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class="vector-toc-text"> 5.3 Media coverage </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media_coverage-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Access_Hollywood_tape" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Access_Hollywood_tape"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 5.4 Access Hollywood tape </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Access_Hollywood_tape-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_lady_of_the_United_States_(2017–2021)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_lady_of_the_United_States_(2017–2021)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6 First lady of the United States (2017–2021) </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-First_lady_of_the_United_States_(2017–2021)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> Toggle First lady of the United States (2017–2021) subsection </button> <ul id="toc-First_lady_of_the_United_States_(2017–2021)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First_lady_in_Manhattan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_lady_in_Manhattan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.1 First lady in Manhattan </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_lady_in_Manhattan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-East_Wing_staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#East_Wing_staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.2 East Wing staff </div> </a> <ul id="toc-East_Wing_staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Life_in_the_White_House" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Life_in_the_White_House"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.3 Life in the White House </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Life_in_the_White_House-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Tribulations_in_early_2018" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Tribulations_in_early_2018"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.4 Tribulations in early 2018 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Tribulations_in_early_2018-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2018_Africa_tour" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2018_Africa_tour"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.5 2018 Africa tour </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2018_Africa_tour-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Political_influence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_influence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.6 Political influence </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political_influence-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Family_separation_policy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Family_separation_policy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.6.1 Family separation policy </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Family_separation_policy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Be_Best_campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Be_Best_campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.7 Be Best campaign </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Be_Best_campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-COVID-19_and_2020_presidential_campaign" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#COVID-19_and_2020_presidential_campaign"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 6.8 COVID-19 and 2020 presidential campaign </div> </a> <ul id="toc-COVID-19_and_2020_presidential_campaign-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-After_the_White_House_(2021–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#After_the_White_House_(2021–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 7 After the White House (2021–present) </div> </a> <ul id="toc-After_the_White_House_(2021–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Public_image" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Public_image"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 8 Public image </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Public_image-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 9 Footnotes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 10 Notes </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 11 References </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 12 External links </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" 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data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Alemannisch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8" title="ميلانيا ترامب – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ميلانيا ترامب" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">العربية</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanya_Tramp" title="Melanya Tramp – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Melanya Tramp" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE" title="ملانیا ترامپ – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ملانیا ترامپ" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA" title="মেলানিয়া ট্রাম্প – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মেলানিয়া ট্রাম্প" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Мелання Трамп – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мелання Трамп" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Мэланія Трамп – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мэланія Трамп" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%AA" title="मलानिया ट्रंप – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मलानिया ट्रंप" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bikol Central</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Мелания Тръмп – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мелания Тръмп" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trumpov%C3%A1" title="Melania Trumpová – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Melania Trumpová" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80" title="Μελάνια Τραμπ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μελάνια Τραμπ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Knauss" title="Melania Knauss – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="Melania Knauss" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE" title="ملانیا ترامپ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ملانیا ترامپ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Frysk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C%EB%9D%BC%EB%8B%88%EC%95%84_%ED%8A%B8%EB%9F%BC%ED%94%84" title="멜라니아 트럼프 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="멜라니아 트럼프" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B5%D5%A1_%D4%B9%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D6%83" title="Մելանյա Թրամփ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մելանյա Թրամփ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Հայերեն</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA" title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A4" title="מלאניה טראמפ – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מלאניה טראמפ" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98" title="მელანია ტრამპი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მელანია ტრამპი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Меланья Трамп – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Меланья Трамп" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Қазақша</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel%C4%81nija_Trampa" title="Melānija Trampa – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Melānija Trampa" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lëtzebuergesch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lombard</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA" title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Меланија Трамп – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Меланија Трамп" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF_%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D" title="മെലാനിയ ട്രംപ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മെലാനിയ ട്രംപ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA" title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मेलानिया ट्रम्प" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8" title="ميلانيا ترامب – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ميلانيا ترامب" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE" title="ملانیا ترامپ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="ملانیا ترامپ" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target">مازِرونی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Мелания Трамп – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Мелания Трамп" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Монгол</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%83%A9%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97" title="メラニア・トランプ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="メラニア・トランプ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%86_%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%B0%E0%A8%AA" title="ਮਿਲਾਨਿਆ ਟਰੰਪ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਿਲਾਨਿਆ ਟਰੰਪ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%B9%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%BE" title="میلانیا ٹرمپ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="میلانیا ٹرمپ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF,_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Трамп, Мелания – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Трамп, Мелания" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sardu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F_%E0%B6%A7%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A" title="මලානියා ට්‍රම්ප් – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="මලානියා ට්‍රම්ප්" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target">සිංහල</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trumpov%C3%A1" title="Melania Trumpová – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Melania Trumpová" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8E%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE" title="مێلانیا ترامپ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="مێلانیا ترامپ" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target">کوردی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BF" title="Меланија Трамп – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Меланија Трамп" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melania_Trump" title="Melania Trump – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Melania Trump" data-language-autonym="Suomi" 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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Melania Trump</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/220px-Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/330px-Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg/440px-Melania_Trump_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="852" data-file-height="1280" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2017</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady of the United States</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><a href="/wiki/Designate" class="mw-redirect" title="Designate">Designate</a></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">Assuming office January 20, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> (elect)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeding</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jill_Biden" title="Jill Biden">Jill Biden</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In role January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data">Donald Trump</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jill Biden</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Melanija Knavs</div> (1970-04-26) April 26, 1970 (age 54) <a href="/wiki/Novo_Mesto" title="Novo Mesto">Novo Mesto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Republic_of_Slovenia" title="Socialist Republic of Slovenia">SR Slovenia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Yugoslavia (1970–1991)</li><li>Slovenia (1991–present)</li><li>United States (2006–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style>2005)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Family_of_Donald_Trump#Third_marriage" title="Family of Donald Trump">Barron</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Viktor Knavs</li><li><a href="/wiki/Amalija_Knavs" title="Amalija Knavs">Amalija Ulčnik</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Mar-a-Lago" title="Mar-a-Lago">Mar-a-Lago</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Melania Trump's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg/128px-Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg/192px-Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg/256px-Melania_Knauss-Trump_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="437" data-file-height="235" /></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output 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.listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Melania_Trump_voice.ogg" title="File:Melania Trump voice.ogg">Melania Trump's voice</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="408" data-mwtitle="Melania_Trump_voice.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/Melania_Trump_voice.ogg/Melania_Trump_voice.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Melania_Trump_voice.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">Trump on her family's departure from the White House Recorded January 18, 2021</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Melania Knauss Trump<a href="#cite_note-3">[a]</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[3]</a> (born Melanija Knavs,<a href="#cite_note-5">[b]</a> April 26, 1970) is a Slovenian and American former model who served as the <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="First Lady of the United States">First Lady of the United States</a> from 2017 to 2021 as the wife of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>, the 45th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a>. She is the first <a href="/wiki/Naturalized_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalized citizen">naturalized citizen</a> to become first lady, the second foreign-born first lady after <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Adams" title="Louisa Adams">Louisa Adams</a>, and the second Catholic first lady after <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Kennedy">Jacqueline Kennedy</a>. As her husband was re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>, Trump is set to return to her role as first lady on January 20, 2025, following her husband's <a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second inauguration of Donald Trump">second inauguration</a>. She will become the second first lady in history to serve two non-consecutive terms.