Melania Trump : First Lady of the United States 2017

The people have spoken and have opted to choose Donald Trump as the new president of the United States.

His wife Melania Trump will now become the next First Lady for at least the next 4 years. She is an ex model who went to live in the United States in 1996.

Born in Yugoslavia (Now Slovenia) in 1970 under the name Melanija Knavs, she became a permanent resident of the US in 2001 and a citizen in 2006.

She speaks a total of 5 languages, her native Slovenian, Serbian, English, French and German.

After marrying Donald Trump in 2005, they had a child named Barron William Trump in 2006.

Where Is Donald Trump's Wife From?

Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump was born in Slovenia (Then Yugoslavia) in 1970 as Melanija Knavs. She studied design and architecture at the University of Ljubljana and at just 18 signed a modeling contract with an agency in Milan. She worked as a model in Milan and Paris until moving to New York City in 1996.

She and Donald Trump met at a fashion week party in New York in 1998 and began courting before eventually getting married in 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida. In 2006 the couple had a son, Barron William Trump.

Melania tends to shun the spotlight instead spending a great part of her time looking after their son, when interviewed by People Magazine she said “My husband is traveling all the time,” adding  Barron needs somebody as a parent, so I am with him all the time… [I was] not ready to get political yet.”

She is said to be fluent in English, French, German, Slovenia and Serbian.