Melinda Messenger

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Melinda Messenger
Birthdate: February 23, 1971 (1971-02-23) (age 37)
Birth location: Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Birth name: Melinda Jayne Messenger
Measurements: 34DD–22–34
Height: 5 ft. 4 in.
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Blonde
Natural breasts: No
Ethnicity: White British
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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 (April 7, 2000), Flynn (2002) and Evie (December 2003). She separated from her husband on 15th April 2008.

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[edit] Early career

Melinda Messenger came to prominence in the United Kingdom after appearing in a local advertising campaign for Glevum Windows. The advert was banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority for being too sexually suggestive. The attention this caused was picked up by The Daily Star newspaper (on January 28th 1997), and immediately after by The Sun newspaper which led to Melinda becoming one of the most successful and recognisable Page Three girls. Very soon afterwards, she began a very successful TV career.

[edit] Television

Messenger'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.

Messenger 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. Messenger continues to appear on British television as a guest; with programmes 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.

Messenger has been seen on BBC One's City Hospital on which she co-presented, she's a regular guest presenter on The Wright Stuff; she's also a regular on "GMTV/LK Today" in which she did a series on IVF treatment, and can be seen exercising on the Breast Cancer Awareness charity DVD All Star Workout.

Messenger supports the charity Action Aid, and made a trip to Malawi to highlight the plight of the countries' orphans; she appeared on Sky News / GMTV and other shows to raise awareness. See the external links below to view a video diary of her time there.

On 25 November, Messenger and her family appeared on All Star Family Fortunes against the Ryan family. She appeared in one of the Christmas 2006 episodes of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (for Action Aid) where she and Alistair Stewart won the highest amount of the charity series, and also 'City Hospital'. She is a frequent guest on 'Richard & Judy' and was also part of Dec's team on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, but was eliminated after the 4th (of 6) week.

Melinda can currently be seen in episodes of BBC One's 'To Buy Or Not To Buy', and is recording a gardening series for ITV called 'A Garden For Eden' which will air late summer on ITV West.

Melinda also presents Bingo Night Live on ITV, along with GMTV's Michael Underwood. The show started on Wednesday 4 June.

[edit] Film

Messenger filmed a cameo role in 1999's Virtual Sexuality and co-starred alongside Richard O'Brien, John Inman, Nigel Davenport, Joss Ackland, Sylvester McCoy, Brian Blessed et al in the cult movie "The Mumbo Jumbo" in the role of 'Princess Vanilla', filmed in 2000.

[edit] Theatre

She has become a 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] Books / Magazines

Messenger had her own issue of ‘At Home With…” magazine called 'At Home With Melinda Messenger", which was aimed at parents.

Melinda joined forces with Antony Worrall Thompson and Splenda in May 2008 for the recipe book “The Sweet Life”, in which she contributed some recipes.

[edit] Video / DVD

Melinda released "Back Into Shape Workout" after the birth of her first child. It was a six week fitness programme designed to get mothers back into shape after the birth of their baby.

Melinda appeared on video release "Noel Edmonds - Gotcha!", in which she was one of the "unwitting victims receive the treatment from Noel and his gang. Including Jeremy Clarkson, Martine McCutcheon, Richard Branson and Boyzone."

Melinda took part in the charity workout DVD "The All Star Workout: Breakthrough Breast Cancer", along with Kate Winslet, Patsy Palmer, Jo Wiley, Sarah Beeny, Jenny Frost, Faye Tozer, & Gordon Ramsay.

[edit] Trivia

  • Messenger's measurements are given as 34DD–22–34 inches, (86-56-86 cm) and she is 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm) tall.
  • She won "Rear of the year 1998" and "Celebrity Mum of the Year 2003"
  • She had a starring role in the video for UK band Snug's single 'Beatnik Girl'
  • She sends her children to a Steiner school.
  • Every year in July, Malawians in the UK celebrate Malawi's Independence. On 6 July 2007, Melinda Messenger was the first celebrity who has visited Malawi to support good cause projects, to be honoured for helping to raise awareness by visiting Action Aid projects in Malawi. She was presented with a gift by the Malawian High Commissioner to the UK, Dr Francis Moto, at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
  • Melinda suffered from Post Natal Depression after the birth of one of her children. Melinda was seen in a documentary in 2008 talking openly about her post natal depression.

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