<a href="#cite_note-6">[c]</a> Melanija Knavs was born in Slovenia (then part of <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Federal_Republic_of_Yugoslavia" title="Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a>) where she began working as a fashion model at the age of 16. She changed the spelling of her name to Melania Knauss, and she traveled to <a href="/wiki/French_fashion#Paris" title="French fashion">Paris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fashion_in_Milan" title="Fashion in Milan">Milan</a> to seek modeling work before meeting <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Zampolli" title="Paolo Zampolli">Paolo Zampolli</a>, who hired her and sponsored her immigration to the United States in 1996. She continued working as a model in Manhattan, where Zampolli introduced her to the <a href="/wiki/Real_estate_developer" class="mw-redirect" title="Real estate developer">real estate developer</a> Donald Trump in 1998. Melania and Donald began dating shortly afterward. He worked to get her more modeling jobs, and she supported him during his <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">2000 presidential campaign</a>. Melania and Donald Trump married in 2005, and they had a son, <a href="/wiki/Barron_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Barron Trump">Barron Trump</a>, the following year. She dedicated most of her time to Barron during his infancy, spending less time working or accompanying her husband at events. She started her own jewelry brand, Melania, in 2009. After encouraging Donald to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">run for president</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, Melania only made rare campaign appearances, opting to help Donald strategize over the phone. She received major press coverage during the campaign when erotic photos from her modeling years were uncovered and published, and again when a speech she gave at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">2016 Republican National Convention</a> was found to be plagiarized from a similar speech by <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a>. In the month leading up to the election, she defended her husband following the release of the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape">Access Hollywood tape</a> that had caused a scandal for her husband. Melania stayed in Manhattan for the first months of her tenure as first lady, allowing Barron to finish school and Melania to renegotiate her <a href="/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement" title="Prenuptial agreement">prenuptial agreement</a>. Her stepdaughter <a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka Trump</a> fulfilled some of the first lady's traditional duties. She kept to minimal activity after moving into the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>, often staying in the residence instead of her office in the <a href="/wiki/East_Wing" title="East Wing">East Wing</a>, and she held fewer events than previous first ladies. Melania faced several challenges in 2018, including <a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal" title="Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal">allegations of extramarital affairs</a> by her husband, surgery for <a href="/wiki/Kidney_disease" title="Kidney disease">kidney disease</a>, and a tour of Africa that was overshadowed by scandals. During her tenure as first lady, Melania prioritized children's issues, launching the <a href="/wiki/Be_Best" title="Be Best">Be Best</a> campaign to promote children's welfare and making many visits to children's hospitals. She opposed her husband's <a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy" title="Trump administration family separation policy">family separation policy</a> and convinced him to end the practice. She was a close advisor to her husband. In the final months of her tenure, Melania endorsed her husband's <a href="/wiki/Attempts_to_overturn_the_2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election">false claims of election fraud</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, and has largely stayed out of public view since leaving the White House. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2></div> Melanija Knavs was born in <a href="/wiki/Novo_Mesto" title="Novo Mesto">Novo Mesto</a>, Yugoslavia, now part of present-day <a href="/wiki/Slovenia" title="Slovenia">Slovenia</a>, on April 26, 1970.<a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[5]</a> Her father Viktor Knavs first worked as a chauffeur, and he eventually sold car parts for a state-owned vehicle manufacturer as he made connections with the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Communists_of_Yugoslavia" title="League of Communists of Yugoslavia">League of Communists of Yugoslavia</a>, the national communist party.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201948–49-9">[6]</a> Her mother <a href="/wiki/Amalija_Knavs" title="Amalija Knavs">Amalija</a> worked as a <a href="/wiki/Pattern_(sewing)" title="Pattern (sewing)">patternmaker</a> at the children's clothing manufacturer Jutranjka in <a href="/wiki/Sevnica" title="Sevnica">Sevnica</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201951-10">[7]</a> In Sevnica, the family lived in the state-run housing complex Naselje Heroja Maroka.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019336-11">[8]</a> She has an older sister, Ines,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202056-12">[9]</a> and an older half-brother from her father's previous relationship, Denis Cigelnjak, whom she reportedly has never met.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202050-13">[10]</a> Her father denied paternity of the boy, even after it was confirmed by a <a href="/wiki/Paternity_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Paternity test">paternity test</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> Although Melanija's father was a member of Yugoslavia's communist party, which espoused a policy of <a href="/wiki/State_atheism" title="State atheism">state atheism</a>,<a href="#cite_note-15">[12]</a> he had his daughters secretly <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptized</a> as <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Slovenia" title="Catholic Church in Slovenia">Catholic</a>, as was common.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPožar201694-16">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-17">[14]</a> The family was well-off relative to most who lived in communist societies. They frequently went on vacations to other parts of Europe.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> Their apartment was decorated with brightly colored walls, which was a major departure from other apartments in the country.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202050-13">[10]</a> As a child, Melanija, like other children of workers at the factory participated in fashion shows that featured children's clothing.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019337-18">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201951-10">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a> Textiles were Sevnica's primary industry. Students were excused from school to participate in the shows.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202052–53-20">[17]</a> From a young age, Melanija expressed an interest in fashion, and she began customizing and sewing her own clothes.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019336-11">[8]</a> She developed a skill for it by watching her mother work.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201952-21">[18]</a> Melanija did well in school, where she was appointed school treasurer.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202054-22">[19]</a> When Melanija was a teenager, she moved to a two-story house in Sevnica with her family.<a href="#cite_note-23">[20]</a> From her youth in Slovenia, Melanija was influenced by the United States: she described the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan" title="Presidency of Ronald Reagan">presidency of Ronald Reagan</a> as the beginning of a new era in her own country and the debut of <a href="/wiki/CNN_International" title="CNN International">CNN International</a> in 1985 gave her family access to American media.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202055–57-24">[21]</a> Of particular interest to Melanija was the new exposure to global fashion.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201952-21">[18]</a> At the age of fifteen, she began attending the Secondary School for Design and Photography in <a href="/wiki/Ljubljana" title="Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, making the long commute from her hometown to the capital and back each day by train. After her first year, she and Ines moved to the capital together in an apartment paid for by their father.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201953–54-25">[22]</a> After graduating at age nineteen, Melanija enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture and Civil and Geodetic Engineering at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Ljubljana" title="University of Ljubljana">University of Ljubljana</a> to further study design, leaving after a few months without finishing her degree.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019338-26">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201957-27">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_modeling_career">Early modeling career</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_career">European career</h3></div> Melania was discovered by Slovenian fashion photographer Stane Jerko when she was sixteen, after modeling in a school-sponsored show.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201954–55-28">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202057–60-29">[26]</a> At the time, she had wanted to be a fashion designer rather than a model.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> Melania won a modeling contest with the Italian studio <a href="/wiki/Cinecitt%C3%A0" title="Cinecittà">Cinecittà</a> that entitled her to a movie role, but she rejected the prize after a producer sexually propositioned her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202061–63-30">[27]</a> As her modeling career progressed, Melania took on an alternate spelling of her name, Melania Knauss. She traveled Europe to find modeling work.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019338-26">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202063-31">[28]</a> Except a few close relatives, she did not maintain contact with anyone she knew in Slovenia.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202025–26-32">[29]</a> In 1992, Melania was named <a href="/wiki/Runner-up" title="Runner-up">runner-up</a> in the Jana Magazine <a href="/wiki/Elite_Model_Look" title="Elite Model Look">Look of the Year</a> contest, which promised its top three contestants an international modeling contract.<a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019338-26">[23]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> She signed with RVR Reclame in Milan, but she left the organization a few months later.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202067–69-33">[30]</a> Melania spent the following years traveling Europe for modeling jobs, including one in which she portrayed the first female president of the United States in 1993.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202072–73-34">[31]</a> Around age 23 or 24, she made Paris her primary residence, where she lived with her roommate <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Silvstedt" title="Victoria Silvstedt">Victoria Silvstedt</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202076–77-35">[32]</a> Melania modeled for fashion houses in Paris and Milan, where in 1995 she met Metropolitan Models co-owner <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Zampolli" title="Paolo Zampolli">Paolo Zampolli</a>, who was on a scouting trip in Europe. Zampolli, a friend of her future husband <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>,<a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a> became one of the few people who was involved in Melania's life for a long time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202083-36">[33]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relocating_to_New_York">Relocating to New York</h3></div> Zampolli urged Melania to travel to the United States, where he said he would like to represent her.<a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a> In 1996, Melania moved to Manhattan.<a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> By this time, she was already 26 years old, much older than most aspiring models.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201959-37">[34]</a> Zampolli encouraged Melania to live near and socialize with people in the fashion industry,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019334-38">[35]</a> and he arranged for her to share an apartment with photographer Matthew Atanian in <a href="/wiki/Zeckendorf_Towers" title="Zeckendorf Towers">Zeckendorf Towers</a> in <a href="/wiki/Union_Square,_Manhattan" title="Union Square, Manhattan">Union Square</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202081–82-39">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a> Her rent was taken from her pay with Zampolli's agency.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201963-40">[37]</a> Once she resided in the United States, she returned to her home country only sparingly and only for short periods of time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019335-41">[38]</a> She lived a healthy lifestyle, managing her diet carefully,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201964-42">[39]</a> and she avoided the drinking and partying that often consumed the lives of the models around her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202086–89-43">[40]</a> She did not lead an active social life and only went out on rare occasions.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202086–89-43">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201964-42">[39]</a> Melania was featured in a sexually explicit photo shoot for a 1997 issue of <a href="/wiki/Max_(French_magazine)" title="Max (French magazine)">Max</a>, a French men's magazine, with another female model. The photos were shot by the photographer Alexandre Ale de Basseville, and the work was unpaid, instead promising Melania exposure in a prominent magazine. The photos were largely forgotten until they were published by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a> in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202089–92-44">[41]</a> For her first weeks in the United States, her <a href="/wiki/Travel_visa" title="Travel visa">travel visa</a> did not allow her to work in the country. Despite this, she accepted ten modeling jobs that earned her approximately $20,000 (equivalent to $39,000 in 2023). She then received an <a href="/wiki/H-1B_visa" title="H-1B visa">H-1B visa</a> that allowed her to work.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019334-38">[35]</a> She received her first major job when she posed for a <a href="/wiki/Camel_(cigarette)" title="Camel (cigarette)">Camel cigarette</a> ad shot by <a href="/wiki/Ellen_von_Unwerth" title="Ellen von Unwerth">Ellen von Unwerth</a>, which was displayed as a <a href="/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a> billboard and ran in <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a>. The opportunity came about from a law that required cigarette ads only feature individuals above the age of 25, which excluded most aspiring models.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202095–96-45">[42]</a> When her roommate Atanian left New York, Melania moved to an apartment off of <a href="/wiki/Park_Avenue" title="Park Avenue">Park Avenue</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202097-46">[43]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage_and_family">Marriage and family</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meeting_Donald_Trump">Meeting Donald Trump</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg/220px-Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg/330px-Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg/440px-Donald_and_Melania_1999.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1037" data-file-height="1565" /></a><figcaption>Donald Trump and Melania Knauss in 1999</figcaption></figure> In September 1998, Zampolli introduced Melania to the real estate mogul Donald Trump at a party.<a href="#cite_note-47">[44]</a> Donald had a date to the event, <a href="/wiki/Celina_Midelfart" title="Celina Midelfart">Celina Midelfart</a>. When he asked Melania for her phone number, she refused. Instead, she insisted that he give her his own number. He passed her test when he gave her multiple personal numbers instead of an office number.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020109-48">[45]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201966-49">[46]</a> She later said that giving her own number would make her "just one of the women he calls".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020109-48">[45]</a> The exact details of when and where this took place are unclear, though the Kit Kat Club is often described as where they met.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020109–110-50">[47]</a> After a week, Melania called Donald and they went on a date.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201966–67-51">[48]</a> She intentionally gave him an indifferent attitude to his advances, knowing this would pique his interest.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020112-52">[49]</a> Not only was Donald's personality similar to that of Melania's father,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019337-18">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202048-53">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201972-54">[51]</a> but they were of similar ages and had similar physical appearances.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202048-53">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201967,_72-55">[52]</a> When they began dating, Melania had access to his book <a href="/wiki/Trump:_The_Art_of_the_Comeback" title="Trump: The Art of the Comeback">Trump: The Art of the Comeback</a>, in which he detailed what he wanted from a relationship.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202029–30-56">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201993–94-57">[54]</a> Melania held a press conference on September 8, spending the event recounting her successes and telling reporters that she was "world famous", "among the top 50" highest paid models in the world, and set to appear in a movie alongside <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Rourke" title="Mickey Rourke">Mickey Rourke</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202099–102-58">[55]</a> The intention was to build her profile in anticipation of another, ultimately unsuccessful, cigarette ad campaign.