Before she became the poised First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump lived a life wrapped in quiet mystery – one that includes a few carefully guarded romances. But few knew who they were. Until now.
Born Melanija Knavs in the tiny Slovenian town of Sevnica, Melania’s journey to global recognition is anything but ordinary. Long before her marriage to Donald Trump in 2005, she worked tirelessly to build a modeling career that took her from the streets of Ljubljana to Paris, Milan, and ultimately, New York City.
Melania meets Trump
Melania and the future president first crossed paths in 1998 at a Fashion Week party at the Kit Kat Club in Manhattan, hosted by Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli, who had signed her to his modeling agency, ID Model Management.
But, according to her best friend Edit Molnar, the model was “turned off” by the real estate mogul and dating him was “absolutely out of the question.”
“Melania said, ‘He’s here with a woman. I am absolutely not giving him my number,’” Molnar told the New York Post about the conversation he had with his friend, who he described as a “homebody.” “She wouldn’t even consider it. Donald did all the work.”
