Male suit and ice look

The White House has published the first official portrait of the First Lady. After the investiture of Donald Trump On January 20, both the president and his wife have taken the reins of their respective offices and begin this second stage of leadership with iron fist. The image of Melania It has been taken by the Belgian photographer Regine Mahaux, who already immortalized her between 2017 and 2021. The message that moves is very clear: the woman who has returned is not the same that left.

Then, the figure of the first lady was relegated to the background, then eclipsed by the controversies and decisions of her husband. A ‘vase’ woman who lived submissive, obedient and crowded and who now seems willing to change her image and also her own story with an own agenda full of projects that manages her own cabinet and her own team. “She has been studying foreign matters, preparing on her own and joining her husband for dinner with personalities at her Mar-a-lago club in Palm Beach,” they say in CNN. “It is clear that he has a confidence that we did not necessarily see the first time. He understands not only what is at stake for this administration, but what is at stake for her.”

And that is what Mahaux wanted to reflect in his new portrait: a strong, confident and safe woman of herself. A woman dressed as ‘man’, with a black satin suit, with a fitted jacket and fajín pants with unbuttoned white shirt, a mixture of power and closeness from elegance and sophistication. His loose, free, but perfectly designed hair to frame a clean face, perfect features and feline, cunning, determined.

The environment is not chosen at random: Melania poses from an office, probably yours, of minimalist lines and a large window overlooking the Obelisk, the monument to Washington. From here, he plans to relaunch Be Best, a platform for the protection of minors in social networks and mental health that did not end up taking off at his first opportunity: “People did not understand me the first time. I didn’t have much support,” he said A few weeks in Fox News. “Maybe some people simply see me as the president’s wife, but I’m independent and I use myself. I have my own thoughts, my own and no. I do not always agree with what my husband says or does, and that Alright”. Now, stop on insurance: “I know where I go. I know the rooms, the process. The first time was a challenge because we didn’t have much information. This time, everything is much clearer.”