[13][14] Her mother Amalija (née Ulčnik) (born July 9, 1945) came from the village of Raka and worked as a patternmaker at the children's clothing manufacturer Jutranjka in Sevnica. It has been reported that Viktor was born in 24 March 1947, this is incorrect.

According to the New York Times, Viktor and Amalija Knavs split their time among an apartment in Trump Tower, Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and the suite in the White House once used by Michelle Obama’s mother.

Discover the Coney Barret family tree. Bush along with former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter and their wives. On January 22, 2005, they married in an Anglican service at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida, followed by a reception in the ballroom at her husband's Mar-a-Lago estate. It was a town and country dominated Communist President Josip Tito, a dictator known for putting dissidents into hard labor (or re-education) camps (via World Peace Foundation). His father has also worked as an automobile mechanic, whereas his mother uses to teach children. [54][55] Knauss continued her modeling career[17] with her American magazine cover shoots, including In Style Weddings,[56] New York magazine, Avenue,[57] Philadelphia Style,[58] and Vanity Fair Spain. [69][70][71] According to Washington Post's Mary Jordan, however, Melania was one of Trump's biggest supporters and continues to be a sounding board to him. [40] Asked about the photos in 2016, Donald Trump said: "Melania was one of the most successful models, and she did many photo shoots, including for covers and major magazines. Again?

[108], Melania took an active role in planning the Trump administration's first state dinner on April 23, 2018, to honor French President Emmanuel Macron. [44][45] According to a financial filing in 2016, her businesses brought in between US$15,000 and US$50,000 in royalties that year. [93][94], She and Barron moved into the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2017. All outlets were quick to point out that the Knavses had received citizenship through the same policies of "chain migration" that Trump had so vocally criticized. ", "People Have a Lot of Feelings About Melania Trump's New Cyberbullying Initiative", "Melanie Trump's 'Daily Mail' Lawsuit: A FLOTUS First? Melania’s Father Was Once Chauffeur to the Town Mayor. [91][92] A 2020 biography by Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan revealed that Melania stayed in New York to negotiate more favorable terms from Trump for her and their son. [106] Trump's office has avoided the use of the term "cyberbullying",[106] and Trump has come under criticism for championing Internet civility while her husband's Internet behavior has been noted as uncivil. It's from Amalija Knavs, Melania's mother, that Melania inherited her impeccable sense of fashion. And how did Melania Trump get one? In April the same year, Donald Trump proposed to their daughter, Melania.

If Mrs. Trump, already dating Mr. Trump at the time she applied, secured letters from luminaries in fashion, that would be significant, Ms. Upadhye said". [106][107] Trump attended the roundtable event, focusing on how children are affected by modern technology. [104][105] In comparison, former first lady Michelle Obama's solo travel cost an average of about US$350,000 per year. On December 5, 2018, Melania and President Trump attended the Funeral of George H.W. [32][33] When she began working as a model, she adapted the Slovene version of her last name "Knavs" to the German version "Knauss". All relationship and family history information shown on FameChain has been compiled from data in the public domain. [101][102][103], In January 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported that during a three-month period when she lived in New York in 2017, she took Air Force jet flights between New York City, Florida, and Washington at a cost of more than US$675,000 to taxpayers.