MELANIA Trump will soon end her time as First Lady, following Donald Trump's defeat in the US election.
Melania, 50, has gained a legion of fans since her husband took office as the 45th American President - but she was famous in her own right before becoming First Lady.
Melania was born in 1970 in an industrial town in Slovenia; worlds apart from the glittering New York penthouse and the White House that she would eventually call home.
Her dad Viktor was a salesman and her mum Amalija designed children’s clothes.
Thanks to her mum’s passion for fashion, Melania did her first runway show when she was just five years old, but it wasn’t until she was 16 that her modelling career began.
She was spotted by photographer Stane Jerko in 1987 when she was studying in Secondary School of Design and Photography in Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana.
He taught her how to pose, and when she was 18 she ended up signing with a modelling agency in Milan after dropping out of architecture school.
In 1992, she won second place for Jana Magazine's Slovenian Face of the Year contest, and she went on to model in Paris and Milan - although her sights were set on New York.
Her dream was realised in 1996, when the 26-year-old model was brought over by her agent, and she set about doing daily castings.
According to a GQ profile: “[It's] a frustrating age for models, the late 20s. It's not a friendly industry.
“She wasn't working every day, she was going to castings every day and not succeeding... She said things were very different in Europe, that she had been more successful."
Melania ended up taking jobs such as posting for tobacco company Camel ads.
One of her more infamous gigs is her nude shoot with GQ in 2000 which she said was “nothing more than you see every year in Sports Illustrated.”
She first met future husband Donald Trump at a New York party at the Kit Kat Club during fashion week in 1998 and said she was “not star-struck”.
It wasn’t love at first sight for the 28-year-old, especially as Trump had brought a date along, following his split with second wife, actress Marla Maples.
Instead of giving him her number, she took his down, and they ended up striking up a friendship.
Trump, who at the time was a real estate mogul who had just done the first season of The Apprentice, proposed to Melania at the Met Gala in 2004.
The proposal was six years after they met, and came with a 12-karat diamond ring, but the big news went relatively unnoticed at the fashion event.
The pair tied the knot in 2005 in Palm Beach, Florida, and Melania was 34 at the time, with Trump being 58.
She wed in a £76,000 Dior dress, which had 1,500 crystals that took 550 hours to attach.
A year later, their only son Barron Trump, who is now 13, was born.
Since marrying her billionaire husband, Melania has launched her own jewellery and watch line which she reportedly designs herself.
Photos of the Trump Tower penthouse suite she shared with Donald and Barron give her 900,000 Twitter followers a glimpse into their opulent Manhattan lifestyle.
The Louis XIV-style apartment is adorned with 24-carat gold and marble. There are crystal chandeliers and murals painted on the ceilings.
Melania Trump confidently stated to Parenting: "My life is very normal — for me. Maybe for some people they would not think that.
“But for me it is. I know my husband. We have a great relationship. We are both very independent. We know what our roles are and we are happy with them."
Trump’s 2016 presidential bid was formally launched in 2015, and Melania kept a relatively low profile during the campaign.
She justified it with: "It's my choice not to be there. I support my husband 100 percent, but we have a 9-year-old son together, Barron, and I'm raising him, and this is the age he needs a parent at home."
Trump was sworn in on January 2017, and Melania gave off Jackie O vibes at the inauguration in a powder blue dress by Ralph Lauren.
Despite being viewed by some critics as a trophy wife, insiders say she has been a key part of Team Trump and arguably the most powerful woman on Earth.
Melania speaks five languages, including: Slovenian, English, French, German and Serbian.
This week, it has been announced that Joe Biden will replace Donald Trump as President in January 2021.
Trump lost the historic race with Biden leading him in several swing states including Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona.
We shared how Melania unveiled the ‘Spirit of America-themed’ White House Christmas decorations with Stars and Stripes ornaments.
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