First Lady Melania Trump at the G20 Summit
Summary
First Lady Melania Trump poses for a family photo with G20 spouses at MALBA, the Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)
Melania Trump is a Slovenian-American fashion model and the current first lady of the United States. Melanija Knavs (Knauss) was born in Novo Mesto, and grew up in Sevnica, in the Yugoslav republic of Slovenia. She and Donald Trump became engaged in 2004. On January 22, 2005, they married in an Anglican service at the Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. Melania is the second First Lady born outside of the United States, and she is the only First Lady to become a naturalized U.S. citizen.