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ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (AP) — Cornelia Huetter gave Austria its first win of the season on the womens World Cup circuit with a narrow super-G victory on home snow Friday.

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Amalija Knavs, who has died aged 78, was a Slovenian former factory worker and mother of the former US First Lady Melania Trump; a striking beauty like her daughter, she was credited with inspiring Melania with an appreciation for fashion which would ultimately take her to the New York Fashion Week party at Manhattan’s Kit Kat Club in 1998, where she met Donald Trump.

Amalija made dresses for her daughters, and Melania, who became a model, credited her mother with sparking an interest in fashion and beauty

A patternmaker from Slovenia, she and her husband became naturalized U.S. citizens with the help of their daughter and then a focal point in the debate around Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Melania Trumps late mother Amalija Knavs was gracious and kind and cherished the journey to becoming an American, her immigration lawyer told DailyMail.com.

Melanias mom Amalija Knavs ascent from a poor farm girl to mingling with top politicians has been on the forefront of everyones minds this week, as she passed away at age 78 on Tuesday.

If you love skiing, make the most of your passion – another recent spell of mild weather in the Alps, combined with torrential rain, has begun to demonstrate an alarming pattern for our winters and the impact of climate change on ski resorts.

The young Norwegian men’s slalom team held the top two places in the first run Sunday of a World Cup race that it also dominated one year ago. Alexander Steen Olsen led by 0.05 seconds on a fog-shrouded Adelboden course ahead of Atle Lie McGrath. Tomasso Sala of Italy was third, with 0.23 to make…

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