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020106–107-59">[56]</a> This was unusual behavior for a woman who typically kept a quiet and professional presence,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020108-60">[57]</a> and reporters were unable to verify the claims she made.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020101,_104–105-61">[58]</a> The Trumps have stated that they met at the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Fashion_Week" title="New York Fashion Week">New York Fashion Week</a> shortly after this conference, but according to biographer <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jordan_(journalist)" title="Mary Jordan (journalist)">Mary Jordan</a>, rumors in the industry suggested that their relationship had already developed by then.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020108-60">[57]</a> Their relationship initially only lasted a few weeks. Melania left Donald after she saw his ex-girlfriend <a href="/wiki/Kara_Young" title="Kara Young">Kara Young</a> leaving <a href="/wiki/Trump_Tower" title="Trump Tower">Trump Tower</a>, but she reunited with him the following week.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201968-62">[59]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relationship_with_Donald_Trump">Relationship with Donald Trump</h3></div> Donald's fame and connections gave her new career opportunities.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020113-63">[60]</a> Shortly after the death of <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Kennedy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacqueline Kennedy">Jacqueline Kennedy</a>, whom Melania and her mother had deeply admired, Melania met the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_family" title="Kennedy family">Kennedy family</a> at a gala.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020114-64">[61]</a> She continued to encounter celebrities while attending events with Donald.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020115,_118–119-65">[62]</a> Melania continued her modeling career after meeting Donald,<a href="#cite_note-VanityFair-19">[16]</a> though she took fewer jobs as time went on and she dedicated more time to him.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201974-66">[63]</a> In 1999, the couple gained attention after an interview with <a href="/wiki/Shock_jock" title="Shock jock">shock jock</a> <a href="/wiki/Howard_Stern" title="Howard Stern">Howard Stern</a> on his show, in which he asked them lewd sexual questions.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020141–144-67">[64]</a> Donald often brought Melania to meetings to show her off, praising her beauty. He did not let her participate in the business, citing the conflict he had with his first wife after giving her an executive role.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020199–200-68">[65]</a><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000,_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg/220px-Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg/330px-Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg/440px-Bill_Clinton_and_Donald_Trump_at_the_U.S._Open_in_2000%2C_Flushing_Meadows%E2%80%93Corona_Park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>Melania Knauss with <a href="/wiki/Kylie_Bax" title="Kylie Bax">Kylie Bax</a>, Donald Trump, and then-president <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> in 2000</figcaption></figure>Donald announced <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2000_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2000 presidential campaign">his candidacy</a> for the <a href="/wiki/2000_Reform_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2000 Reform Party presidential primaries">Reform Party presidential nomination</a> on October 7, 1999. Melania adamantly supported the move.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020128–129-69">[66]</a> When asked by <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> what her role would be if Donald were to become president, Melania replied: "I would be very traditional, like <a href="/wiki/Betty_Ford" title="Betty Ford">Betty Ford</a> or Jackie Kennedy."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020144–145-70">[67]</a> Melania saw extensive media attention as <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_journalism" title="Tabloid journalism">tabloids</a> considered the idea of a model as first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020139–140-71">[68]</a> Melania was one of the first models recruited to Donald's modeling agency, <a href="/wiki/Trump_Model_Management" title="Trump Model Management">Trump Model Management</a>, after its creation in February 1999. The following months, she appeared in several magazines and advertisements organized by individuals close to Donald.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020119–123-72">[69]</a> While Donald was organizing his campaign, Melania appeared in the February edition of <a href="/wiki/Sports_Illustrated_Swimsuit_Issue" title="Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue">Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue</a>. The image featured her in a bikini alongside a large inflatable whale, and the shoot was run by <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Verglas" title="Antoine Verglas">Antoine Verglas</a>, an associate of Zampolli's.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020129–130-73">[70]</a> Shortly after the shoot, Verglas called Melania back for another project where he had her pose nude in a <a href="/wiki/Bond_girl" title="Bond girl">Bond girl</a> aesthetic.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020132–135-74">[71]</a> Melania later said that she stood 'proudly behind [her] nude modeling work' in a post on X in September of 2024.<a href="#cite_note-75">[72]</a> Donald had lobbied for her inclusion in a <a href="/wiki/GQ" title="GQ">GQ</a> spread,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201974–75-76">[73]</a> and her relationship with Donald allowed the shoot access to his <a href="/wiki/Boeing_727" title="Boeing 727">Boeing 727</a>. Images from the shoot were featured in the January 2000 edition of GQ magazine.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020132–135-74">[71]</a> At the time, Donald's involvement was not made known.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019334-38">[35]</a> She then appeared in another sexualized photo shoot where she was posted in a mock-up of the <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office" title="Oval Office">Oval Office</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201978–79-77">[74]</a> In January 2000, news broke that Melania and Donald had broken up, with conflicting accounts of who ended the relationship. Many photos and publicity pieces the two had done together were quickly edited before publication to accommodate the change.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020151–156-78">[75]</a> They kept in contact, and they reunited a few months later.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201980-79">[76]</a> Melania received her <a href="/wiki/Green_card" title="Green card">green card</a> in 2001, granting her <a href="/wiki/Permanent_residency" title="Permanent residency">permanent residency</a> in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019334-38">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a> Melania and Donald moved in together at Trump Tower in 2002.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201981-80">[77]</a> She made her first appearance on Donald's game show <a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(American_TV_series)" title="The Apprentice (American TV series)">The Apprentice</a> in April 2004 when an episode had the contestants visit their penthouse.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201983-81">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engagement_and_wedding">Engagement and wedding</h3></div> Donald proposed to Melania on April 26, 2004, on her birthday as they were leaving to attend the <a href="/wiki/Met_Gala" title="Met Gala">Met Gala</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201986–87-82">[79]</a> He reasoned that he was more willing to wed as she had not insisted on marriage, and he felt she was an influence in the success he had seen over the previous years.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201984-83">[80]</a> She also signed his <a href="/wiki/Prenuptial_agreement" title="Prenuptial agreement">prenuptial agreement</a> without issue.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201991-84">[81]</a> A few months before the wedding, Melania traveled to Paris with <a href="/wiki/Anna_Wintour" title="Anna Wintour">Anna Wintour</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Leon_Talley" title="André Leon Talley">André Leon Talley</a> to find a wedding dress, and Melania decided on a dress by <a href="/wiki/John_Galliano" title="John Galliano">John Galliano</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019100-85">[82]</a> In the days leading up to the wedding, she appeared on the front cover of <a href="/wiki/Vogue_(magazine)" title="Vogue (magazine)">Vogue</a> in her dress.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019101-86">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020178–179-87">[84]</a> Donald and Melania married on January 22, 2005, at the <a href="/wiki/Bethesda-by-the-Sea" title="Bethesda-by-the-Sea">Bethesda-by-the-Sea</a> church in <a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="Palm Beach, Florida">Palm Beach, Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020176-88">[85]</a> The ceremony was followed by a reception in the <a href="/wiki/Ballroom" title="Ballroom">ballroom</a> at Donald's <a href="/wiki/Mar-a-Lago" title="Mar-a-Lago">Mar-a-Lago</a> estate, which Melania planned with Preston Bailey.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201996–97-89">[86]</a> Numerous celebrities were present, including musicians, athletes, media executives, and television personalities.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020176–177-90">[87]</a> She had one <a href="/wiki/Bridesmaid" title="Bridesmaid">bridesmaid</a>, her sister Ines, who had moved to New York so they could be closer together.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019335-41">[38]</a> Melania arranged all of the details of the wedding with her planner. She let Donald make decisions about the event, but she refused his suggestion that the wedding be broadcast on <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020177–178-91">[88]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marriage_and_motherhood">Marriage and motherhood</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg/220px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg/330px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg/440px-Donald_Trump_and_wife_Melania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Donald Trump and Melania Trump in 2006</figcaption></figure> The Trumps had <a href="/wiki/Residences_of_Donald_Trump" title="Residences of Donald Trump">three residences</a> that they traveled between: Trump Tower in New York, <a href="/wiki/Trump_National_Golf_Club_Bedminster" title="Trump National Golf Club Bedminster">Trump National Golf Club Bedminster</a> in New Jersey, and Mar-a-Lago in Florida.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019335-41">[38]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020185-92">[89]</a> To have her own private abode, Melania had a private spa constructed on the top floor of Trump Tower.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020185-92">[89]</a> As a couple, the two did not spend much direct time together, preferring to live adjacently with one another.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020210–213-93">[90]</a> According to Donald, their passive relationship suited him because he worked for a living and did not "want to go home and work at a relationship".<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201987–88-94">[91]</a> Melania accepted a transaction element in their relationship, though she cared about Donald and did not believe that she was a <a href="/wiki/Gold_digger" title="Gold digger">gold digger</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201992–93-95">[92]</a> When she attended events with her husband at Trump facilities, she often stayed for only a few minutes to make an appearance before returning to the private residence.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020214-96">[93]</a> Donald did not learn to speak Melania's native language, which she said she accepted because she is "not a nagging wife".<a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a> Upon marrying Donald, Melania became stepmother to his four children: <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Jr." title="Donald Trump Jr.">Donald Trump Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Trump" title="Eric Trump">Eric Trump</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivanka_Trump" title="Ivanka Trump">Ivanka Trump</a> from his first marriage to <a href="/wiki/Ivana_Trump" title="Ivana Trump">Ivana Zelníčková</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tiffany_Trump" title="Tiffany Trump">Tiffany Trump</a> from his second marriage to <a href="/wiki/Marla_Maples" title="Marla Maples">Marla Maples</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020183-97">[94]</a> Melania had especially bonded with Tiffany, who was six when Melania began dating Tiffany's father, and made sure she felt included among her step-siblings.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201973-98">[95]</a> When Melania herself became pregnant, it was widely covered in the media.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019110–111-99">[96]</a> This included her second appearance on the cover of Vogue, featuring her pregnant body in a bikini and an open coat.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019113–114-100">[97]</a> Melania spent the months with her sister and her parents, who visited throughout the pregnancy. She also oversaw the construction of a nursery in Trump Tower.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019112-101">[98]</a> She had a <a href="/wiki/Baby_shower" title="Baby shower">baby shower</a> at the <a href="/wiki/FAO_Schwarz" title="FAO Schwarz">FAO Schwarz</a> toy store, but she insisted that the toys and gifts she received be donated to a children's hospital.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019114-102">[99]</a> On March 20, 2006, Melania and Donald had a son, <a href="/wiki/Barron_Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="Barron Trump">Barron William Trump</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020183–184-103">[100]</a> Melania chose her son's middle name, while Donald chose his first name.<a href="#cite_note-Schneider1May-104">[101]</a> Donald had previously used the name Barron as a <a href="/wiki/Pseudonym" title="Pseudonym">pseudonym</a> for when he posed as his own public relations agent.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019114–115-105">[102]</a> After Barron was born, Melania was active in his life and accordingly spent less time attending events with her husband.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020184-106">[103]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019118-107">[104]</a> Donald had made it clear to her that if they had a child, he would not be actively involved in the child's life.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019118-107">[104]</a> Melania later said she approved of this, stating that she "didn't want him changing diapers or putting Barron to bed".<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> She avoided the use of nannies, with a few exceptions in Barron's earliest years, insisting on raising him herself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201924,_117-108">[105]</a> This lessened social activity meant that Donald began courting supermodels again, which made Melania uncomfortable. According to biographer Mary Jordan, Melania did not know about the women who later alleged that they had extramarital affairs with him.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020185-92">[89]</a> Melania stayed out of the public spotlight after she settled into her life as a Trump, excepting occasional charity work and an appearance in an <a href="/wiki/Aflac" title="Aflac">Aflac</a> commercial.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019125-109">[106]</a> She became a citizen of the United States on July 28, 2006.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020186-110">[107]</a> She then sponsored her parents using the "<a href="/wiki/Chain_migration" title="Chain migration">chain migration</a>" immigration process that her husband later repeatedly criticized.