Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs; April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian-American former model who served as the First Lady of the United States from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of President Donald Trump.
Trump grew up in Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia) and worked as a fashion model through agencies in the European fashion capitals of Milan and Paris. After she moved to New York City in 1996, she continued her modeling career.
In 2005, Trump married the real estate developer and TV personality Donald Trump. She gave birth to their son, Barron, in 2006. Later that year, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Trump is the second naturalized woman — after Louisa Adams — and the first non-native English speaker to become First Lady of the United States.
