The fascinating First Lady of the USA is quickly becoming a fashion icon, like the incomparable Jackie Kennedy in the Sixties.
We have selected for you 5 facts about her life that you probably didn’t know before.
1 – She attended University of Ljubljana in Slovenia where she studied architecture.
2 – She grew up in a humble background. Her father worked as a car dealer and her mother worked as a children’s clothes designer at a manufacturer named ‘Jutranjka’ in Sevnica.
3 – Young Melania wanted to pursue a career in modelling and started her journey at the age of sixteen when she worked with Stane Jerko, a fashion photographer from Slovenia. At eighteen years of age, she signed a contract with a modelling agency in Milan.
4 – Melania and Donald Trump met at a fashion party in New York City in September 1998. Being single, Trump entered into a serious relationship with her.
5 – Melania Trump is a multi-linguist with good command over Slovene, English, German, French, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian.