Melania Trump Breaks Silence on Plastic Surgery Rumors and It Confirms What We Suspected

Melania Trump has always been considered a beautiful woman. In her teenage years, the Slovenian-born former first lady began her modeling career, which ultimately led her to the US and marriage to Donald Trump.

As soon as Melania came to the US, her modeling career skyrocketed. She became famous instantly, mainly because of one ad, and it didn’t take long before she met her future husband. 

She has managed to keep her youthful looks, but some argue that the 53-year-old has used Botox and other methods to stay young. Not long ago, Melania Trump spilled the truth. 

Melania Trump – born Melania Knauss – was born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. She grew up in the small railway town of Sevnica.

Melania Trump – early life & modeling career

Her father, Viktor, was a car mechanic and chauffeur, and her mother, Amalija, worked as a pattern-maker at a clothing factory. Amalija – who sadly passed away a month ago – had a great passion for design and spent hours and hours making clothes for Melania and her older sister, Ines.

“I grew up with a beautiful family and had a wonderful childhood,” Melania Trump has said. “My mother and father taught us the importance of education, hard work and family.”

Melania grew up in a modest home, but her parents were a big deal in the small town of Sevnica. She studied at a special high school for industrial design and photography, but at 16, her life would change. And it was purely down to coincidence.

While leaving a fashion show at the Festival Hall, fashion photographer Stane Jerko noticed Melania leaning on a fence.

Then – in 1987 – photographers didn’t have the opportunity to find new faces for their work through the Internet. Instead, chancing upon someone in real life was how it was sometimes done.

“By the staircase at the entrance, I saw this girl,’ Jerko recalled. “She was tall, slim, with long hair. I told her who I was, what I did, and why I would photograph her.”

At this point, Melania wanted to study to become an architect. But at the same time, this was a big opportunity. Meanwhile, Jerko thought the girl had something special.

“She was shy and reserved at first,” he explained. “Not wanting to open herself up. But she quickly got into it and began asking questions: ‘Why are you constantly moving the light? Is this how I should be holding myself?'”

Move to New York

Melania ended up studying at the University of Ljubljana. After just a year, though, she decided to pursue her dream of being a model. She hired a photographer to put together a portfolio for her.

A year later, at 18, she signed with a modeling agency in Milan. She spent a couple of years doing modeling work in Milan and Paris and was doing very well.

At this point, Melania wanted to advance in her career. She came into contact with wealthy Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli, who set her up with a modeling contract and a work visa for her to travel to the US.

In 1996, Melania Trump left for New York City. There, she lived in a shared apartment at Gramercy Park, but since she was 26 years old – much older than the average aspiring model at the time – she gambled and put everything on the line.

Melania said she was “determined,” but she had to do something extra in the era of supermodels like Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford. Melania decided to appear without any clothes in the French men’s magazine Max. Ultimately, being 26 years “old” actually turned out to be an advantage for her.

Due to a law that prohibited younger models from promoting tobacco, Melania’s face was soon all over Times Square in a commercial for a cigarette company.

Irene Marie later represented Melania, and she says that the aspiring model was a composed young woman who took her work seriously.

“[Melania] wasn’t the most expensive model, but she was a high-end model,” Marie said.