Melania Trump is set to become the next US First Lady on January 20, 2017 as her husband will be sworn in as the president of the United States. Some first ladies have become even more popular than their husbands — heads of states. Take a look the world's most popular first ladies in Sputnik's photo gallery.
Melania Trump is set to become the next US First Lady on January 20, 2017 as her husband will be sworn in as the president of the United States.
Photo: US President-elect Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania Trump at the presidential campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, Florida on November 5, 2016.
Photo: US President-elect Donald Trump kisses his wife Melania Trump at the presidential campaign rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, Florida on November 5, 2016.
Melania Trump, who was born in a small Slovenian town and is set to become the first wife of the US president who is a non-native speaker of English, moved to New York in 1996 and worked as a model. In fact, brainy Melania can speak five languages: Slovenian, English, French, German and Serbian.
Photo: Melania Trump arrives on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 2016.
Photo: Melania Trump arrives on stage on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 18, 2016.
Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma walk in a street of Paris on December 10, 2010.
Asma Assad was born in London in 1975. In 2000 she became the wife of Bashar Assad. Asma is as popular in Syria as Princess Diana used to be in the UK.
Photo: Asma al-Assad visits the Louvre museum on July 13, 2008 in Paris.
Photo: Asma al-Assad visits the Louvre museum on July 13, 2008 in Paris.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie Abe attend a reception at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on May 1, 2015.
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Unlike most of first ladies, the wife of the Japanese prime minister openly expresses her opinion even if her point of view is rather controversial. For example, she expressed disagreement with a nuclear power program and was skeptical about the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal.
Photo: Akie Abe leaves a hotel at the Heiligendamm, Germany, G8 summit site on June 8, 2007.
Photo: Akie Abe leaves a hotel at the Heiligendamm, Germany, G8 summit site on June 8, 2007.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta on November 27, 2015.
Gregoire and Trudeau have known each other since childhood as Sophie had been the classmate of Justin's brother. The wife of the Canadian prime minister has worked on TV for 5 years. Currently, she is working as an anchor of a daily show on Radio-Canada.
Photo: Sophie Gregoire, wife of Canada's prime minister, attends the government's swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on November 4, 2015.
Photo: Sophie Gregoire, wife of Canada's prime minister, attends the government's swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on November 4, 2015.
Brazilian President Michel Temer and his wife Marcela arrive for the launching ceremony of the Happy Child Programme at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on October 5, 2016.
Before marriage, the wife of Brazil's president was a model and participated in numerous beauty pageants. Marcela Temer is 43 years younger than her husband.
Photo: Marcela Tedeschi attends a National Day parade during the commemoration of the country's Independence Day, in Brasilia on September 7, 2016.
Photo: Marcela Tedeschi attends a National Day parade during the commemoration of the country's Independence Day, in Brasilia on September 7, 2016.
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Queen Jetsun Pema looks at King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck as they pose after they were married at the Punakha Dzong in Punakha, Bhutan, on October 13, 2011.
Being part of the royal dynasty is nothing new to the family of Bhutan's queen as her mother is the niece of the wife of the second king of the country.
Photo: Bhutan's Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck arrives at the Narita International Airport in Narita, Tokyo on November 15, 2011.
Photo: Bhutan's Queen Jetsun Pema Wangchuck arrives at the Narita International Airport in Narita, Tokyo on November 15, 2011.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and his wife Angelica Rivera are seen on the main balcony of the National Palace during ceremonies called "The Shout" marking the start of celebrations of Independence Day in Mexico on September 16, 2016.
Actress and singer Angelica Rivera has become the wife of then-governor Enrique Pena Nieto in 2010. Two years later she became Mexico's first lady.
Photo: Angelica Rivera attends a banquet at the Guildhall in central London on March 4, 2015.
Photo: Angelica Rivera attends a banquet at the Guildhall in central London on March 4, 2015.
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Argentina's new President Mauricio Macri dances behind First Lady Juliana Awada from the balcony at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 10, 2015.
In 2016, Argentina's first lady has entered the Vogue's rating of best dressed women. Her style was compared with that of Jackie Kennedy and Michelle Obama.
Photo: Argentina's First Lady Juliana Awada smiles upon arrival for a dinner with US President Barack Obama, at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016.
Photo: Argentina's First Lady Juliana Awada smiles upon arrival for a dinner with US President Barack Obama, at the Kirchner Cultural Centre in Buenos Aires on March 23, 2016.
Jordan's King Abdullah II and Queen Rania arrive at Windsor Castle, west of London for a Sovereign's Jubilee Lunch hosted by British Queen Elizabeth II on May 18, 2012.
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Rania is not just Jordan's queen, but the world's queen of elegance. Giorgio Armani once said that Queen Rania is his muse.
Photo: Queen Rania makes an appearance at the "Festival di Sanremo" Italian song contest at the Ariston theater in San Remo, Italy, on February 17, 2010.
Photo: Queen Rania makes an appearance at the "Festival di Sanremo" Italian song contest at the Ariston theater in San Remo, Italy, on February 17, 2010.
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Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and his wife Mehriban Aliyeva, arrive at British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's official residence at 10 Downing Street, London, for their meeting, on July 13, 2009.
The wife of Azerbaijan's president is also a lawmaker, she heads a committee on Baku's interparliamentary ties with France.
Photo: Mehriban Aliyeva delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Games at the Olympic stadium in Baku on June 12, 2015.
Photo: Mehriban Aliyeva delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the 2015 European Games at the Olympic stadium in Baku on June 12, 2015.
Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba and first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba arrive for a dinner with the French president and other dignitaries as part of the Summit for Peace and Security in Africa at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on December 6, 2013.
Gabon's first lady of French origin is heading the For the Family Fond that helps those in need.
Photo: Gabon's first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba delivers a speech on women's access to education and entrepreneurship organized by her foundation and the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women, during the New York Forum Africa in Libreville on June 11, 2012.
Photo: Gabon's first lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba delivers a speech on women's access to education and entrepreneurship organized by her foundation and the Cecilia Attias Foundation for Women, during the New York Forum Africa in Libreville on June 11, 2012.
