
In Melania, he said, he found someone "stable and focused." Zampolli said he often traveled through Europe's fashion scene each year, selecting models who had not only the looks but also the temperament to survive the grueling pace of New York modeling. He filled the place with models, including Melania Knauss, the statuesque young Slovenian he had discovered working in Milan and Paris. Paolo Zampolli wanted to throw a memorable party for his ID Modeling Agency during New York's Fashion Week in 1998, so he chose the Kit Kat Club, a hot Manhattan night spot. And while she has largely maintained a quiet, stand-by-your-man persona, she has at times mixed it up on political issues. During that campaign, she posed in crimson bikini on a rug adorned with the Great Seal of the United States for the now-defunct Talk magazine. Melania Trump has been on the edges of political campaigns in the past, as in 2000, when her then-boyfriend briefly sought the Reform Party nomination. "She would be the most glamourous first lady since Jackie Kennedy." She is smart - "not just an armpiece," Stone said. "She provides great balance" to Trump, said Roger Stone, the candidate's former political adviser who has known the couple since before they were married. And, without doubt, she would be the only first lady to have posed in the buff while lying on a fur blanket handcuffed to a leather briefcase, as she did aboard Trump's jet for British GQ in 2000.

She might also be the most linguistically gifted first lady, as she speaks four languages including heavily accented English. Ronald Reagan, with a single ex-wife when he took office, was the only other divorced U.S.

She is Trump's third wife - another first for a first lady. She would be the first first lady born abroad since Louisa Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, who moved into the White House in 1825. Now, Melania Trump, 45, who shies away from speaking in public, finds herself directly in the 2016 campaign spotlight, an unconventional spouse of a most unconventional presidential candidate.