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020193–194-111">[108]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019112–113-112">[109]</a> Melania and Barron maintain <a href="/wiki/Multiple_citizenship" title="Multiple citizenship">dual citizenship</a>, both in the United States and Slovenia<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020191–192-113">[110]</a> Spending most of her time at Trump residences, she rarely kept companions besides her parents and her son.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020214-96">[93]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_ventures">Business ventures</h2></div> As her son reached childhood, Melania found herself with more time for other pursuits.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019125–126-114">[111]</a> She trademarked her name, Melania, in 2009 as a jewelry brand, which she used to sell less expensive jewelry pieces on <a href="/wiki/QVC" title="QVC">QVC</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020200–201-115">[112]</a> She was intentional about not using the Trump name in her branding, correcting reporters who called it Melania Trump.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019126–127-116">[113]</a> She drew the designs herself,<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> which were based on three places where she had lived: New York, Palm Beach, and Paris. Over the following years, she released additional Melania collections, and they sold out each time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019126–127-116">[113]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melania_Trump_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Melania_Trump_2011.jpg/220px-Melania_Trump_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Melania_Trump_2011.jpg/330px-Melania_Trump_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Melania_Trump_2011.jpg/440px-Melania_Trump_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1691" data-file-height="2536" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump in 2011</figcaption></figure> Melania then developed a line of <a href="/wiki/Caviar" title="Caviar">caviar</a>-infused skincare products under the brand Melania Marks Skincare in 2011.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020204–205-117">[114]</a> The brand never launched. It brought about a legal case when the company selling the products, New Sunshine, underwent management changes and voided the contract. The company alleged that one executive had given a <a href="/wiki/Sweetheart_deal" title="Sweetheart deal">sweetheart deal</a> to the Trumps because he was a family friend. The case was decided in Melania's favor, and the amount to be paid to her was settled out of court.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020207–209-118">[115]</a> She had initially sued the company for $50 million in lost revenue.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019128-119">[116]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign">Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Personal_life_during_the_campaign">Personal life during the campaign</h3></div> Melania was the one who finally convinced Donald <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign">to campaign for president</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_election" title="2016 United States presidential election">2016 presidential election</a>, telling him that he either needed to do it or stop talking about it.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202022-120">[117]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201920–22-121">[118]</a> When the campaign began, Melania made it clear to her husband that she would not be pressured into campaigning or attending events, and that she would only make appearances when she wanted to. She subsequently played a relatively small role in the campaign, which had been atypical of spouses of presidential candidates since the early 20th century.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201923-122">[119]</a> Explaining her absence, she cited the need to stay home with her son Barron.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019339-123">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElderFrederickBurrell2018108-124">[121]</a> Her daily routine was nonetheless altered by the campaign, as she had to take security arrangements into account when she traveled, and she could not post about her activities online in real time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019120–121-125">[122]</a> Once a prolific user of <a href="/wiki/Instagram" title="Instagram">Instagram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>, she became less active on her social media accounts when the campaign began.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> While many people doubted Donald's chances at the presidency, including his own inner circle, Melania believed he would win.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20203–4-126">[123]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201922-127">[124]</a> Unlike Donald's advisors, Melania encouraged him to follow his instincts and say what he felt he should say, with the exception that she does not like his use of profane language.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020227–228-128">[125]</a> She analyzed the campaign closely from home, following polling and watching how her husband interacted with his opponents.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201927-129">[126]</a> She spoke to him on the phone regularly throughout the campaign, including a conversation after each rally in which she gave a candid evaluation of how he did.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020224,_226-130">[127]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_involvement">Campaign involvement</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_(cropped2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg/220px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg/330px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg/440px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_speaking_in_2015_%28cropped2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3234" data-file-height="2216" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump at a campaign event with Donald and Barron in November 2015</figcaption></figure>Melania's career as a model was an advantage during the campaign, as she was prepared for photographers and did not need to hire a fashion consultant.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019338-26">[23]</a> As a model, she was required to be deliberate in all of her movement, including how she stood and walked.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202018-131">[128]</a> She resented being called shy during the campaign, saying that this was an impression spread by people who only briefly met her and wanted their "<a href="/wiki/15_minutes_of_fame" title="15 minutes of fame">15 minutes of fame</a>".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020222–223-132">[129]</a> Melania's earliest speaking appearances in November 2015 and February 2016 were prompted by Donald calling on her to speak to the crowd. Both times, she only said a few sentences.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201925–26-133">[130]</a> Her first scheduled speech during the campaign did not take place until April 2016.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElderFrederickBurrell2018108-124">[121]</a> The campaign reportedly wanted to get Melania more active, as she was in a unique position to humanize Donald and to appeal to the <a href="/wiki/American_Dream" title="American Dream">American Dream</a> from an immigrant's perspective.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201924–25,_42-134">[131]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hope_Hicks" title="Hope Hicks">Hope Hicks</a> was the campaign's main liaison with Melania, facilitating any appearances that she wished to make. Melania trusted Hicks's judgement and allowed her to weigh the importance of a given appearance.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201928-135">[132]</a> Her rare appearances brought her to <a href="/wiki/Swing_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Swing states">swing states</a> where her husband needed extra support, and her speeches celebrated his personal traits instead of policy.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019339-123">[120]</a> Melania was involved in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection" title="2016 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection">vice presidential selection process</a>, meeting with the top contenders, and her approval of <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a> contributed to his selection. The deciding factor, in her mind, was that Pence was not as ambitious as the other contenders and would not seek to undermine Donald.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202042–43-136">[133]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Media_coverage">Media coverage</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Melania_Trump_(8_February_2016).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg/220px-Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg/330px-Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg/440px-Melania_Trump_%288_February_2016%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2568" data-file-height="3336" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump in 2016</figcaption></figure> An <a href="/wiki/Attack_ad" title="Attack ad">attack ad</a> against the Trumps was produced by a <a href="/wiki/Super_PAC" title="Super PAC">super PAC</a> that supported Donald's opponent <a href="/wiki/Ted_Cruz" title="Ted Cruz">Ted Cruz</a> featuring Melania's nude GQ photo with the caption "Meet Melania Trump. Your next first lady. Or you could support Ted Cruz on Tuesday", intensifying the rivalry between the two candidates in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_Party_presidential_primaries" title="2016 Republican Party presidential primaries">2016 Republican Party presidential primaries</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019339-123">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201977-137">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> More nude images of Melania were published on the front page of the New York Post in July 2016 in a story titled "The Ogle Office". The images did not have a major effect on the campaign, as Melania was seen as the victim, but they were humiliating and she spent the following two months away from the public.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201929–31-138">[135]</a> On July 18, 2016, Melania gave <a href="/wiki/Melania_Trump_speech_plagiarism_controversy" class="mw-redirect" title="Melania Trump speech plagiarism controversy">a speech</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Republican_National_Convention" title="2016 Republican National Convention">2016 Republican National Convention</a>. A controversy emerged after it became apparent that a paragraph of the speech had been plagiarized from <a href="/wiki/Michelle_Obama" title="Michelle Obama">Michelle Obama</a>'s speech at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Democratic_National_Convention" title="2008 Democratic National Convention">2008 Democratic National Convention</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019340-139">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20197–8-140">[137]</a> When asked about it, Melania said she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible".<a href="#cite_note-141">[138]</a> Despite political campaigns typically having several people to scrutinize such speeches, no one in the Trump campaign had reviewed the speech.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20198-142">[139]</a> Donald was furious with his staff and felt he had failed Melania, while Melania felt she herself had failed the campaign through the scandal.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201911–12-143">[140]</a> It was the only major speech she delivered during the campaign.<a href="#cite_note-144">[141]</a> Two days later, Trump staff writer <a href="/wiki/Meredith_McIver" title="Meredith McIver">Meredith McIver</a> took responsibility, saying there was a misunderstanding when Melania read passages of Obama's speech as examples.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019340-139">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201915–16-145">[142]</a> The speech also included a rare statement on her past, describing her family in Slovenia and her early modeling career.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20198-142">[139]</a> After giving the speech, Melania stayed out of public view until election day approached.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEElderFrederickBurrell2018110-146">[143]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Access_Hollywood_tape">Access Hollywood tape</h3></div> On October 7, a month before the election, the <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_Access_Hollywood_tape" title="Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape">Access Hollywood tape</a> was leaked. The tape had been recorded in 2005, shortly after their marriage, and it featured audio of Donald making controversial remarks about his treatment of women. Immediately after its release, the campaign's primary concern was Melania's reaction. It took Donald two hours before he went to see Melania. Upon their meeting, Melania reportedly told him "Now you could lose, you could have blown this for us", and then left the room after he apologized.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20201–3-147">[144]</a> In 2024, her husband's former personal counsel <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)" title="Michael Cohen (lawyer)">Michael Cohen</a> testified during <a href="/wiki/The_People_of_the_State_of_New_York_v._Donald_J._Trump" class="mw-redirect" title="The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump">The People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump</a> trial that Donald had privately credited her as having suggested that the campaign's response strategy should best characterize the conversation on the tape as <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/locker_room_talk" class="extiw" title="wikt:locker room talk">"locker room talk"</a>.<a href="#cite_note-148">[145]</a> Melania kept her distance from him, angry that he may have ended his candidacy with his comments, and she waited a day before making a comment.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201934–35-149">[146]</a> When asked by the campaign to make a scripted appearance alongside Donald as damage control, she refused, deciding that she was going to respond her own way.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20204-150">[147]</a> She also refused to sit beside him during his recorded apology as politicians' spouses often did in these situations.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201935-151">[148]</a> Melania released a statement saying that the tape did not show "the man I know" and said those who <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_sexual_misconduct_allegations" title="Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations">accused him of sexual misconduct</a> are liars.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019340-139">[136]</a> Melania received significantly more attention from the press following the incident,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20207-152">[149]</a> and she was frustrated by the pity she received.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20204-150">[147]</a> A few days later, she attended a <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_presidential_debates" title="2016 United States presidential debates">presidential debate</a> wearing a <a href="/wiki/Pussy_bow" title="Pussy bow">pussy bow</a>, causing widespread speculation about her intention (as her husband's comments on the Access Hollywood tape had included, "grab them by the <a href="/wiki/Pussy" title="Pussy">pussy</a>"–with pussy being <a href="/wiki/Slang" title="Slang">slang</a> for <a href="/wiki/Vagina" title="Vagina">vagina</a>).<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201932-153">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan20207-152">[149]</a> After she voted, Melania spent most of election day with her parents in Trump Tower while the rest of the family did last minute campaigning.