Melania Trump

STYLE 8/10

slightly Exudes a high-glamour,

Fifth dominatrix-y version of Avenue chic, favouring embonpoint-enhancing and designers like Calvin Klein Dolce & Gabbana, saucer-sized heels Jackie O shades and spiked flood – especially when visiting zones or immigration centres. She opted for £600 Louboutins to fly to Belgium this week, and white stilettos and a CK dress on arrival.

BACK STORY 9/10

Born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia, then part of communist Yugoslavia, in

1970, her father a car a dealer and her mother patternmaker for children’s clothing.

Secretly baptised

Catholic, she began modelling at five years old, going on to study architecture and design at the University of Ljubljana for one year before dropping out. Modelled in Europe before moving to New

York in 1996. Met Donald

Kat Trump in 1998 at the Kit while he Club on Times Square, was still married to Marla and Marples, his second wife, ostensibly dating Celina in Midelfart. Married Trump 2005 (after he had convened 20 with her father for “about in a minutes” in Slovenia), by Christian Dior dress made to their John Galliano. Gave birth son Barron in 2006.

POLITICAL CLOUT 2/10

about We haven’t heard much that grammatically dubious “Be Best” anti-bullying campaign “hates lately, have we? Said she from to see” children separated the their parents, following at recent immigration crisis America’s borders. Instagram for account is widely mocked images containing only generic

Day, celebrating Independence charities Memorial Day, and the with she supports. Popular the Trump’s base, especially and factions that hated Barack Michelle Obama.

CONTROVERSIES 3/10

in New Did some modelling jobs was York in 1996 before she in the legally permitted to work in 2000, US. Posed nude for GQ the Daily and successfully sued she Mail in 2017 for suggesting worked for an escort service. careless Can be quite startlingly she (or badly advised), as when recited a speech partly plagiarised from Michelle the Obama, or on a visit to American-mexican border, where she wore a jacket emblazoned with ‘I don’t the really care, do u?’ across back. Constantly rumoured to be a prisoner in the the White House, spattering her Lincoln Bedroom with is bitter tears, though this yet to be verified.

DOMESTIC DUTIES 5/10

the Stayed in New York for first five months of her husband’s presidency, ostensibly so their son school. could finish his year at with other Turns up for meetings leaders, veterans and children Easter attending White House awkward, parties looking slightly worst of as if she is replaying the on a her husband’s tweets the mental loop. Decorated to White House for Christmas within resemble “the rotting void of us”, according to the plethora online memes that followed.

LOYALTY 5/10

Emits a barrage of conflicting a month signals, going awol for then after her kidney operation returning with a supportive away tweet; repeatedly batting public but her husband’s hand in forgiving his indiscretions; that wearing a white pantsuit a gesture was construed as both to of support for and a rebuke Mind the #Metoo movement. you, given her husband’s can concept of loyalty, who blame her?