Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs, anglicized to Melania Knauss; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian model and an American socialite. She is the current wife of the American real estate magnate Donald Trump, whom she married on January 22, 2005.
Knauss was born as the daughter of Slovene parents in Sevnica, Slovenia in 1970. Her notoriety was raised a few notches after appearing on the Howard Stern show with Trump. This led to a layout in Brit...
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Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs, anglicized to Melania Knauss; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian model and an American socialite. She is the current wife of the American real estate magnate Donald Trump, whom she married on January 22, 2005.
Knauss was born as the daughter of Slovene parents in Sevnica, Slovenia in 1970. Her notoriety was raised a few notches after appearing on the Howard Stern show with Trump. This led to a layout in British GQ magazine, including the cover shot in January 2000.
As Knauss' relationship with Trump grew she continued to model, but also became involved with the social set of New York. Their relationship received increasing publicity after the launch of Trump's successful business-oriented reality television show, The Apprentice.
Trump and Knauss became engaged in 2004, and married on 22 January 2005 at Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach, Florida, followed by a reception at Trump's Mar-A-Lago estate. Their wedding ceremony was...
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