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201945-154">[151]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_lady_of_the_United_States_(2017–2021)">First lady of the United States (2017–2021)</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_lady_in_Manhattan">First lady in Manhattan</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg/220px-Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg/330px-Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg/440px-Donald_Trump_and_Melania_Trump_at_Liberty_Ball_Inauguration_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1324" data-file-height="2005" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump with Donald Trump at the Liberty Ball, January 20, 2017</figcaption></figure> After <a href="/wiki/First_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump" title="First inauguration of Donald Trump">Donald's inauguration</a> as president on January 20, 2017,<a href="#cite_note-:0-155">[152]</a> Melania announced that she would not move to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> with him, instead staying in Manhattan so Barron could finish the school year there.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019341-156">[153]</a> This also allowed her to introduce her son to the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> gradually so as not to overwhelm him.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019144-157">[154]</a> During this time, Melania negotiated new terms for her prenuptial agreement with Donald to reflect the changes in their lives since it was signed and to ensure that Barron received a suitable inheritance.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202034-158">[155]</a> Melania was the second foreign-born woman to hold the title of first lady after <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Adams" title="Louisa Adams">Louisa Adams</a>, who was born in England,<a href="#cite_note-:0-155">[152]</a> and Melania was the first <a href="/wiki/Naturalized_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalized citizen">naturalized citizen</a> to hold the title.<a href="#cite_note-159">[156]</a> She has said that she can speak English, Italian, French, and German in addition to her native Slovene, but in public she has only spoken English and Slovene.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020238–241-160">[157]</a> She was also the second <a href="/wiki/Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Catholic">Catholic</a> first lady of the United States, after Jacqueline Kennedy.<a href="#cite_note-Sieczkowski-161">[158]</a><a href="#cite_note-catholicherald.co.uk-162">[159]</a> Melania's absence from the White House caused speculation that her stepdaughter Ivanka would serve as an acting first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019341-156">[153]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202030-163">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019161-164">[161]</a> As time went by, members of the administration's staff like her assistant, <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Winston_Wolkoff" title="Stephanie Winston Wolkoff">Stephanie Winston Wolkoff</a>, grew unhappy with Melania's absence, as it gave the impression of marital issues and prevented her from exercising a calming influence over the president.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202034–35-165">[162]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-166">[163]</a> She also stoked resentment among many of the people in New York, who predominantly opposed the Trumps, because of the costs and traffic issues caused by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">Secret Service</a> presence.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202036-167">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019144–145-168">[165]</a> The Secret Service itself also faced logistical issues from the repeated travel to New York. Having a Secret Service detail was not a major adjustment for Melania though, as she had spent years around her husband's security team.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019134-169">[166]</a> She was given the <a href="/wiki/Secret_Service_code_name" title="Secret Service code name">Secret Service code name</a> "Muse" to go along with the president's name "Mogul".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019137-170">[167]</a> Being first lady came with another drawback for Melania, as she was expected to speak on serious topics such as immigration policy and had little control over how her media appearances were handled, which was a different experience than she had as a model.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202037-171">[168]</a><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg/220px-Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg/330px-Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg/440px-Donald_Trump_Pope_Francis_Melania_Trump_in_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump with Pope Francis, the Vatican, May 2017</figcaption></figure> When the Trump administration's <a href="/wiki/White_House_website" class="mw-redirect" title="White House website">White House website</a> was posted, Melania's biographical information caused controversy because it listed her jewelry business. Though it had already ceased operation, critics alleged that it was an attempt to promote her business with government resources.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019128–129-172">[169]</a> Another allegation of attempting to profit from her role as first lady came up in February, when she sued the <a href="/wiki/Daily_Mail" title="Daily Mail">Daily Mail</a> for libel after it alleged in 2016 that she had worked for an <a href="/wiki/Escort_agency" title="Escort agency">escort agency</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Puente-173">[170]</a> The suit was initially for lost career opportunities, but this was changed to emotional distress when she received questions about why she expected to have career opportunities as first lady.<a href="#cite_note-174">[171]</a> On March 8, 2017, Melania hosted her first White House event, a luncheon for <a href="/wiki/International_Women%27s_Day" title="International Women's Day">International Women's Day</a>. She spoke to an audience of women about her life as a female immigrant and about working towards <a href="/wiki/Gender_equality" title="Gender equality">gender equality</a> both domestically and abroad, noting the role of education as a tool against <a href="/wiki/Gender_inequality" title="Gender inequality">gender inequality</a>.<a href="#cite_note-175">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-176">[173]</a> The Trumps visited <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a> in May 2017. As Melania was visiting as a Catholic, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> blessed her rosary beads, and she placed flowers at the feet of a statue of the <a href="/wiki/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus">Madonna</a> at the Vatican's <a href="/wiki/Bambino_Ges%C3%B9_Hospital" title="Bambino Gesù Hospital">Bambino Gesù</a> children's hospital.<a href="#cite_note-177">[174]</a> The first major public attention Melania received was after an incident in May 2017 while the Trumps were visiting Israel. Donald had forgotten that Melania was by his side when he was walking with Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu" title="Benjamin Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a>, and she fell behind from the group. Humiliated, she slapped away his hand when he reached out behind him to grab hers. This was the first time press coverage of Melania took notice of an independent streak.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019257–262-178">[175]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakerGlasser2022145-179">[176]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="East_Wing_staff">East Wing staff</h3></div> The lack of staff appointments in the <a href="/wiki/East_Wing" title="East Wing">East Wing</a> during the first months of the Trump administration—typically the domain of the first lady—caused a backlog of tour requests to develop. In February several hires were made for the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_First_Lady_of_the_United_States" title="Office of the First Lady of the United States">Office of the First Lady</a>: <a href="/wiki/Anna_Cristina_Niceta_Lloyd" title="Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd">Anna Cristina Niceta Lloyd</a> as social secretary, <a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Reynolds" title="Lindsay Reynolds">Lindsay Reynolds</a> as the first lady's chief of staff, Tham Kannalikham as her decorator, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff as the first lady's assistant, and <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Grisham" title="Stephanie Grisham">Stephanie Grisham</a> as communications director.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019341–342-180">[177]</a> Melania retained the head florist appointed by Michelle Obama, Hedieh Ghaffarian.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019138-181">[178]</a> The <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_Usher" title="White House Chief Usher">chief usher</a> appointed under the <a href="/wiki/Obama_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Obama administration">Obama administration</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angella_Reid" title="Angella Reid">Angella Reid</a>, was replaced by <a href="/wiki/Trump_International_Hotel_(Washington_D.C.)" class="mw-redirect" title="Trump International Hotel (Washington D.C.)">Trump International Hotel</a> employee <a href="/wiki/Timothy_Harleth" class="mw-redirect" title="Timothy Harleth">Timothy Harleth</a>, breaking the norm of the chief usher serving under multiple presidencies.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019341–342-180">[177]</a> Reid had been broadly unpopular with the staff, and the firing earned Melania their goodwill.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019139–140-182">[179]</a> The first lady's staff remained small relative to those of her predecessors.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019341–342-180">[177]</a> This was in part because she did not want to have any employees speaking on her behalf. Instead, she answered her correspondences herself.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019156-183">[180]</a> Melania had a reputation in the White House for being "drama-free",<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020251-184">[181]</a> and for treating the staff well.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019139-185">[182]</a> According to her husband's campaign manager <a href="/wiki/Corey_Lewandowski" title="Corey Lewandowski">Corey Lewandowski</a>, her staff had "100 percent loyalty to her".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020243-186">[183]</a> Melania had a close, trusting relationship with her staff, and she was protective of them when conflict arose.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019185185–186-187">[184]</a> Before moving in, Melania worked with Kannalikham to redecorate the White House, as first ladies typically do. She had most of the Obama-era decor replaced, and like the Obamas, the Trumps paid for it out of pocket instead of using the allotted funding.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019211–212-188">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Life_in_the_White_House">Life in the White House</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House,_April_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="272" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Juliana_Awada_and_Melania_Trump_walk_along_the_Colonnade_of_the_White_House%2C_April_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="749" data-file-height="925" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump with Argentine first lady <a href="/wiki/Juliana_Awada" title="Juliana Awada">Juliana Awada</a> in 2017</figcaption></figure> Melania and her son, Barron, moved into the White House on June 11, 2017.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202044-189">[186]</a> Like they had throughout their marriage, Melania and Donald chose to sleep in separate bedrooms.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019208-190">[187]</a> In her first year, Melania gave only eight speeches, compared to 74 by Michelle Obama and 42 by <a href="/wiki/Laura_Bush" title="Laura Bush">Laura Bush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020244-191">[188]</a> Instead of frequent public appearances, she communicated her activities through video.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020243-186">[183]</a> Most of Melania's appearances as first lady in 2017 were in Manhattan and Washington, and she typically spoke about women's and children's issues.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019342-192">[189]</a> After moving to the White House, Melania opted to spend most of her time in the private quarters, running the White House staff from there instead of the first lady's East Wing offices. She oversaw restorations of several rooms in the building, including the bowling alley in the <a href="/wiki/White_House_basement" title="White House basement">White House basement</a> and the first lady's hairdresser's room.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020241–242-193">[190]</a> She kept one office, called the "swag room" by aides, in which she kept trinkets she collected while she was first lady.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a> To accommodate Barron's soccer practice, she had a net installed on the White House grounds and had a coach practice with him.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020255-195">[192]</a> Barron remained Melania's top priority when she was first lady, and she worked to keep him free from politics to the point that staffers referred to her as "The Protector".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020271-196">[193]</a> Even after arriving at the White House, Melania spent extensive time away each year, visiting Mar-a-Lago on major holidays and over many weekends.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019156–157-197">[194]</a><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:White_House_Christmas_2018_(46060476411).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/220px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/330px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg/440px-White_House_Christmas_2018_%2846060476411%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump examining the 2018 White House Christmas decorations</figcaption></figure>Melania personally involved herself in decorations and planning within the White House.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019142-198">[195]</a> She was particular about how things were designed and arranged whenever events were planned, but she would take on a calm and relaxed demeanor once the event began.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019105-199">[196]</a> Whenever a foreign dignitary arrived at the White House, Melania had the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Room_(White_House)" title="Blue Room (White House)">Blue Room</a> set aside where she ate lunch or drank tea with the dignitary's spouse.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019150-200">[197]</a> When choosing which <a href="/wiki/White_House_china" title="White House china">presidential china set</a> to use, Melania often chose the <a href="/wiki/Clinton_administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Clinton administration">Clinton administration</a> china with its gold embroidery.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019151-201">[198]</a> She held events less frequently than her predecessors, with a typical week featuring three or fewer events, all under one hour long.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019157-202">[199]</a> Among her most ambitious projects was planning the White House Christmas decorations in 2018. Moving away from traditional designs, she filled the East Collonnade with red cranberry-laden trees set atop a green carpet. The design was widely derided, which Melania ascribed to personal taste.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019142–144-203">[200]</a> To protect use of her image and maintain an income, Melania licensed photos from her photoshoots through <a href="/wiki/Getty_Images" title="Getty Images">Getty Images</a>. This allowed her to choose how they were used by reporters, and she received royalties for each use. The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Office_of_Government_Ethics" title="United States Office of Government Ethics">Office of Government Ethics</a> reported that she made $100,000 to $1,000,000 in royalties in 2017, though other estimates put it at over $10,000,000.