Secrets about the new First Lady of the United States

(Baonghean.vn) - Starting January 20, 2017, the United States will have a new First Lady: Melania Trump, yet very little information has been known about her in recent times. Let's explore some of the mysteries surrounding the First Lady of the United States with Bao Nghe An.

1. She is the third wife of the newly elected President Donald Trump.

Melania Trump is currently the First Lady of the new US President. Photo: Vnexpress.

Former model Melania Knauss began dating Donald Trump in 1998. She married him in 2005, and they had a son, Barron, the following year.

Previously, in the 1990s, Mr. Trump married for the second time and lived for several years with Marla Maples, a television star and also considered a "beauty queen." They had a daughter together named Tiffany Trump.

Mr. Trump and Ms. Maples dated while Mr. Trump was still married to his first wife, Ivana Zelnickova, who was Czechoslovakian. He married her in 1977, and they had three children: Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Trump Jr.

2. He previously refused to give Mr. Trump his phone number.

Melania and Donald Trump first met at a fashion party in 1998. At the time, Trump was separated from his second wife.

When they met at a New York party in 1998, real estate mogul Donald Trump asked for Melania's phone number, but the young woman refused. At the time, Melania, 28, attended the party at the invitation of Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli, who had helped her build her modeling career in America.

At that time, Trump was known as a high-stakes playboy. He himself attended the party with another woman, yet he still found a way to chat with the beautiful model. Melania was already familiar with the billionaire, so when asked for his phone number, she refused and instead asked for his personal information.

In an interview with GQ magazine, Melania later recounted, "If I gave him my phone number, I would just be one of the women he called." She waited to see if he would give her his personal number or his work number to better understand his intentions. She said, "Which number he gives you says a lot about him." And it seems that Trump was serious at the time, so he gave her "all his phone numbers."

3. Fluent in 5 languages

Melania Trump was born in 1970, began her modeling career at the age of 16, and speaks five languages.

Melania's natural linguistic talent, being fluent in five languages—Slovenia, English, French, Serbian, and German—could be a great asset when she enters the White House. However, some argue that it is precisely because of her regional accent that Melania rarely speaks in public.

Born in Slovenia, Melania became the second American First Lady born abroad, after Louisa Adams, an Englishwoman and wife of the 6th President John Quincy (1825-1829).

4. A "bridge" for Russia-US relations

The small nation of Slovenia, with a population of around 2 million, is believing it can act as a mediator between the United States and Russia.

Although Russian President Vladimir Putin rarely travels to Western countries, he has visited Slovenia twice, and Russia and Slovenia enjoy very good relations.

Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar called to congratulate Melania Trump after the election, and the two conversed in their native languages. Melania then handed the phone to her husband so that Cerar could speak directly with Trump.

5. Designers vied to create outfits for Melania.

Melania Trump used to be a model.

According to the Daily Mail, many renowned fashion designers, including Zac Posen, B Michael America, Tommy Hilfiger, and Calvin Klein, have expressed interest in designing Melania's outfit for her husband's inauguration.

6. The First Lady has nude photos.

Three years before meeting Mr. Trump, model Melania had a nude photo published in a French men's monthly magazine. That photo later ended up in the hands of the New York Post.

Photographer Jarl Ale de Basseville, who took the photos, considered them "beautiful and not pornographic." Meanwhile, Donald Trump commented: "In Europe, photos like these are very fashionable and common."

7. I have a half-brother.

From a young age, Melania received a careful education in a well-off family.

While preparing material for a story about Melania, GQ journalist Julia Iofffe discovered shocking information: Melania's father, Victor Knavs, had a son from a previous relationship named Denis Cigelnjak.

Following a court case, Mr. Knaves was forced to contribute to child support. However, he never contacted or acknowledged the child's existence. Currently, at age 50, Mr. Cigelnjak still lives with his family in Slovenia.

8. Hillary Clinton attended their wedding.

Billionaire Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are pictured chatting with Bill and Mrs. Clinton at their wedding - Photo: Getty Images

Former President Bill Clinton and his wife were among the 350 guests at the wedding of billionaire Donald Trump and model Melania in Palm Beach, Florida.

According to GQ, at the wedding, the bride wore a Dior wedding dress worth $100,000 adorned with 1,500 crystals.

9. Has the lowest approval rating since Hillary Clinton's time.

According to a Washington Post/ABC News poll, Melania Trump has the lowest approval rating for a president-elect since Hillary Clinton.

The person with the highest approval rating is Barbara Bush, wife of President George H.W. Bush (Bush Sr.). Michelle Obama also had a fairly high approval rating at a similar time to Melania's in 2012, when Obama was elected for his second term.

10. Over 100,000 New Yorkers want to "get rid of" Melania.

Melania and her 10-year-old son, Brandon Trump.

After Trump's election, Melania announced her desire to remain in New York so that her son Barron could continue his education.

This means New Yorkers could lose approximately $1 million per day on security for Melania and her son. Therefore, a collective petition has been launched demanding she leave the city. To date, the petition has garnered over 135,000 signatures.

Kim Ngoc

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