I would have liked to have seen Melania address her own scandal. I'm not saying she is responsible just that it was all about her and "her own words".
She may one day be the First Lady and I have no idea who she is as a person, it would be nice if she was a bit more relevant in this process.
OK, so a lot of people "would like" a lot of things. So what? Maybe she doesnt' care to be in the public eye as much. So what?
Maybe?
The thing is, exactly what I am saying, we don't know. Melania is a big "unknown".
She's a big unknown. His wife. Oh ok. WHich means what exactly? She gave birth to his son. You are really reaching to try to discredit her in anyway possible aren't you?
I would have liked to have seen Melania address her own scandal. I'm not saying she is responsible just that it was all about her and "her own words".
She may one day be the First Lady and I have no idea who she is as a person, it would be nice if she was a bit more relevant in this process.
OK, so a lot of people "would like" a lot of things. So what? Maybe she doesnt' care to be in the public eye as much. So what?
Maybe?
The thing is, exactly what I am saying, we don't know. Melania is a big "unknown".
She's a big unknown. His wife. Oh ok. WHich means what exactly? She gave birth to his son. You are really reaching to try to discredit her in anyway possible aren't you?
NO, why do you just automatically go there. I'm not trying to discredit her.
Its just my opinion that seeing as she may be the First Lady, it would be nice to see what she is made of, if she can handle the press and her own issues while her husband does his thing. :)
She seems like a kind decent, caring person. That's good enough for me. Versus Michelle pretending to feed the homeless in her $5K blinged out sneakers. Uh huh.
Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs,[1][a] April 26, 1970; germanized to Melania Knauss) is the third wife of American billionaire real estate developer and 2016 U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump.[2] She is a Slovene-American jewelry and watch designer and former model.[3] Born in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in what is now Slovenia, she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006.[4]
Following her appearance at the 2016 Republican National Convention, Trump was accused of plagiarism because a portion of her speech closely resembled passages in Michelle Obama's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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1 Early life
2 Career
3 Marriage to Donald Trump
4 Republican National Convention speech plagiarism controversy
5 Notes
6 References
7 External links
Early life
Knauss was born in Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia (then part of Yugoslavia) on April 26, 1970.[5] Her father, Viktor Knavs, who managed car and motorcycle dealerships for a state-owned vehicle manufacturer,[6][7] and was a member of the Slovenian Communist Party, came from the nearby town of Radeče. Her mother, Amalija (Ulčnik),[6] came from the village of Raka[8] and was a patternmaker at the children's clothing manufacturer Jutranjka in Sevnica.[6][9] Knauss has a sister, Ines,[10] and an older half-brother, whom she has never met,[11] from her father's previous relationship.[6]
Knauss grew up in a modest apartment in a concrete housing block in Sevnica, in Slovenia's Lower Sava Valley.[1] When she was a teenager, the family moved to a two-story house near Sevnica[12] and used a high-rise apartment in Ljubljana.[6] She completed her first year at a Slovenian university before moving to Milan.[6] Knauss attended the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana.[13]
Knauss studied at the University of Ljubljana for one year before dropping out, though her website says she obtained a degree in architecture and design there.[14][15][16] Her biography in the 2016 Republican National Convention official program also incorrectly stated that she had obtained a degree in Slovenia.[16][17]
Career
Knauss began her modeling career at age 16 and at age 17 posed for Slovenian fashion photographer Stane Jerko.[18] At 18 she signed with a modeling agency in Milan, Italy.[19] She was named runner-up in the 1992 Jana Magazine "Look of the Year" contest, held in Ljubljana, which promised its top three contestants an international modeling contract.[6][20]
