Melania Trump

Melania Trump (born Melanija Knavs or in German Melania Knauss) was born on May 6, 1970, and is a model from Slovenia and is the wife of the prolific American business executive and real estate magnate Donald Trump, who is 24 years her senior and whom she married on January 22, 2005.

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May 6 - 1970 - Model - Slovenia - Magnate - Donald Trump - January 22 - 2005

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She was born in Sevnica, Slovenia at the time when it was part of Yugoslavia. She grew up in a comfortable home where her Austrian father and Slovenian mother made sure she was well-educated with the intention of success in life on their minds. This meant many hours of studying books when she was young.

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Sevnica, Slovenia - Yugoslavia - Well-educated

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Knauss was Trump's longtime girlfriend before their engagement in 2004, and has been a frequent companion of her husband's in recent years. Their relationship received increasing publicity after the launch of Trump's successful business-oriented reality television show, The Apprentice. Their wedding ceremony was widely covered, with the fact that Knauss wore a $200,000 dress frequently noted.

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Engagement - 2004 - Reality television - The Apprentice - Wedding - $200,000 - Dress

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Donald Trump and Melania Knauss were married at Bethesda by the Sea Episcopal Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, followed by a reception at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate.

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West Palm Beach - Florida

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Recently, Knauss has appeared in a comic TV advertisement for Aflac insurance, in which she and the Aflac mascot, a duck, voiced by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, exchange personalities via a Frankenstein-like mad experiment. She has appeared as a guest host on The View.

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Aflac - Gilbert Gottfried - Frankenstein - The View

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On September 27, 2005, Mr. and Mrs. Trump announced that Melania is pregnant with Donald Trump's fifth child. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1162970

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September 27 - 2005

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