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019130-204">[201]</a> As one of her official duties, Melania was the honorary chair of the <a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts" title="John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts</a>. Because of political tension with the arts communities, she was not initially active in the role. She made her first appearances at the Kennedy Center in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020237–238-205">[202]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tribulations_in_early_2018">Tribulations in early 2018</h3></div> A scandal broke in January 2018 when it was alleged that Donald had <a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels%E2%80%93Donald_Trump_scandal" title="Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump scandal">had an extramarital affair</a> with the pornographic actress <a href="/wiki/Stormy_Daniels" title="Stormy Daniels">Stormy Daniels</a>. The affair was said to have taken place in July 2006, after the Trumps' marriage and the birth of their son. Melania's public appearances became more infrequent after the news emerged, and she canceled several events that she was to attend with her husband.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019343–344-206">[203]</a> This included the <a href="/wiki/2018_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2018 State of the Union Address">2018 State of the Union Address</a>, where Melania made the unprecedented decision to ride separately from him on the way there.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019194–195-207">[204]</a> Michael Cohen, who had arranged the silencing of the alleged affair, stated that his greatest regret was lying to Melania, saying that she didn't deserve it.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202011-208">[205]</a> The next month, the story of a second affair in 2006 with the model <a href="/wiki/Karen_McDougal" title="Karen McDougal">Karen McDougal</a> was made public.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019343–344-206">[203]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019202-209">[206]</a> To Melania, the worst part was that she felt Donald had publicly humiliated her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019196–197-210">[207]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-166">[163]</a><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_(39892882240).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg/220px-Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg/330px-Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg/440px-Arrival_Ceremony_-_The_Official_State_Visit_of_France_%2839892882240%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="867" /></a><figcaption>Left to right: <a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Macron" title="Brigitte Macron">Brigitte Macron</a>, Melania Trump, <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></figcaption></figure>Melania learned in April 2018 that she was afflicted with kidney disease, but she only told her parents, her husband, and her sister.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019215–216-211">[208]</a> On May 14, she began treatment at <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reed_National_Military_Medical_Center" title="Walter Reed National Military Medical Center">Walter Reed National Military Medical Center</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019218–219-212">[209]</a> While her husband had wished to join her, his presence would have risked the press discovering her condition.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019218-213">[210]</a> The official statement said that she underwent an <a href="/wiki/Embolization" title="Embolization">embolization</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Minimally_invasive_procedure" title="Minimally invasive procedure">minimally invasive procedure</a> that deliberately blocks a blood vessel.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019220-214">[211]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019220-214">[211]</a> A statement was released after the procedure was finished without complication,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019218–219-212">[209]</a> and she recovered in the hospital over the following five days.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019345-215">[212]</a> The extended stay led to false rumors and conspiracy theories that she had gotten <a href="/wiki/Plastic_surgery" title="Plastic surgery">plastic surgery</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019346-216">[213]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019220–221-217">[214]</a> After leaving the hospital, she continued to stay out of the public eye until the beginning of June.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019222–223-218">[215]</a> At this point, the president let slip that the surgery had been more serious than initially suggested.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019224-219">[216]</a> Those around Melania noticed that she was generally happier by mid-2018. By this time, she had reached a more advantageous marital agreement that ensured Barron would be given a fair inheritance.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020234-220">[217]</a> Her public position, and the corresponding influence she had over her husband's political career, had given her the advantage in negotiations.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020236-221">[218]</a> After several months of problems, Melania received positive coverage for a large custom-made white hat that she wore during a visit by French president <a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron" title="Emmanuel Macron">Emmanuel Macron</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019226–230-222">[219]</a> On August 9, 2018, Melania's parents were granted American citizenship. This revitalized accusations of hypocrisy by the Trumps regarding Melania's parents, as Donald had spoken out against the chain migration process that allowed them to enter the United States.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019347-223">[220]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2018_Africa_tour">2018 Africa tour</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg/220px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg/330px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg/440px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump%27s_Visit_to_Kenya_14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump wearing a <a href="/wiki/Pith_helmet" title="Pith helmet">pith helmet</a> in Kenya</figcaption></figure> In October 2018, Melania took a tour of Africa without Donald, visiting Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Egypt. She spent much of her time with children in schools, orphanages, and hospitals. She used the trip to tout relief work being carried out by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_International_Development" title="United States Agency for International Development">United States Agency for International Development</a>, which raised questions about her husband's intention to cut its funding. Melania also received criticism for her fashion choices, where a photo opportunity in front of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Sphinx_of_Giza" title="Great Sphinx of Giza">Great Sphinx of Giza</a> was seen as exploitive and a <a href="/wiki/Pith_helmet" title="Pith helmet">pith helmet</a> she wore in Kenya was criticized for its association with <a href="/wiki/Colonialism_in_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Colonialism in Africa">colonialism in Africa</a>. To these criticisms, she responded that people should pay more attention to her actions instead of her outfits.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020261–263-224">[221]</a> Perception of the trip grew worse when she responded to criticisms by saying that she was "the most bullied person in the world".<a href="#cite_note-auto1-225">[222]</a> Throughout Melania's tour of Africa, personality conflicts took place between her team and <a href="/wiki/Mira_Ricardel" title="Mira Ricardel">Mira Ricardel</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor" title="Deputy National Security Advisor">Deputy National Security Advisor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020264–267-226">[223]</a> Ricardel's staffer had been bumped from the first lady's plane on the flight to Africa to make room for a journalist, and Ricardel subsequently became less cooperative with providing logistical information needed for the tour.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019184–185-227">[224]</a> Upon returning, Ricardel gave a thoroughly negative report on Melania's staff, describing them as embarrassing the White House with their partying.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019186-228">[225]</a> Melania twice complained to the president, but no immediate action was taken.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019186-228">[225]</a> So the following month, the Office of the First Lady issued an official statement calling for Ricardel to be removed from her position. Publicly commenting on such a thing was unprecedented for a first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019183–184-229">[226]</a> No one in the administration had been told in advance about the statement, including the president.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019186-228">[225]</a> Ricardel was fired the following day.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019187-230">[227]</a> A dispute over the trip arose between Melania and Ivanka a few months later when the latter made her own trip to the continent. Melania felt that in taking such a similar trip, Ivanka was intruding on the first lady's role.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019170–172-231">[228]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_influence">Political influence</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:White_House_Christmas_(38121595104).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg/220px-White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg/330px-White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg/440px-White_House_Christmas_%2838121595104%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1331" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump working with children at a 2017 Christmas event; children's welfare was among the most important issues to Melania.</figcaption></figure> Melania was the one person exempt from the criticism and distrust that Donald leveled against those around him in the White House. He held her opinion in high regard, often agreeing with her when she made it known, and he valued her loyalty as she did not seek public attention of her own.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202040–41-232">[229]</a> Melania believed that it was not her duty as first lady to take policy positions in her own right, but simply to advise Donald regarding his.<a href="#cite_note-Ioffe-14">[11]</a> She was the only person among those around him who could critique him directly without repercussion.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20192–3-233">[230]</a> Donald frequently asked for her opinion about issues he was considering or people who he interacted with, calling her over the phone when she was not in the same room.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019213-234">[231]</a> Melania paid close attention to media coverage throughout Donald's presidency, providing her input on what would make good optics and maintain his image.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202041-235">[232]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019154–156-236">[233]</a> She also provided advice on how to pose for pictures and has given him suggestions on how to appear when moving.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020274-237">[234]</a> The nature of their relationship allowed Melania to overlook erratic behavior from Donald, as she had long believed that there was no use in trying to change someone's personality, especially her husband's.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019156-183">[180]</a> Melania had influence over her husband's staff, and Donald sometimes fired individuals on her advice.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202044-189">[186]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20193-238">[235]</a> The welfare of children is a subject of interest for her, and she routinely made visits to children's hospitals throughout her tenure as first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020253-239">[236]</a> According to her biographer Kate Bennett, interacting with children is one of the rare things that causes Melania to shift away from her usual stoic demeanor.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019200–201-240">[237]</a> Her advocacy was a major factor in her husband's decision to ban fruit flavored <a href="/wiki/Electronic_cigarettes" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic cigarettes">electronic cigarettes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020254,_269–271-241">[238]</a> About one year into her tenure, Melania hired Reagan Thompson as a policy advisor, though she had yet to adopt any official initiatives at the time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019344-242">[239]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Family_separation_policy">Family separation policy</h4></div> Melania was openly critical of her husband's <a href="/wiki/Trump_administration_family_separation_policy" title="Trump administration family separation policy">"zero tolerance" policy of denying asylum</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Mexico%E2%80%93United_States_border" title="Mexico–United States border">Mexico–United States border</a> in 2018, where children were being separated from their parents. Her official position was that she hated to see families separated and hoped for successful immigration reform.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020259-243">[240]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019176-244">[241]</a> Out of public view, she made her opposition clear to the president and influenced his decision to end it.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20193,_176-245">[242]</a> Leaked tapes in 2020 featured Melania making statements defending some of the practices, expressing grief about family separation but questioning the validity of <a href="/wiki/Asylum_in_the_United_States" title="Asylum in the United States">asylum claims</a> and dismissing concerns that children were kept in substandard conditions.<a href="#cite_note-CNNTapes-246">[243]</a> Melania was upset when her stepdaughter Ivanka began receiving the credit for changing the president's mind on the issue.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019178-247">[244]</a> Melania decided to visit the border herself, ignoring her husband's worries about keeping media attention on the border and the Secret Service's need of advance notice to plan her trip.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019178–179-248">[245]</a> She arrived at the border on June 21, where she visited the family separation facilities in Texas and attended a <a href="/wiki/Roundtable" class="mw-redirect" title="Roundtable">roundtable</a> with doctors, medical staff, social workers, and other experts at Upbring New Hope Children's Shelter.<a href="#cite_note-249">[246]</a> On the way to the border facility, she caused controversy by wearing a jacket that read, "I really don't care, do u?" After much speculation about the jacket's message, including criticism that she may have been expressing indifference toward the families separated at the border, Melania stated that the jacket was aimed at people and media who were criticizing her.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020260–261-250">[247]</a> The jacket dominated media coverage of her visit.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019179-251">[248]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Be_Best_campaign">Be Best campaign</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Be_Best" title="Be Best">Be Best</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_(49883203437).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg/220px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg/330px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg/440px-First_Lady_Melania_Trump_Participates_in_a_Zoom_Call_with_Students_for_the_Second_Anniversary_of_Be_Best_%2849883203437%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2309" data-file-height="1773" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump celebrating the second anniversary of the Be Best campaign</figcaption></figure> On May 7, 2018, Melania held a press conference in the <a href="/wiki/White_House_Rose_Garden" title="White House Rose Garden">White House Rose Garden</a> to announce her official public initiative as first lady, the Be Best awareness campaign. The initiative was created to support the welfare of children, advocate against <a href="/wiki/Cyberbullying" title="Cyberbullying">cyberbullying</a>, and prevent <a href="/wiki/Opioid_abuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Opioid abuse">opioid abuse</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019345-215">[212]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020247-252">[249]</a> The initiative's name drew ridicule in the press for its grammatical structure.