Top 10 facts about incoming First Lady, Melania Trump
While many wonder what kind of First Lady she will be - the wife of newly-elected president, Donald Trump - Melania will officially assume the role on January 20, next year. She is a former model, who manages her own jewelry and skin care line and Newswatch has listed ten interesting facts about the FLOTUS-elect.
1. Melania Trump ( nee Knauss) was born in Slovenia and speaks five languages — English, French, Slovenian, Serbian and German.
2. She doesn't approve of her husband's tweeting. When asked on the "Today" Show about one of Trump's habit she would prefer he give up, Melania said “The tweeting.” The Republican candidate returned to the social media after a brief hiatus - reportedly advised by his campaign staff.
Interesting how President Obama so haltingly said I "would never be president" - This from perhaps the worst president in U.S. history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2016
If @TedCruz doesn’t clean up his act, stop cheating, & doing negative ads, I have standing to sue him for not being a natural born citizen.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 12, 2016
4. Although she's appeared on the cover of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and posed for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue - she's more than just a model. Mrs. Trump has served as a Good Will Ambassador for the American Red Cross from 2005 to 2009 and has also been involved with Love Our Children USA.
5. She has one sister, Ines and a half-brother, Denis Cigelnjak, who still lives in her home country - Slovenia. According to the Daily Mail, he is yet to meet his sister.
6. Despite first entering the States in 1996 on a business visa, she formerly became a U.S. citizen in 2006 after marrying the billionaire investor. She supports her husband's stance on immigration. In an exclusive interview with MSNBC - she states "I follow the law. I never thought to stay here without papers."
7. The Clintons were guests at her wedding when she married Trump in 2006. Bill and Hillary Clinton were among 350 guests when the couple wed at the mogul's Palm Beach estate, Florida.
When Hillary and Bill Hit the Wedding of Donald and Melania 🤓 pic.twitter.com/rOZ9JXrbXA
— Mirjana Radovanović (@prijatelj1) November 9, 2016
8. She is Trump's third wife and mother to 10-year-old Barron - the youngest of Trump's five children.
9. Speaking at a campaign rally earlier this month, Melania said one of the key issues she'll address as First Lady is cyber-bullying - particularly on social media. Other First Ladies who have pioneered important causes include Michelle Obama's “Let’s Move” campaign aimed at childhood obesity and Nancy Reagan's “Just Say No” campaign against drug abuse.
10. According to a Washington Post and ABC poll - she would be the least popular spouse of a presidential candidate before the First Family's move to the White House.