basseville who worked with the sisters during their early days.
When the Trump family arrived at the White House, many outlets wrote profiles of the many members of the President's family, with the most incisive ones exposing some dirty laundry. But few remembered Knauss. The explanation is that Ines has never been too lavish in front of the cameras; so much so that after all these years there is only one public photo of the two together. It was at a fundraiser that took place in 2005 at the Trumps' Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.
The philanthropist Audrey B. Gruss agreed with her there and assured that Knauss had seemed "a charming and very creative person". That same year the wedding between the then tycoon Donald Trump and the model Melania Knauss was also celebrated. On this occasion, Ines served as the only bridesmaid of the bride in an Alexander Wang dress, but those photographs were never leaked
A FAITHFUL AND LOYAL COMPANION
art of gossip #courtesy of #artist ines knauss pic.twitter.com/SnsQIJ1bWC
— MELANIA TRUMP (@MELANIATRUMP) August 6, 2014
Yet despite her low profile, Knauss is very much present in her sister's life. She to such an extent that she lives very close to the presidential marriage, just a few blocks from her triplex in Trump Tower, in a building valued at 2 million dollars, which is also owned by the tycoon and president of the United States.
Knauss, unlike her sister, enjoys away from the spotlight and prefers to focus on her most creative vein, which Melania boasted through her Twitter account when she was not yet first lady.
She now she also does it among the ranks of the Republican party. More specifically, in July of last year, when she referred to Knauss as "an incredible woman and friend," according to Allure magazine.
The devotion that the sisters feel is mutual: Ines dedicates almost all of the publications on her Facebook account to boasting her sister and supporting her in decisive moments, such as when the US edition of GQ magazine wrote about the brother that they would both have and that his father would never have recognized. Knauss shared the article and commented wryly: “I didn't know anything until I read this.” Also, when Melania's ex-boyfriends went to the Slovenian press to talk about her, her sister also came out of her in the rescue of she. "We all have good memories and lies do not promote good karma," she wrote on her social network.
But the support that Ines offers her sister is not limited to specific occasions: her presence in Melania's life has been fundamental since the birth of her first son Barron, in 2006. The designer Luisa Beccaria, who visited the Trump in New York to congratulate them, he was also surprised at how involved she was with her sister. “I realized that Melania was very close to her family when I saw how they all supported her after Barron's birth.
And although she had all the professional help she needed at that time, she was the sister of hers that she trusted the most, ”Beccaria recalled. After all, perhaps Ines is responsible for many of the first lady's successes, and not hers, her husband Donald Trump, as she insists in every interview she grants.
