The First Lady of the United States has always played a prominent role in the political and social life of America dating back to the 18th century.
Although the role has never been officially defined, she is expected to champion social causes and campaigns, manage the White House and represent the President at official occasions.
So what can America expect from its newest FLOTUS - Melania Trump?
:: Who is Melania?
The Slovenian former model was born in 1970 in communist Yugoslavia, and becomes the first presidential spouse to be born outside the US since Lousia Adams, wife of John Quincy Adams, who was born in England.
She is the daughter of Viktor Knavs, a car and motorcycle dealer and a member of the Slovenian Communist Party, and Amalija Knvas - a patternmaker for children's clothing.
Mrs Trump has one sister, Ines, and an older half-brother she is not believed to have met.
She grew up in an apartment in a concrete tower block in Sevnica and went to the Secondary School of Design and Photography in Ljubljana.
The 46-year-old began her modelling career when she was 16, and at the age of 18 signed with a modelling agency in Milan, Italy.
She has appeared on numerous magazine covers including Harper's Bazaar and Vanity Fair, and once posed naked on a white rug for British magazine GQ.
Mrs Trump has her own jewellery and skin care line and speaks five languages - Slovenian, Serbian, English, French and German.
:: How did they meet?
The 5ft 11in former model met Donald Trump at a Fashion Week party in New York in September 1998, when he was separated from his second wife Marla Marples.
They were engaged in 2004, and were married in a church ceremony in Florida the following year.
Mrs Trump's elaborate wedding dress was said to cost more than $100,000 (£81,000) and Hillary and Bill Clinton were among the guests at their reception in Mr Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
In March 2006, she gave birth to their son Barron, who apparently loves wearing a suit and tie and playing golf with his father.
Melania Trump got her Green Card in 2001 after moving to the US five years earlier and became a US citizen in 2006, a year after her marriage.
:: What kind of First Lady will she be?
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