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Melania Knauss Trump [a] [3] (born Melanija Knavs, [b] April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025 as the wife of President Donald Trump. She previously held the role from 2017 to 2021.
President-elect Donald Trump kisses Melania Trump as he arrives for the inauguration ceremony before he is sworn in as 47th president in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025.
Melania Trump — before she even met the president — first stepped foot on United States soil at age 26. Born Melania Knauss, she came to America from Slovenia in 1996 with "youthful confidence."
Married to billionaire Donald Trump, Melania Trump began her modeling career at age 16 and moved to New York in 1996. The couple met in 1998, became engaged in 2004 and married in 2005.
Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in the New York City borough of Queens, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. [1] He is of German and Scottish descent. [ 2 ]
Melania Trump has cultivated her public image by limiting public interaction, minimizing public statements and declining to answer questions about her life. [1] Such is the secrecy around her life that one biographer, Mary Jordan, reported that she had to engage in clandestine interactions with associates of the Trumps to get information.
Melania Trump, born Melanija Knavs, was born in the central European country Slovenia, formerly part of Yugoslavia. She began to model at age 16 and moved to New York at age 26.
Melania Trump attends Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden, in New York, U.S., October 27, 2024.