After attending the University of Ljubljana and leaving after her freshman year,[21] she then worked as a model for fashion houses in Milan and Paris, France, before relocating to New York City in 1996,[2] her contract and visa negotiated by Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli.[6] Working with photographers including Helmut Newton, Patrick Demarchelier, and Mario Testino,[7][22] she subsequently appeared on the covers of Harper's Bazaar (Bulgaria), Ocean Drive, In Style Weddings, New York Magazine, Avenue, Allure, Vanity Fair (Italy) and Vogue (following her marriage to Trump), and GQ (UK),[23] She was featured as a bikini model in the 2000 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.[24][25][26] As a model, she was associated with Irene Marie Management Group and Donald Trump's Trump Model Management.[27]
In the 2000s, she appeared in an advertisement for Aflac insurance in which she and the Aflac mascot, a duck, voiced at the time by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, exchange personalities via a Frankenstein-like mad experiment.[19]
Marriage to Donald Trump
Melania and Donald Trump at the Oscar de la Renta Fashion Show in New York City, 2006
After moving to New York City in 1996,[28] Knauss met Donald Trump at a Fashion Week party in New York City in September 1998, while he was still married to, but separated from, Marla Maples;[1][29] Trump attended the event with another date, Celina Midelfart, and Knauss initially refused to give Trump her phone number.[20] Knauss broke off the relationship shortly after it began, but the couple reconciled after a few months.[6] Their relationship gained attention after a 1999 interview on The Howard Stern Show.[30] In 2000, Knauss appeared with Trump while he campaigned for the Reform Party 2000 presidential nomination.[30] Their relationship gained additional publicity after the 2004 launch of Trump's successful business-oriented reality television show, The Apprentice. Donald Trump described their long courtship in 2005: "We literally have never had an argument, forget about the word 'fight' ... We just are very compatible. We get along."[29]
Trump in 2011
After becoming engaged in 2004, Donald Trump and Melania Knauss were married on January 22, 2005, at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida, followed by a reception in the ballroom at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.[31]
The event was attended by celebrities such as Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Rudy Giuliani, Heidi Klum, Star Jones, P. Diddy, Shaquille O'Neal, Barbara Walters, Conrad Black, Regis Philbin, Simon Cowell, Kelly Ripa, then-Senator Hillary Clinton, and former president Bill Clinton.[31][32] At the reception, Billy Joel serenaded the crowd with "Just the Way You Are" and supplied new lyrics about Trump to the tune of "The Lady Is a Tramp".[31]
The Trumps' wedding ceremony and reception were widely covered by the media.[28] Trump wore a $200,000 dress made by John Galliano of the house of Christian Dior.[31] The cake at the reception was a 50-pound orange Grand Marnier chocolate truffle cake, with a Grand Marnier butter-cream filling, covered with 3,000 roses created by the chef at Mar-a-Lago.[31]
In 2006, Trump gave birth to a son named Barron William Trump.[19] Donald suggested his first name and Melania his middle name.[33] As an infant, Barron reportedly occupied his own floor in the Trumps' apartment in Trump Tower in Manhattan, but often slept in a crib in his parents' bedroom.[33] He plays golf with his father and is reported to be fluent in Slovenian.[34] He is said to like wearing a suit and tie, and Melania's nickname for him is "Mini-Donald".[7]
Trump and her husband are often seen and photographed together at New York City society events and receptions.[35] Television personality Barbara Walters, impressed with Trump's intelligence when she met her, has said of her: "Maybe because she's so pretty, we don't expect her to be as smart as she is."[36]
In 2015, asked about her husband's presidential campaign, Trump said, "I encouraged him because I know what he will do and what he can do for America. He loves the American people and he wants to help them."[36] When asked by The New York Times what her role would be if Donald were to become president, Trump replied: "I would be very traditional. Like Betty Ford or Jackie Kennedy. I would support him."[7]
During Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, an anti-Trump PAC published an attack ad featuring a nude photo of Trump that was published in 2000 as part of a British GQ magazine photoshoot.[37] The photograph shows her handcuffed to a briefcase, lying on a fur blanket aboard Donald's private jet.[1][23][38]
Who cares? We aren't hiring her we are hiring Donald. Nobody interviewed my spouse when i took my job.
He wasn't first lady. LOL
I care, I'm just curious about her. That is all.
Sooo, there is thing called Google where you can read about her.
Reading about someone is not the same as hearing them speak, unscripted.
