Immigrated to the USA in 2001, became a US citizen in 2006, First Lady in 2016: Who is Melania Trump?

Name Surname: Melania Trump

Date of Birth: April 26, 1970

From: Yugoslavia

Professions: Model, Jewelry Designer

Melania Trump became the First Lady of the United States on November 8, 2016, when her husband, Donald Trump, won the presidential election.

Melania Trump (on April 26, 1970; Germanized as Melania Knauss is a Slovenian American former model and businesswoman who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021, as the wife of President Donald Trump.

Melania Trump was born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Yugoslavia, as the daughter of Viktor Knavs and Amalija Knavs. Her father was a car salesman and her mother was a tailor. Her real name is Melania Knavs. She has one sister. She studied Design and Photography at the University of Ljubljana in Yugoslavia. She immigrated to the US in 2001 and became a US citizen in 2006.

Melania Trump can speak Slovenian, Serbian, English, French. She started working as a model at the age of 17. At the age of 18, she signed with an agency in Milan, Italy. She was named runner-up in a model contest in 1992. She left the University of Ljubljana, where she was studying, to model at the end of a year and modeled in Milan and Paris. She moved to New York in 1996.

Melania Trump, who is 180 cm tall, worked as a model, after quitting modeling she worked as a jewelry and watch designer.

Melania Trump first went to the United States on a business visit in August 1996. Then she left again in October 1996, then in 2001 she got a residence permit and stayed in the USA. She became a US citizen in 2006.

Melania Trump married Donald Trump on January 22, 2005. They have a child named Barron Trump (March 20, 2006).

Melania Trump became the First Lady of the United States on November 8, 2016, when her husband, Donald Trump, won the presidential election. She was named the First Lady of the United States on January 20, 2017.