Melania Knauss-Trump (born Melanija Knavs, anglicized to Melania Knauss, on April 26, 1970) is a model from Slovenia, and is the wife of the prolific American business executive and real estate magnate Donald Trump, who is 24 years her senior and whom she married on January 22, 2005.
She was born in Sevnica, Slovenia, at the time when it was part of (the former) Yugoslavia. She grew up in a home where her Austrian father and Slovenian mother made sure she was well-educated with the intention of success in life on their minds. This meant many hours of studying when she was young.
