Melania Trump

First Lady of the United States (2017–2021; since 2025)

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Born 1970
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Updated 2026-08-28

She entered the White House twice — once as the first naturalized first lady in American history, and once as the first to return nonconsecutively in more than a century. Between those terms, the Slovenian-born former model spent decades navigating New York tabloids, a marriage begun while her future husband was still married to someone else, and a public ro

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Melanija Knavs started modeling in Yugoslavia at 16, changed her name to Melania Knauss, and worked the Paris and Milan circuits before Paolo Zampolli sponsored her move to the United States in 1996. Zampolli introduced her to Donald Trump in Manhattan in 1998; Trump was still married to Marla Maples, but the two began dating, and he worked to secure her more modeling jobs. They married in 2005, had a son the following year, and she launched a jewelry line in 2009. She urged him to run in 2016, then stayed off the trail and helped with strategy instead — a decision that held until scandal forc…

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Melania Trump

said26 Aug 2020

Total honesty is what we as citizens deserve from our president

— As quoted by citation |date=2020-08-26 |title=Fact Check: Second night of RNC riddled with dishonesty as Melania Trump appeals for 'total

Melania Trump

said12 Oct 2018

But we need to vet them. We need to know who they are, Chain migration, he doesn't want to just cut it off completely.

— 12 October 2018

Melania Trump

said2018

I could say that I'm the most bullied person on the world

— As quoted by

Melania Trump

said11 Feb 2017

We are responsible for empowering our next generation with values.

— Twitter (February 11, 2017)

Melania Trump

said17 Oct 2016

You can see from the tape, the cameras were not on—it was only a mic. And I wonder if they even knew that the mic was on. Because they were kind of, ah, boy talk.

— Regarding the leaked Access Hollywood tape of Donald Trump and Billy Bush; Interview with Anderson Cooper (October 17, 2016)

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