Melania Trump modeling career: Who has the First Lady modeled for?
First Lady Melania Trump got her start in the modeling world as a teenager and has since gone on to have a long and successful career.
She has several graced magazine covers since she was discovered by a famous fashion photographer.
When did Melania Trump start modeling?
First Lady Melania Trump started modeling when she was just 16.
She worked as a fashion model through agencies in Milan and Paris and moved to New York City in 1996.
Fashion photographer Stane Jerko is credited with discovering her as a model.
“It was January 1987 when I went home just before the end of the fashion show,” Jerko told Today.
“On the stairs of the Festival Hall, I saw a girl that immediately caught my eye. There stood a tall, slender and attractive long-haired girl with distinct eyes.”
She subsequently dropped out of the University of Ljubljana where she was studying design and architecture to focus on modeling.
Were Melania's parents in fashion?
Melania's mother, who hails from a small town in Slovenia, worked in fashion while Melania was growing up.
Her mother Amalija Knavs was a children's clothing designer while her father Viktor was a car dealer.
Melania told People in 2016: “I always loved fashion. My mother was a fashion designer so it was always in my blood.”
Who has Melania Trump modeled for?
The first lady has worked with photographers such as Patrick Demarchelier and Helmut Newton.
She has appeared on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar in Bulgaria and Vanity Fair in Italy.
One of her more infamous gigs is her ---- shoot with GQ in 2000 which she said was “nothing more than you see every year in Sports Illustrated.”
She first met her future husband Donald Trump at a New York party at the Kit Kat Club during fashion week in 1998 and said she was “not star-struck.”
Trump, who at the time was a real estate mogul who had just done the first season of The Apprentice, proposed to Melania at the Met Gala in 2004.
It has long been speculated that Melania does not like being married to her husband.
In November 2021, eagle-eyed fans noticed that Melania was filmed allegedly rolling her eyes at her husband during a World Series game.
The clip, which was caught as Atlanta Braves faced the Houston Astros, has been viewed over 4million times.
