Despite her growing success in the modeling world, Melania was never known as a socialite. Zampolli later described her as “a homebody” who preferred quiet nights to glitzy events.
“She never dated anyone in New York before Donald,” he said. “She went to the gym, to the movies, and that was it. She wasn’t a party girl.”
The Men Before Trump
Though Melania’s romance with Donald became the defining chapter of her personal life, her path there included a few lesser-known relationships — ones that show glimpses of the private woman behind the public image.
A First Love in Slovenia
One of the first men linked to Melania’s youth was Peter Butoln, who claimed to have been her teenage boyfriend during her school years in Slovenia.
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