Very close to her parents, Melania symbolically began her career as a model during a first fashion show where she wore clothes from her mother’s factory. At 17, she was spotted by fashion photographer Stane Jerko, who offered her several shooting sessions. A year later, she signed with a modeling agency in Italy. She then paradesalmost everywhere in Europe”as she describes in her memoir “Melania“published a few months before the 2024 presidential elections. From Paris to Milan and as far as New York, the young woman stands out, and says she always wears a family necklace around her neck engraved with the German words “Ich liebe dich” (“Ich liebe dich” (“Ich liebe dich”). I love you”).
During a Fashion Week party in New York, she meets a billionaire, Donald Trump.
After several years of career, Melania moved to New York in 1996. Vogue, Vanity Fair, Glamour : she makes appearances in the most prestigious fashion magazines. In 1998, during a Fashion Week party in the VIP section of the now defunct Kit Kat Klub in New York, she met a billionaire, Donald Trump. In an interview given to Fox News Channelshe affirms that the latter is “fell crazy” from her from the first evening. However, some rumors claim that the two lovers knew each other well before that evening and would have maintained an adulterous relationship during Donald Trump’s second marriage, to Marla Marples. These words did not prevent the two lovebirds from having the perfect love until they got married on January 22, 2005, in a church in Palm Beach, Florida.
Melania was paid $237,000 to appear in a fundraiser in support of her husband’s presidential campaign.
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A penthouse and private apartment in Trump Tower
Five years after her marriage, Melania launched her business “Melania Timepieces and Jewelry”, which offers a line of jewelry sold by the American television shopping channel QVC. His activity is very prolific. According to Business InsiderMelania Trump has reportedly earned more than $45 million from her company since its creation. “Last year alone, her jewelry line reportedly earned her more than $7 million. indeed affirms the media. In addition to her activities in fashion, Melania has launched into real estate investments, pillars of the Trump fortune. According to The Real Dealso in 2016 she bought an apartment in Trump Tower, owned by Donald Trump, for $1.49 million. While the couple already has a penthouse in this luxurious building. Thanks to her investments, Melania does not have to rely on her husband to ensure her financial future. His personal fortune is estimated at $70 million.
Largely absent during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, Melania nevertheless made a rare paid appearance last April. According to the former president’s financial disclosure form, she allegedly received $237,000 for what was listed as a “talk” to the Log Cabin Republicans as a fundraiser. According to Vanity Faircampaign finance and government ethics experts say a payment to a presidential candidate’s spouse to participate in political fundraising during an election is “unusual“, et “ethically questionable“.
Melania reportedly spent the last year renegotiating the terms of her nuptial agreement with Donald Trump “due to ongoing legal battles in which [le futur Président] is immersed.”
A renegotiated marriage contract for the future of his son
Her only son remains a priority for this woman, now 54 years old. Also, she reportedly spent the last year renegotiating the terms of her nuptial contract with Donald Trump. Page Six cites source as saying she wanted a new deal”due to current legal battles in which [Donald] is immersed.” This same source added that the 47th President “remains very wealthy, but he faces increasingly high legal costs and negative decisions.” Thus, this renegotiated marriage contract “would offer a more solid future” to Melania and her son Barron, if the couple separated.
Barron, the “little one of” Trump now has the stature to take his place in the family clan but not like the others
Melania has spent the last four years in Trump’s shadow taking care of her 18-year-old son, who is starting his studies at New York University’s Stern School of Business. Sources close to the family have already said that she will have to stay in New York for the next few months to concentrate full time on her son, who has just started his first university year there. Also, since the death of her mother last January, Melania Trump spends a lot of time with her father, Viktor Knavs. During this same period, she published her memoirs, surfing on the assassination attempt on her husband, with conspiratorial airs, for her promotional campaign.
“The silence is heavy. I wonder why the police did not shoot the shooter before my husband’s speech”she explains, announcing “that there is more to discover” et “that it is necessary to reveal the truth.” Just after these words, the sober cover of his memoir appears, suggesting that it provides answers. Needless to say, his book reveals nothing that the public did not know about this sad event. Melania must have seen it as a juicy temptation to make her business flourish.
