There’s no doubt: “Melania” is about Melania Trump. But because the first lady is a former model, fashion plays a big role in her documentary.
In particular, the shoes.
When the “Melania” movie trailer premiered via Fox News on Dec. 17, 2025, two separate shots of Melania Trump‘s high heels made the cut: A black high-heeled stiletto boot and a pair of blue high heels.
The documentary, directed by Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour,” Marvel’s “X-Men: First Class”), chronicles the 20 days leading up to Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025, through the eyes of the first lady as she readies to transition her family back into the White House, according to Amazon MGM Studios. The couple’s milestone 20th wedding anniversary was two days later.
“Melania,” set for release Jan. 30, 2026, will be the debut project of the first lady and former model’s new film production company, Muse Films, which she announced via social media in November 2025.
An accompanying documentary series on Amazon is planned to follow the movie.
The trailer opens with Trump at her husband’s inauguration saying, “here we go again.” It goes on to show a montage of Trump in New York, Mar-a-Lago and traveling on planes.
“Everyone wants to know, so here it is,” she says.
Below is information about Melania Trump‘s modeling career and photos of her fashion outfits and trademark skinny stiletto high heels.
Who is Melania Trump? When did Melania model?
Married to billionaire Donald Trump, Melania Trump began her modeling career at age 16 and moved to New York in 1996 while in her 20s. The couple met in 1998, became engaged in 2004 and married in 2005.
All of this was before Donald Trump became the 45th and 47th president of the United States, before Melania became a mom to Barron Trump (Trump’s youngest child of five), and before Mar-a-Lago, site of the billionaire’s wedding reception, became known as the Southern White House when Trump was in office.
Then Melania Knauss (Melania Knauss was a name change and her original name is Melanija Knavs), the Slovenian “began modeling at age 16, and two years later she signed on with an agency in Milan. She enrolled at the University of Ljubljana but dropped out after one year to pursue her modeling career,” according to the Melania Trump bio on biography.com.
In her early days of modeling, the site states, Melania Trump worked in Milan and Paris, before moving to New York in 1996. She met her future husband Donald Trump two years later, at a New York fashion party.
Melania often appeared on “The Apprentice” with Donald Trump when he was host of the reality TV show on NBC. She also accompanied Trump to lavish parties at his private club, Mar-a-Lago.
When did Melania pose nude?
Melania Knauss appeared on the covers of Harper’s Bazaar (Bulgaria edition), Vanity Fair (Italy edition), GQ (for which she posed nude in January 2000) and she appeared in a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
In 2006, while pregnant with Barron, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz did a photo shoot with Melania Trump for Vogue magazine. In the photo, Melania Trump sports a gold string bikini, high heels and poses on the steps of a jet entryway as Donald Trump sits in a Mercedes sports car with the butterfly door propped open. The headline in celebrity.land? “Hot mama Melania ready for takeoff.”
What type of shoes, high heels does first lady Melania Trump wear? Does she like Christian Louboutin heels?
Photos below show the many shoes and fashion outfits former model Melania Trump has worn during her second year as first lady.
‘Melania’ movie trailer, with global release date of Friday, Jan. 30, 2026
Contributing: Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY Network
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