Melania Trump returned to the White House as the first lady in America for the second time but her life and the legacy goes beyond her duties of the general commander.
She made her name before she met the president Donald Trump, When she stepped into the soil of the United States at the age of 26.
Born Melania Knauss, she came to America from Slovenia in 1996 with “youthful confidence”.
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“As an adult, there is a moment when you become the only responsible for the life you lead,” she writes in her bestseller memoir, “Melania.”
“You have to take responsibility, accept that responsibility and become an architect of your own future.”
The official portrait of the first lady of Melania Trump was recorded on January 21, 2025. In the yellow oval room of the residence by the respected photographer Régine Mahaux. (White house)
Two years after living in Manhattan, Future Mrs. Trump She met the mogul of real estate, Donald J. Trump, at a party while still deep in her modeling career.
“He wanted my number, but he was with a date, so of course I didn’t give it to him,” said the first lady in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar from 2016.
“I said,” I don’t give you my number; To give me mine, and I’ll call you. “I wanted to see what number would give me – if it’s a business number:” What is this?
The future president gave her all his phone numbers, from the numbers in Mar-a-lag to his home in New York, within a week, she gave him a ring.
Melania Knaus moved to America when she was only 26 and began her career in the modeling industry. (Diane liberated)
Trumps are shown early in their relationship. “His energy hit me … He has an incredible sense of vitality,” Melania Trump said in an interview with a magazine about her then -husband. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
American socialist Mary Trump spent time with her son, real estate programmer Donald Trump and his then girlfriend, former model Melania Knauss, while posing together at the Mar-A-Lazach, Palm Beach, Florida, February 27, 2000. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
“His energy hit me … He has an incredible sense of vitality,” Melania Trump told the magazine.
For the next few years, it included the finalization of Trump’s second divorce and a short cleft between a happy couple, but in the end they reunited, she said in interviews.
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In 2004, Trump suggested the first lady of the future in one of the biggest nights in New York: Met Gala.
Next year Trumps said “I” on a the most luxurious weddingwhich is publicly described as suitable for the royal kingdom-the stunning dress that the bride wore to an excellent admission to MAR-a-LAG.
The couple showed glory with friends on New Year’s Eve before they got married on January 22, 2005. (Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)
Melania Trump Masha after marrying Donald Trump in the Episcopal Church of Bethesd by-the-More at West Palm Beach, January 2, 2005. (Jeffrey Langlois/Palm Beach Daily News/Imagins)
While the $ 100,000 wedding dress is Christian Dior, 10,000 flowers and chefs serving caviar with Cristal Champagne may have been a prominent evening, Melania Trump said she felt like any other bride when she went down the passage.
“Although my wedding was big to the extent … What I felt in my heart was what every other bride felt in her special day. The pressure to go smoothly is certainly real, but ultimately, my main The focus celebrated Donald and my love and dedication, surrounded by my loved ones, “she wrote in her memoir.
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March 20, 2006. The first lady gave birth to a son of couple, Barron William Trump.
In the midst of raising Barron, she continued to find other ways of working, according to the fact that he gave a good example to his son.
Melania Trump, Young Barron Trump and Donald Trump participate in the 16th anniversary of the rabbit jump in FAO Schwartz to use the Memorial Cancer Cancer Sloan-Cettering 2007. (Peter Kramer/Getty Pictures for MSKCC)
Melania Trump and son Barron Trump were shown at the 19th Annual Bunny Hop who was led by the Committee of the Memorial Center for Cancer Society Sloan-Kettering at FAO Schwarz 2010. (Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
Trumps with young son Barron on November 30, 2011 in New York. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Pictures for NBC)
The couple during the 13th annual Foundation of Elton John Aids 2011, hosted by Chopard – Arrivals in Pacific Design Center in LA -u (Jean-Paul Aussenard/Wireimage)
“It is very important to show our children that we do too. To give them an example [of] How is life, “she said in an exclusive interview with” Fox & Friends “.
“To see us as productive. We have ideas and these ideas come to life,” she said.
After 10 years raising his son, Since the wife of business mogul is working on her own efforts, her long list of achievements is: the first lady of the United States added a new title.
She said she had no idea that she would become a prominent figure in the political center of attention when she came to America.
“I don’t think anything else has prepared me to be the first lady in front of the world than a fashion industry … It’s glamorous, but it’s very difficult at the same time,” said Melania Trump in her interview with “Fox & Friends”.
President Trump and the first lady of Melania Trump walk in the January 20, 2017 inaugural parade in Washington, DC, after sworn as 45. (Kevin Dietsch – Pool/Getty Images)
The president and the first lady poses for photography as they visit members of the army at the Al Asad Air Force database, Iraq, December 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Hardik)
Melania Trump visits a children’s inn at the National Health Institutes on Valentine’s Day on February 14, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. (Tasos Cathopodis/Getty Images)
The first lady is shown next to the cover of her new book, “A deeply personal and reflective journey for me,” she wrote in it. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images; Amazon)
“All of you judge you, [looks] In you in a certain way … it can also be a wicked world. So, nothing prepared me for this world but fashion. Gives you thick skin. “
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During her time as the first lady, she was a passionate supporter of the US army, saying: “Supporting our army is fundamentally my belief,” Fox News Digital reported earlier.
Elected President Donald Trump Ljubs Melania Trump as he arrives at the inauguration ceremony before sworn in as 47. President at the US Rotund Capitol in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025. (Saul Loeb/Pool over Reuters)
Trumps participate in the General Inaugural Ball commander at Walter E. Washington Congress Center in Washington, DC, January 20, 2025. President Trump was elected 47. November 5, 2024-Samo Other President ever served two consultative terms. (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)
Barron Trump, President’s youngest child, gesture during a closed inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in DC (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Her love and respect for this country was also apparently exposed as she worked to preserve the executive castle, considering it with her way of “contributing to something a lasting and beautiful American people, transcending politics and partisanity.”
Melania Trump recently visited the neighborhood affected by Hurricane Helena in Swannano in North Carolina, while President Trump spoke about the relief of a hurricane. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
Melania Trump and the President visit California on January 24, 2025 to see the region ravaged by Palisades and Eaton fires. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)
After already serving the country in this role, she knows what is expected of a First lady.
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This previous experience is an advantage that they will be able to use for the next four years.
From a model to the first lady, Melania Trump returned to the White House. (Getty Images; White House)
“I have a lot more experience, a lot more knowledge. I was in the White House before. So, when you go in, you know exactly what to expect. You know what kind of people you need to get,” Fox & Friends said. “
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She has an understanding of the role and said she was filled with great pride – she wrote in her memoir that she had a “stronger sense of duty to use my platform as the first lady.”