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019216-253">[250]</a> Instead of creating new programs like previous first ladies' projects, Be Best promoted existing initiatives and organizations that worked toward the cause. Public awareness of the initiative remained low, and it was often regarded solely as an anti-cyberbullying campaign.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019158-254">[251]</a> The Be Best campaign drew criticism for its perceived hypocrisy, challenging cyberbullying when her husband was well known for attacking people online.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020247–248-255">[252]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019158-254">[251]</a> Even Donald had warned her before the campaign's launch that the contrast may provoke criticism.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019158-254">[251]</a> She acknowledged the discrepancy but insisted that she would continue because she felt it was a good cause.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020247–248-255">[252]</a> This received more attention in 2019 when the president made Twitter posts critical of <a href="/wiki/Greta_Thunberg" title="Greta Thunberg">Greta Thunberg</a>, a teenage environmental activist diagnosed on the <a href="/wiki/Autism_spectrum" class="mw-redirect" title="Autism spectrum">autism spectrum</a>. This came days after Melania had criticized <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Karlan" class="mw-redirect" title="Pamela Karlan">Pamela Karlan</a> for invoking Barron in a speech against the president. The first lady's office responded that spouses can have different communication styles, and said that Barron was not "an activist who travels the globe giving speeches".<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020271–272-256">[253]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COVID-19_and_2020_presidential_campaign">COVID-19 and 2020 presidential campaign</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_(50123337337).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg/220px-The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg/330px-The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg/440px-The_First_Lady_Visits_with_First_Responders_%2850123337337%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a><figcaption>Melania Trump with first responders during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a></figcaption></figure> Melania carried out a major reorganization of her staff in April 2020 in anticipation of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2020_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign">her husband's reelection campaign</a>. She appointed Marcia Lee Kelly as her senior advisor and <a href="/wiki/Emma_Doyle" title="Emma Doyle">Emma Doyle</a> as her policy advisor. Melania's chief of staff, Lindsay Reynolds, was removed; her responsibilities went to Melania's communications director, Stephanie Grisham.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020243-186">[183]</a> Melania became an active campaigner for her husband during the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 presidential election</a>, which was a strong contrast to her 2016 activity.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020276–277-257">[254]</a> When the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> began, Melania was criticized for promoting a White House renovation project. She took the topic more seriously after the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_lockdowns" title="COVID-19 lockdowns">COVID-19 lockdowns</a> began, using her Twitter account to encourage <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing_measures_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Social distancing measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic">social distancing during the pandemic</a> and promote official medical advice. Much of what she posted directly contradicted what her husband posted, as he discouraged many of the recommended practices.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020279–281-258">[255]</a><a href="#cite_note-259">[256]</a> On October 1, 2020, Melania's former advisor Stephanie Winston Wolkoff released audiotapes that featured Melania making profane statements about her image and role as first lady. In the tapes, she condemned the media for not giving her positive coverage, questioned why people wanted her to speak out against her husband when she supported his policies, and expressed frustration with her responsibility to oversee Christmas decorations in the White House. She also mentioned her "I really don't care, do u" jacket in the tapes, admitting that she wore it to irritate <a href="/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_States" title="Liberalism in the United States">liberals</a>. Winston Wolkoff had released the tapes alongside a <a href="/wiki/Tell-all" class="mw-redirect" title="Tell-all">tell-all</a> book, <a href="/wiki/Melania_and_Me" title="Melania and Me">Melania and Me</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CNNTapes-246">[243]</a><a href="#cite_note-260">[257]</a> The Justice Department filed a <a href="/wiki/Lawsuit" title="Lawsuit">civil suit</a> against Winston Wolkoff in October 2019, alleging breach of a <a href="/wiki/Nondisclosure_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Nondisclosure agreement">nondisclosure agreement</a>, but it was dropped in February 2021 under the Biden administration.<a href="#cite_note-261">[258]</a> In September 2022, Melania said in an interview with <a href="/wiki/Breitbart_News" title="Breitbart News">Breitbart News</a> that the audiotapes had been strategically edited to make people believe that her duties in the White House had been unimportant to her.<a href="#cite_note-262">[259]</a> Despite Donald's loss of the 2020 election,<a href="#cite_note-263">[260]</a> Melania ended her tenure by endorsing his false statement that he had been the legitimate election winner.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-225">[222]</a> For her final months in the White House, she stopped visiting her office in the East Wing and remained in the White House residence. Her focus at this time was on compiling photo albums of the decorations and renovations she had overseen through her tenure.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a> Melania was managing photography at the White House when the <a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">January 6 United States Capitol attack</a> took place and gave no comment at the time. She later said that she would have commented if she had been "fully informed of all the details".<a href="#cite_note-:1-166">[163]</a> Her communications director Stephanie Grisham later stated she had sent Melania a text message asking her to make a statement condemning the violence and resigned when that did not happen.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a> On January 18, Melania released a farewell video asking the American people to uphold the principles of her Be Best campaign.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-225">[222]</a> She did not contact incoming first lady <a href="/wiki/Jill_Biden" title="Jill Biden">Jill Biden</a> to make transition arrangements or provide her the traditional tour of the White House.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-225">[222]</a> She did, however, follow the tradition of leaving a letter for the incoming first lady.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a> As her husband, Donald Trump, was elected to the presidency for a second, non-consecutive term on November 5, 2024, Trump will return to her role as First Lady in January 2025.<a href="#cite_note-:4-264">[261]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="After_the_White_House_(2021–present)">After the White House (2021–present)</h2></div> After the Trumps left the White House, Melania returned to Mar-a-Lago, where she could live while avoiding public attention.<a href="#cite_note-:1-166">[163]</a> She retained one White House advisor, Marcia Lee Kelly, to help her during the post-presidency.<a href="#cite_note-auto1-225">[222]</a> Melania kept in contact with her successor Jill Biden, and the two have exchanged birthday cards.<a href="#cite_note-:2-194">[191]</a> Since her tenure as first lady ended, Melania has made occasional paid speaking appearances, she has founded a scholarship program for <a href="/wiki/Foster_children" class="mw-redirect" title="Foster children">foster children</a>, and she has minted a line of <a href="/wiki/Apollo_11" title="Apollo 11">Apollo 11</a>–themed <a href="/wiki/Non-fungible_tokens" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-fungible tokens">non-fungible tokens</a> that were not in compliance with <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s image use policy.<a href="#cite_note-:1-166">[163]</a> In November 2023, Melania attended the memorial service for former First Lady <a href="/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter" title="Rosalynn Carter">Rosalynn Carter</a>.<a href="#cite_note-265">[262]</a> Melania remained out of public view during her husband's <a href="/wiki/Indictments_against_Donald_Trump" title="Indictments against Donald Trump">court appearances</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign">his candidacy</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election" title="2024 United States presidential election">2024 presidential election</a>, limiting her campaign events to two fundraisers for the <a href="/wiki/Log_Cabin_Republicans" title="Log Cabin Republicans">Log Cabin Republicans</a>. She became more visible in July 2024 by putting out a statement following the <a href="/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Donald_Trump_in_Pennsylvania" title="Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania">attempted assassination of her husband</a> and appearing at the <a href="/wiki/2024_Republican_National_Convention" title="2024 Republican National Convention">2024 Republican National Convention</a>, though she declined an invitation to speak at the event, making her the first candidate's spouse not to speak at the convention since <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Bush" title="Barbara Bush">Barbara Bush</a> began the tradition.<a href="#cite_note-266">[263]</a> In the same month, Melania announced her intention to publish a <a href="/wiki/Memoir" title="Memoir">memoir</a>, titled <a href="/wiki/Melania_(memoir)" title="Melania (memoir)">Melania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-267">[264]</a> She caused controversy among Republicans in the lead up to the book's publication when she announced her support for the <a href="/wiki/Right_to_abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Right to abortion">right to abortion</a>.<a href="#cite_note-268">[265]</a> Donald was reelected president in November 2024. Upon <a href="/wiki/Second_inauguration_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second inauguration of Donald Trump">his second inauguration</a>, Melania will become the second first lady to hold the position two times non-consecutively, after <a href="/wiki/Frances_Cleveland" title="Frances Cleveland">Frances Cleveland</a>.<a href="#cite_note-269">[266]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_image">Public image</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Public_image_of_Melania_Trump" title="Public image of Melania Trump">Public image of Melania Trump</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_(32348786991).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg/220px-Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg/330px-Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg/440px-Women%27s_March_in_San_Francisco_%2832348786991%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/2017_Women%27s_March" title="2017 Women's March">2017 Women's March</a> protester with a Free Melania sign</figcaption></figure> Melania limits her interactions with the public, creating a public image heavily influenced by speculation.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202026–27-270">[267]</a> She worked to protect her privacy as first lady,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20192-271">[268]</a> and her staff was instructed not to answer any questions about her whereabouts at a given time.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020251-184">[181]</a> With limited information, commentators have portrayed her as being a reluctant companion to her husband or as a woman who has no independence of her own. Several incidents during her husband's presidency led to rumors that she had a secret animosity toward her husband, such as her delay in moving to the White House and allegations that he had committed adultery.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019346-216">[213]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett20192-271">[268]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202027-272">[269]</a> The rumors led to popular use of the <a href="/wiki/Hashtag" title="Hashtag">hashtag</a> #FreeMelania by those who believed them.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan202021-273">[270]</a> Though she disliked the idea that people saw her as helpless, Melania found the campaign amusing.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020275–276-274">[271]</a> This became less common by 2020 as she had become more publicly associated with the role of first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020281–282-275">[272]</a> She is often seen as cold by the public, though people who interact with her describe her as a warm presence.<a href="#cite_note-CollinsModel-7">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019152-276">[273]</a> As with previous first ladies, Melania's fashion was heavily scrutinized, and particularly expensive pieces were criticized.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECaroli2019342-192">[189]</a> More than other first ladies, her fashion was scrutinized in the context of her past as a fashion model and her marriage to a billionaire.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019247-277">[274]</a> She did her own clothes shopping,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett201937-278">[275]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019227-279">[276]</a> but she was assisted by designer <a href="/wiki/Herv%C3%A9_Pierre_(designer)" title="Hervé Pierre (designer)">Hervé Pierre</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019226–228-280">[277]</a> hair stylist Mordechai Alvow, and make up artist Nicole Byrl.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019243–244-281">[278]</a> When preparing for speeches, she dedicated more attention to her physical appearance than content or delivery, which her staff felt affected her ability to promote her causes.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJordan2020245–246-282">[279]</a> Despite her experience in fashion, she disliked that it was such a major aspect of news coverage about her as first lady.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBennett2019251-283">[280]</a> Melania has been seen by the American public as the first foreigner first lady. The only other first lady to be born outside of the United States had an American father.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVidmar_Horvat2021447–448-284">[281]</a> Having a Slovenian-born woman as the American first lady became a point of national pride in Slovenia, and it gave the nation a sense of recognition on the world stage.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVidmar_Horvat2021448-285">[282]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPušnikJontes2021464–465-286">[283]</a> Melania's hometown Sevnica has developed a small tourist industry around her, and Melania-themed merchandise was common during her tenure as first lady. 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It was the fifth such first ladies study that the Institute had conducted since 1982, and the first in which Melania appeared. She was ranked as being the worst of 40 assessed American first ladies,<a href="#cite_note-294">[291]</a> receiving the lowest assessments in all of the metrics that were weighed.