Melania Trump’s Quiet Past: The Untold Stories Behind the First Lady’s Early Life and Loves

Melania met Donald Trump in 1998 during a Fashion Week party at the Kit Kat Club in Manhattan. The event was hosted by Italian businessman Paolo Zampolli, who had signed her to his modeling agency, ID Model Management.

Trump, already a well-known real estate mogul, arrived at the event with a date. But when he saw Melania, he reportedly couldn’t take his eyes off her. He asked for her number that night — a move that, at first, didn’t impress her at all.

According to Melania’s close friend Edit Molnar, the young model wanted no part of a man who came with such a public persona. “Melania said, ‘He’s here with another woman. I am absolutely not giving him my number,’” Molnar recalled. “Donald did all the work to win her over.”

A Private Life, Carefully Guarded

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