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Melania Knauss Trump Biography
Birth Name:
Melanija Knavs
Birth Place:
Novo Mesto, Slovenia, Yugoslavia
Profession
First Lady of the U.S., model, businesswoman
Fast Facts
- Was secretly baptized as Catholic because her father was a member of the League of Communists of Slovenia
- Changed the spelling of her name to Melania Knauss when she became a professional model
- Dropped out of university to pursue a modeling career
- Moved to Manhattan in 1996
- Became a U
- S
- citizen in 2006
- In 2010, launched her jewelry collection, Melania Timepieces & Jewelry
- The second First Lady of the United States born in a foreign country, the first whose first language is not English, and the first naturalized citizen
Relationships
- Viktor Knavs -- Father
- Donald Trump -- Husband
- Amalija Ulcnik -- Mother
- Ines -- Sister
- Barron William Trump -- Son
- Ivanka Trump -- Stepdaughter
- Tiffany Trump -- Stepdaughter
- Donald Trump Jr. -- Stepson
- Eric Trump -- Stepson