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Melania Trump skips usual suit for leather blazer at UFC Freedom 250

Portrait of Kinsey Crowley Kinsey Crowley
USA TODAY NETWORK
June 14, 2026, 10:23 p.m. ET
  • First lady Melania Trump wore a fitted black dress, with a black leather blazer to the UFC Freedom 250 event.
  • Melania Trump, a former model, often wears suits and suit jackets at public appearances.

First lady Melania Trump broke from some of her usual fashion choices when she stepped into "the claw" on the White House South Lawn on June 14.

She came in separately from President Donald Trump at the Ultimate Fighting Championship Freedom 250 event. She joins him and the rest of his sprawling family for the show, which also falls on the president's 80th birthday.

In some ways, the first lady stuck to her common fashion choices for fight night. She wore tall, red-bottomed stilettos. Her outfit was devoid of any other color. But instead of her usual suit, she donned a black, fitted midi dress, a black, leather blazer-style jacket and a choker necklace with a silver cross.

See the look:

See Melania Trump's UFC 250 Outfit

U.S. First Lady Melania Trump walks out of the White House onto the South Lawn for the UFC Freedom 250 fight on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting a series of Ultimate Fighting Championship matches on his 80th birthday, which the White House is calling "a once-in-a-generation celebration of the American fighting spirit.”
U.S. first lady Melania Trump arrives for the start of UFC Freedom 250 on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2026.
U.S. First Lady Melania Trump walks out of the White House onto the South Lawn for the UFC Freedom 250 fight on June 14, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump is hosting a series of Ultimate Fighting Championship matches on his 80th birthday, which the White House is calling "a once-in-a-generation celebration of the American fighting spirit.”

How old is Donald Trump's wife, Melania?

Melania Trump turned 56 years old on April 26. President Donald Trump turned 80 years old on June 14.

How long have Donald Trump and Melania Trump been together?

Donald and Melania Trump have been married for 21 years. They were married on Jan. 22, 2005, when then-Melania Knauss was 34 and Trump was 58.

Trump was married twice before Melania. His marriage to Ivana Trump lasted about 15 years, and his marriage to Marla Maples lasted about 6 years.

Donald and Melania Trump's only child, Barron Trump, 20, is in attendance at the UFC event. President Trump has four other children from his previous marriages who were also present.

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her on X (Twitter)ThreadsBluesky and TikTok. 

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