Melania Trump | Biography, Career and Net Worth
Introduction
Melania Trump was born as Melanija Knavs in Novo Mesto, Slovenia on April 26, 1970, and was later Germanized to Melania Knauss. Her father was a car salesman, and her mother was a children’s clothing designer. She would often appear in fashion shows for Jutranjka, her mother’s employer. She grew up in Sevnica with her sister Ines, and she has an unnamed half-brother. Melania and Ines were baptized as Catholics, despite Viktor’s membership in the League of Communists of Slovenia, which promoted state atheism. She attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana and then enrolled at the University of Ljubljana to study design and architecture, but left after a year.
Career
Melania began modelling at the age of five and began featuring in advertisements and posing for fashion photographer Stane Jerko at the age of sixteen. When she was 18, she signed with a Milan modelling agency and placed second in “Jana Magazine’s” 1992 “Look of the Year” competition.
Trump met Paolo Zampolli, co-owner of Metropolitan Models, in 1995 and offered her representation if she came to the United States. She lived in a Zeckendorf Towers apartment with photographer Matthew Atanian after moving to Manhattan the following year, thanks to an agreement made by Zampolli.
| Net Worth | $50 Million |
| Name | Melania Trumph |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | April 26, 1970 (51 year old) |
| Height | 5 Feet 10 inch |
| Profession | Model and Socialite |
| Nationality | Slovenia |
Personal Life
Melania Trump met Donald Trump at a party in 1998, and on January 22, 2005, she married him in a $200,000 Christian Dior gown. Barron was born to Melania and Donald on March 20, 2006, and he was baptized at Bethesda-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, where Melania and Donald married.
Melania Trump has been a permanent resident of the United States since 2001, and she became an American citizen in 2006. She underwent an embolization at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in 2018 to treat benign kidney disease.
Trump sued the “Daily Mail,” a British tabloid, for publishing an article accusing her of serving as a prostitute during her tenure as a model, for $150 million in February 2017. Melania initially argued that the article cost her “multimillion-dollar business relationships,” but she later changed her mind and revised the case to concentrate on her emotional distress. The case was settled for $2.9 million in April 2017 after the “Daily Mail” removed the claims contained in the report.
Melania Trump’s Net Worth
Melania Trump is a successful businesswoman and believes in doing things on her own despite the fact that she is the wife of a billionaire. Her Net worth is estimated to be $50 million.
