Melinda Messenger

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Melinda Messenger

Birthdate:	February 23, 1971 (age 35)
Birth location:	Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Birth name:	Melinda Jayne Messenger
Height:	5 ft. 4 in.
Eye color:	Blue
Hair color:	Blonde
Natural bust:	No
Ethnicity:	Caucasian
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Melinda Jayne Messenger (born 23 February 1971 in Swindon, Wiltshire) is an English television presenter and was one of the country's most successful glamour models.

Married to Wayne Roberts since 1998, she has three children, Morgan, Flynn and Evie.

1 Early career
2 Television
3 Film
4 Theatre
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Early career

Melinda Messenger first came to prominence in the United Kingdom after a poster advertising campaign for Glevum Windows featuring Melinda was banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority for being too sexually suggestive. This very quickly led to a very successful glamour modelling career for Melinda, beginning with a photo-shoot for the Daily Star newspaper on January 28, 1997, followed by a stint at The Sun's Page Three, quickly becoming one of their most recognisable Page 3 girls. Soon afterwards, she began her TV career.

[edit] Television

Melinda's TV career began in 1997 on Channel 4's Eurotrash. That same year she was given her own show on Channel 5 called Melinda's Big Night In. Also in 1997, she won Rear of the Year.

Melinda appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in November 2002 in aid of a number of charities. She has since presented many TV programmes, Loose Lips (with Richard Arnold), Baby Baby, Fort Boyard, Can We Still Be Friends, Beat The Dealer, Beat The Crusher, and guest presented on such shows as Wish You Were Here, Heaven and Earth, 4x4, What on Earth, and is a regular guest-presenter on the topical show The Wright Stuff. Melinda continues to appear on British television as a popular guest; with programs such as This Week with Andrew Neil and Michael Portillo, This Morning, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, TFI, The Kumars at No. 42, Shooting Stars, and also making guest cameo appearances in shows such as Gimme Gimme Gimme and Bo! Selecta.

Melinda has recently been seen on BBC1's City Hospital on which she has been co-presenting, The Wright Stuff and is on a forthcoming episode of All Star Family Fortunes playing opposite Blue's Lee Ryan due to be shown mid November 2006. She is also currently filming a series for "GMTV/LK Today", and can also be seen exercising on the Breast Cancer Awareness charity DVD All Star Workout.

She is currently supporting the charity Action Aid, and has made a recent trip to Malawi to highlight the plight of the countries' orphans; she has recently appeared on Sky News / GMTV and other shows to raise awareness.

On 25 November, Melinda and her family appeared on All Star Family Fortunes against the Ryan family.

You can next see Melinda on Christmas 2006 episodes of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (for Action Aid) and 'City Hospital'.

[edit] Film

Melinda filmed a cameo role in 1999's Brit flick Virtual Sexuality and co-starred alongside Richard O'Brien, John Inman, Nigel Davenport, Joss Ackland etc in "The Mumbo Jumbo" filmed in 2000.

[edit] Theatre

She has become a successful and popular stage actress, starring in many pantomimes since 1997, such as Cinderella (2004–2005) and Aladdin (with Bobby Davro and John Rhys Davies, Woking, 2005–2006).

[edit] Trivia

Melinda's measurements are given as 34DD–22–34 inches, (86-56-86 cm) and she is 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm) tall. She has won "Rear of the year 1998" and "Celebrity Mum of the Year 2003" In 2006 she dyed her hair a dark colour, substantially changing her look for the first time in her career.