Melania Trump she's about to be the
first lady but what do we really know
about her journey from model to mom
here's a look at the stunning
transformation of Melania Trump growing
up canals she was born Melania canals on
April 26 1970 in the tiny town of Seb
Nietzsche in the former Yugoslavia
according to the AP her father Victor
worked as a salesman and her mother
Amalia was a children's clothing
designer childhood friend Mariana
jelincic said that I think I can say 7ej
was too small for her even as a child
she dreamed of moving child prodigy
while attending the Secondary School of
Design of photography in Ljubljana
Melania was discovered by photographers
Donna yerko at the age of 16 he taught
her how to pose but ran into an unusual
problem when he first went to photograph
her he couldn't find any shoes that
would fit her I didn't have shoes for
her because she had very big feet
the other models had smaller feet
despite this handicap Melania went on to
model in Paris and Milan before moving
to New York to follow her American dream
she did what she had to do in New York
Melania struggled at first to land
modeling gigs so according to GQ she
improvised going on casting calls for
alcohol and tobacco ads which her
underage competitors couldn't be hired
for and former roommate Matthew attained
Ian said she ended up getting breast
augmentation to be more competitive she
went away for a two-week vacation then
came back and was more buxom she
admitted it to me she just said it
needed to be done to get more lingerie
jobs all of this led to her infamous new
British GQ spread in 2000 in a 2015
interview with Barbara Walters Melania
gracefully acknowledged her former
career I think people will always judge
maybe they will say oh the past that you
have the way you were modeling that's
part of the job that I was doing I was
very successful model and I did some
photo shoots yes they will only risky
but nothing more than you see every year
in Sports Illustrated meeting the Donald
in 1998 the then 28 year old Melania met
her future husband Donald Trump at a
party during New York
fashion week she quickly took charge
getting his number
well at first when you met I didn't give
him my number he was with the date so I
told him give me your number and I will
call you I wanted to see what kind of
number he would give me business home if
he would give me a business number I'm
not a girl doing business with him
her friend Matthew attained Ian's said
it didn't go well at first but
eventually worked out she had some trust
issues with him at the beginning she
kept her apartment to have her own space
because of this it's all about that
power and protection I think she needed
a strong man a father figure one that
would put a three million-dollar ring on
it
her marriage philosophy Melania told
parenting magazine quote I don't think
you need to be with your husband every
minute of every day
both people should do what their passion
is and then get together in the mornings
and evenings and share and experience
life and have a great time you know that
saying work hard and play harder that's
what we do end quote
for her part during their marriage
Melania has kept active in creating a
skincare line and jewelry collections
while also raising their son Barron
motherhood over politics in a late 2015
20/20 interview on ABC with the trumps
Barbara Walters questioned why Melania
wasn't more active in the campaign
Melania answered decisively well it's my
choice not to be there I support my
husband
a hundred percent but we have a nine
year old son together a baron and I'm
raising him and this is the age he needs
a parent at home hard to argue with that
first lady in her most public role yet
Melania is taking on the role of First
Lady of the United States she will be
America's second foreign-born First Lady
a fact that has already led people to
ask her what she thinks about her
husband's immigration policies which is
no surprise like all first lady's one of
her main jobs will be the task of
defending her husband as she has already
had to do regarding his comments toward
women the words my husband used are
unacceptable and offensive to me this
does not represent the man that I know
he has the heart and mind of
leader I hope people will accept his
apology as I have and focus on the
important issues facing our nation and
the world
the next Jackie Kennedy Melania has
stated she would take on a traditional
role as first lady citing Jackie Kennedy
as an inspiration in an interview with
GQ which noted that JFK's wife was
endlessly glamorous and endlessly
tolerant of her husband's philandering
professor of history Catherine Jellison
who studies first families also cited
Jackie Kennedy as a likely role model
for Melania I think she will be a quiet
first lady because that's been her
demeanor throughout the campaign someone
who doesn't weigh in on policy issues
she might be a sort of Jackie Kennedy
type well-dressed woman who will be seen
as popular in the women's magazines but
largely stays quiet and on the sidelines
in terms of her public image only
Melania can truly know how similar she
is to Jackie but one thing is certain
we're all about to find out thanks for
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