Melania Trump — Biography

Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs, April 26, 1970; Germanized to Melania Knauss) is a Slovene-American former model and two-time First Lady of the United States. Born in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia. she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006. She is the second foreign-born First Lady of the United States, following Louisa Adams in 1825. Around age 23 or 24, she made Paris her primary residence, where she lived with her roommate Victoria Silvstedt Melania Trump is the third wife of the 45th and 47th President of the United States of America and active businessman, Donald J. Trump. She is the stepmother of Ivanka Trump and Tiffany Trump, and mother-in-law of Lara Trump. As of February 2026, Melania has 4.7 million followers on Instagram.