Melania Trump

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CHAPTER 2 INTERNATIONAL DREAMS Melanija Knavs was born in what is now the central European country of Slovenia on April 26 1970 She later changed her name to Melania Knauss While her birthplace was a town called Novo Mesto Melania grew up in the nearby town of Sevnica She has one older sister Ines Melania's parents are Amalija and Viktor Knavs Viktor traveled as a car dealer Amalija worked in a textile factory She designed patterns for the clothes that were made at the factory Melania says her first experience modeling was at five years old when she modeled the textile factory's designs When Melania was growing up Slovenia was part of the communist country Yugoslavia Yugoslavia experienced serious political unrest during Melania's childhood But Melania was largely shielded from this upheaval Her family was well off and her dreams went