<a href="#cite_note-295">[292]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output 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.IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style>German: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German" title="Help:IPA/Standard German">[meˈlaːni̯a ˈknaʊs]</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Orthographic_transcription" title="Orthographic transcription">Germanization</a> of her Slovene birth name Melanija Knavs (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991">Slovene: <a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Slovene" title="Help:IPA/Slovene">[mɛˈlaːnija ˈknaːws]</a>). </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Frances_Cleveland" title="Frances Cleveland">Frances Cleveland</a> was the first, serving in the role from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a 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Warren">Estella Warren</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2001</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Behennah" title="Michelle Behennah">Michelle Behennah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Elsa Benítez">Elsa Benítez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aur%C3%A9lie_Claudel" title="Aurélie Claudel">Aurélie Claudel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luj%C3%A1n_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Luján Fernández">Luján Fernández</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janelle_Fishman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janelle Fishman (page does not exist)">Janelle Fishman</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Klum" title="Heidi Klum">Heidi Klum</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakara_Ledard" title="Shakara Ledard">Shakara Ledard</a>*</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kim_Lemanton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kim Lemanton (page does not exist)">Kim Lemanton</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9mie_Lenoir" title="Noémie Lenoir">Noémie Lenoir</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Mallmann" title="Shirley Mallmann">Shirley Mallmann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josie_Maran" title="Josie Maran">Josie Maran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Quock" title="Audrey Quock">Audrey Quock</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sims" title="Molly Sims">Molly Sims</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Tavares" title="Fernanda Tavares">Fernanda Tavares</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amy_Wesson" title="Amy Wesson">Amy Wesson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2002</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Elsa Benítez">Elsa Benítez</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ehrinn_Cummings&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ehrinn Cummings (page does not exist)">Ehrinn Cummings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabeli_Fontana" title="Isabeli Fontana">Isabeli Fontana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Hall" title="Bridget Hall">Bridget Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Keller" title="Melissa Keller">Melissa Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Klum" title="Heidi Klum">Heidi Klum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakara_Ledard" title="Shakara Ledard">Shakara Ledard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Lorenzo" class="mw-redirect" title="Vanessa Lorenzo">Vanessa Lorenzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josie_Maran" title="Josie Maran">Josie Maran</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carla_Maria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Carla Maria (page does not exist)">Carla Maria</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Morton" title="Annie Morton">Annie Morton</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_North" title="Chandra North">Chandra North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Quock" title="Audrey Quock">Audrey Quock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sims" title="Molly Sims">Molly Sims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2003</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Alves" title="Michelle Alves">Michelle Alves</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Andersen" title="May Andersen">May Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reka_Ebergenyi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reka Ebergenyi (page does not exist)">Reka Ebergenyi</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabeli_Fontana" title="Isabeli Fontana">Isabeli Fontana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Hall" title="Bridget Hall">Bridget Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hunter" title="Rachel Hunter">Rachel Hunter</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Keller" title="Melissa Keller">Melissa Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9mie_Lenoir" title="Noémie Lenoir">Noémie Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliana_Martins" title="Juliana Martins">Juliana Martins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Murdoch" title="Sarah Murdoch">Sarah O'Hare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audrey_Quock" title="Audrey Quock">Audrey Quock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sims" title="Molly Sims">Molly Sims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Tavares" title="Fernanda Tavares">Fernanda Tavares</a>p</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2004</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_Andersen" title="May Andersen">May Andersen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Elsa Benítez">Elsa Benítez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Hall" title="Bridget Hall">Bridget Hall</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Keller" title="Melissa Keller">Melissa Keller</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9mie_Lenoir" title="Noémie Lenoir">Noémie Lenoir</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Lindvall" title="Angela Lindvall">Angela Lindvall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Motta" title="Fernanda Motta">Fernanda Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Murphy" title="Carolyn Murphy">Carolyn Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Rayder" title="Frankie Rayder">Frankie Rayder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sims" title="Molly Sims">Molly Sims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Van_Der_Steen" title="Jessica Van Der Steen">Jessica Van Der Steen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2005</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Alves" title="Michelle Alves">Michelle Alves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alicia_Hall" title="Alicia Hall">Alicia Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Hall" title="Bridget Hall">Bridget Hall</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shakara_Ledard" title="Shakara Ledard">Shakara Ledard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9mie_Lenoir" title="Noémie Lenoir">Noémie Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Lombardo" title="Michelle Lombardo">Michelle Lombardo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Motta" title="Fernanda Motta">Fernanda Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Murphy" title="Carolyn Murphy">Carolyn Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Rayder" title="Frankie Rayder">Frankie Rayder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniella_Sarahyba" title="Daniella Sarahyba">Daniella Sarahyba</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallory_Snyder" title="Mallory Snyder">Mallory Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Van_Der_Steen" title="Jessica Van Der Steen">Jessica Van Der Steen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Vyalitsyna" title="Anne Vyalitsyna">Anne V</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2006</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Elsa Benítez">Elsa Benitez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carla_Campbell" title="Carla Campbell">Carla Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Decker" title="Brooklyn Decker">Brooklyn Decker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Diaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bridget_Hall" title="Bridget Hall">Bridget Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hunter" title="Rachel Hunter">Rachel Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Klum" title="Heidi Klum">Heidi Klum</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9mie_Lenoir" title="Noémie Lenoir">Noémie Lenoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elle_Macpherson" title="Elle Macpherson">Elle Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Motta" title="Fernanda Motta">Fernanda Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Murphy" title="Carolyn Murphy">Carolyn Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aline_Nakashima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aline Nakashima (page does not exist)">Aline Nakashima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1" title="Petra Němcová">Petra Němcová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Romijn" title="Rebecca Romijn">Rebecca Romijn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pania_Rose" title="Pania Rose">Pania Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniella_Sarahyba" title="Daniella Sarahyba">Daniella Sarahyba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Molly_Sims" title="Molly Sims">Molly Sims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mallory_Snyder" title="Mallory Snyder">Mallory Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C3%A9sica_Toscanini" title="Yésica Toscanini">Yésica Toscanini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronica Varekova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Vyalitsyna" title="Anne Vyalitsyna">Anne V</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2007</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Paula_Ara%C3%BAjo_(model)" title="Ana Paula Araújo (model)">Ana Paula Araújo</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Decker" title="Brooklyn Decker">Brooklyn Decker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selita_Ebanks" title="Selita Ebanks">Selita Ebanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Henderson" title="Julie Henderson">Julie Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beyonc%C3%A9" title="Beyoncé">Beyoncé Knowles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Motta" title="Fernanda Motta">Fernanda Motta</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aline_Nakashima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aline Nakashima (page does not exist)">Aline Nakashima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raica_Oliveira" title="Raica Oliveira">Raica Oliveira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_Praver" title="Tori Praver">Tori Praver</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Refaeli" title="Bar Refaeli">Bar Refaeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniella_Sarahyba" title="Daniella Sarahyba">Daniella Sarahyba</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Shayk" title="Irina Shayk">Irina Shayk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fernanda_Tavares" title="Fernanda Tavares">Fernanda Tavares</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y%C3%A9sica_Toscanini" title="Yésica Toscanini">Yésica Toscanini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Vyalitsyna" title="Anne Vyalitsyna">Anne V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2008</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Beatriz_Barros" title="Ana Beatriz Barros">Ana Beatriz Barros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasmin_Brunet" title="Yasmin Brunet">Yasmin Brunet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Je%C3%ADsa_Chiminazzo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeísa Chiminazzo (page does not exist)">Jeísa Chiminazzo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Decker" title="Brooklyn Decker">Brooklyn Decker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selita_Ebanks" title="Selita Ebanks">Selita Ebanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gomes" title="Jessica Gomes">Jessica Gomes</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quiana_Grant" title="Quiana Grant">Quiana Grant</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Haro" title="Melissa Haro">Melissa Haro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Henderson" title="Julie Henderson">Julie Henderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarah_Mariano" title="Jarah Mariano">Jarah Mariano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marisa_Miller" title="Marisa Miller">Marisa Miller</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oluchi_Onweagba" title="Oluchi Onweagba">Oluchi Onweagba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_Praver" title="Tori Praver">Tori Praver</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Refaeli" title="Bar Refaeli">Bar Refaeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniella_Sarahyba" title="Daniella Sarahyba">Daniella Sarahyba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Shayk" title="Irina Shayk">Irina Shayk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Vyalitsyna" title="Anne Vyalitsyna">Anne V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2009</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Cloutier" title="Kim Cloutier">Kim Cloutier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Decker" title="Brooklyn Decker">Brooklyn Decker</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cintia_Dicker" title="Cintia Dicker">Cintia Dicker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Dvorsk%C3%A1" title="Lucia Dvorská">Lucia Dvorská</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esti_Ginzburg" title="Esti Ginzburg">Esti Ginzburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Gomes" title="Jessica Gomes">Jessica Gomes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Haro" title="Melissa Haro">Melissa Haro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hart_(model)" title="Jessica Hart (model)">Jessica Hart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Henderson" title="Julie Henderson">Julie Henderson</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Damaris_Lewis" title="Damaris Lewis">Damaris Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jarah_Mariano" title="Jarah Mariano">Jarah Mariano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ariel_Meredith" title="Ariel Meredith">Ariel Meredith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tori_Praver" title="Tori Praver">Tori Praver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Refaeli" title="Bar Refaeli">Bar Refaeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilary_Rhoda" title="Hilary Rhoda">Hilary Rhoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniella_Sarahyba" title="Daniella Sarahyba">Daniella Sarahyba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irina_Shayk" title="Irina Shayk">Irina Shayk</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Vyalitsyna" title="Anne Vyalitsyna">Anne V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_White" title="Jessica White">Jessica White</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">40th Anniversary (2004) Hall of Fame</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elle_Macpherson" title="Elle Macpherson">Elle Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paulina_Porizkova" title="Paulina Porizkova">Paulina Porizkova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hunter" title="Rachel Hunter">Rachel Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tyra_Banks" title="Tyra Banks">Tyra Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valeria_Mazza" title="Valeria Mazza">Valeria Mazza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Williams" title="Stacey Williams">Stacey Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heidi_Klum" title="Heidi Klum">Heidi Klum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheryl_Tiegs" title="Cheryl Tiegs">Cheryl Tiegs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roshumba_Williams" title="Roshumba Williams">Roshumba Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christie_Brinkley" title="Christie Brinkley">Christie Brinkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vendela_Kirsebom" title="Vendela Kirsebom">Vendela Kirsebom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">All-Star Reunion Cover (2006)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elsa_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="Elsa Benítez">Elsa Benítez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamila_Diaz-Rahi" title="Yamila Diaz-Rahi">Yamila Díaz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Hunter" title="Rachel Hunter">Rachel Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elle_Macpherson" title="Elle Macpherson">Elle Macpherson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Murphy" title="Carolyn Murphy">Carolyn Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Pe%C5%A1tov%C3%A1" title="Daniela Peštová">Daniela Peštová</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rebecca_Romijn" title="Rebecca Romijn">Rebecca Romijn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veronika_Va%C5%99ekov%C3%A1" title="Veronika Vařeková">Veronika Vařeková</a> (Celebrity special: <a href="/wiki/Maria_Sharapova" title="Maria Sharapova">Maria Sharapova</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>underline indicates cover model, *appeared in <a href="/wiki/Bodypainting" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodypainting">bodypainting</a> by <a href="/wiki/Joanne_Gair" title="Joanne Gair">Joanne Gair</a>, 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