How did Donald and Melania Trump meet?

• Donald and Melania Trump’s love story.
• Melania Trump captivated the former US president.
• It was love at first sight.

Without a doubt, one of the most controversial and popular couples in the world of politics are the most recent former US president and his wife. But how did Donald Trump and Melania meet? We tell you all the details about their relationship.

Their unconventional marriage has grabbed the spotlight. When they met in 1998 he had been divorced twice and was living the playboy lifestyle in New York. Melania, on the other hand, was 28 years old and pursuing a modeling career, according to Semana.

Spotlight on Donald and Melania Trump

Melania was working in New York and. A photographer met her when she was 16, got her started as a model and had her travel to cities like Milan and Paris to grow her career in the modeling industry.

Despite the notable age difference between the two, that was not an impediment to their relationship. Ultimately, their marriage inspired millions when Donald Trump became president of the US in 2016.

How did Donald Trump and Melania meet?

“We met at a party in New York in 1998. I liked him, he had a lot of charm, but he was with someone. Anyway, we had a great connection, with a great energy,» Melania Trump said in an interview with Harpers Bazaar about how she met her husband, Donald Trump.

Melania was born in 1970 in a small town in Slovenia and became a model at the age of 16. After working in the great European capitals of fashion, she decided to move to New York in 1996, where two years later she would meet the hotel magnate, according to Guioteca.

Love at first sight

It was 22 years ago, in 1998, when Donald Trump attended a Fashion Week party at a Manhattan nightclub. Trump was then 52 years old and still married, albeit separated from his second wife, Marla Maples. He attended the event with his girlfriend at the time, Celina Midelfart. There, he was introduced to a stunning 28-year-old model, according to Nius Diario.

«I went crazy,» Donald Trump told Larry King on CNN, eight years later. “There was another great supermodel sitting next to Melania, who I was supposed to meet. They told me: ‘Look, there’s a girl there…..’ I said: ‘Forget about her. Who is the one on the left? And it was Melania.:

Their love story began…

Trump was so entranced by Melania’s beauty that he quickly got rid of his companion and asked Melania for her phone number. But she asked that he give her his. Melania said she felt «great chemistry and energy» with her future husband, but she refused to give him her phone number because she wasn’t sure he was serious, she told Harpers Bazaar in 2016.

The former model said she was encouraged by the fact that Donald Trump gave her up to four phone numbers, including those for his private homes in New York and Mar-a-Lago. She made him wait for several weeks until she finally called him and soon they had her first date and began a relationship that has lasted more than two decades.