Melania Knauss Trump[a][3] (born Melanija Knavs; [b] ) is a Slovenian and American former model and the third wife of President DonaldTrump. She has served as First Lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021. · Melania and Donald Trump have a 24-year age difference, and they met when she was just 28 years old. Melania Trump is currently 55 years old; she was born on . · She was a fully grown adult at 28 years old when she first met him at a New York Fashion Week party in 1998, but he was 24 years older than her and had hit on her while he was with another woman. · Melania, who was born in Slovenia and immigrated to the United States in 1996, and Trump met at a NYFW party during his divorce proceedings from Marla, which were finalized in June 1999. · 1998: Donald and Melania Trump first met DonaldTrump and Melania Knauss attend the premiere of "Celebrity" on at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York... · Married to billionaire DonaldTrump, Melania Trump, then known as Melania Knavs and later Melania Knauss, began her modeling career at age 16 and moved to New York in 1996. The couple met... 6 days ago · On , DonaldTrump was elected president of the United States, defeating Clinton; he took office on . Melania Trump initially made few appearances as first lady, and she did not move into the White House until June, after her son finished the school year.