You think ANY of them speak unscripted? Not a chance. Obama's teleprompter failed a few weeks ago and he literally, LITERALLY turned into a babbling idiot. It was almost painful to watch.
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Well I did google and guess what, I never knew this but if Trump is elected, this will be the first time ever in USA history that a First Lady has posed nude.
No First Lady before this one would have been worth seeing naked. What's your point?
You are hysterical, thanks for the laughs.
Is that your answer? What's so funny? Are you trying to say she unqualified because there are pictures of her naked? So today you are a racist and a sexist. Way to multitask apple. Oh and you're right. Barbara Bush would have been a fine centerfold.
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Did I say she was unqualified because she has nude photos out there? Did I?
Jackie O comes to mind but I'm sure that she never posed nude.
I was told to google Melania because I don't know much about her, that is what came up. I AM NOT GOOGLE, don't blame me.
Now, what made me laugh out loud is the hypocrisy and anger constantly exhibited.
If Michelle Obama had posed nude, you'd be calling her out as a tramp, of that I have no doubt.
Well I did google and guess what, I never knew this but if Trump is elected, this will be the first time ever in USA history that a First Lady has posed nude.
So.......O was the first black in USA history to be President, Hillary is the first woman to run, and being the first to pose nude is a bad thing? Only the dems can be first?
-- Edited by FNW on Friday 22nd of July 2016 07:00:47 PM
Well I did google and guess what, I never knew this but if Trump is elected, this will be the first time ever in USA history that a First Lady has posed nude.
So.......O was the first black in USA history to be President, Hillary is the first woman to run, and being the first to pose nude is a bad thing? Only the dems can be first?
-- Edited by FNW on Friday 22nd of July 2016 07:00:47 PM
Posing nude first is only a bad thing if you are a democrat.
Did I say she was unqualified because she has nude photos out there? Did I?
Jackie O comes to mind but I'm sure that she never posed nude.
I was told to google Melania because I don't know much about her, that is what came up. I AM NOT GOOGLE, don't blame me.
Now, what made me laugh out loud is the hypocrisy and anger constantly exhibited. If Michelle Obama had posed nude, you'd be calling her out as a tramp, of that I have no doubt.
Do you see it? The hypocrisy?
What hypocrisy and anger? You posted about her posing nude so I commented. Since when did disagreeing with someone become anger. You seem to be the angry one and very touchy lately.
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Well I did google and guess what, I never knew this but if Trump is elected, this will be the first time ever in USA history that a First Lady has posed nude.
So.......O was the first black in USA history to be President, Hillary is the first woman to run, and being the first to pose nude is a bad thing? Only the dems can be first?
-- Edited by FNW on Friday 22nd of July 2016 07:00:47 PM
Posing nude first is only a bad thing if you are a democrat.
Melanie was a model. And please show me where anyone has commented on a Democrat posing nude? You assume a lot.
Although, I will confess, I would comment if Michelle Obama posed nude, but it would be something along the lines of, "Oh, NO! My eyes! My eyes!"
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Well don't you know we're hypocritical and angry because we didn't flip out that Melanie posed naked. I guess we were supposed to call her a whore and not vote for Donald because she did. Or was that only if she was a Democrat? I keep getting confused as to how we're supposed to feel according to apple.
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Well don't you know we're hypocritical and angry because we didn't flip out that Melanie posed naked. I guess we were supposed to call her a whore and not vote for Donald because she did. Or was that only if she was a Democrat? I keep getting confused as to how we're supposed to feel according to apple.
Just let her tell you. She's very good at telling people what they do or will think and feel.
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I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.
Well don't you know we're hypocritical and angry because we didn't flip out that Melanie posed naked. I guess we were supposed to call her a whore and not vote for Donald because she did. Or was that only if she was a Democrat? I keep getting confused as to how we're supposed to feel according to apple.
Let me explain it to you. If the person in question is a Dem then everything they do is completely fine, even criminal activity. If the person in question is Republican, then you must focus on all the minutia that proves they are a bad, bad person! Got it?
-- Edited by Lady Gaga Snerd on Saturday 23rd of July 2016 08:59:55 AM