Melinda Messenger (Glamour Model) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News
Melinda Messenger
Tv Presenter and Former Model
Female
Born Feb 23, 1971
Melinda Jayne Messenger is an English ex-glamour model, Page 3 Girl and a former presenter on the magazine programme Live from Studio Five. She is currently co-broadcaster of the reality show Cowboy Builders.
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New Cowboy Builders   Express.Co.Uk
Google News - Aug 31, 2011
'By Property, 9pm, C5 THE dynamic duo Dominic Littlewood and <mark>Melinda Messenger</mark> are in Dorset to revisit one of the worst cases of shoddy building work either had ever seen at the time. Karen and husband Richard have raised their grandson from birth in'
Reclaim Our Streets: Johnson Beharry Backs Our Crusade   Daily Star
Google News - Aug 19, 2011
'Model and presenter <mark>Melinda Messenger</mark> called on people to unite and show we will not be beaten by the thugs. Sexy Mel, 40, said: âIt really needs the whole community to come together and support one another to show that violence cannot win'
Celebrity Home Front: Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge   Belfast Telegraph
Google News - Aug 18, 2011
'TV presenter <mark>Melinda Messenger</mark> and her husband Wayne Roberts have put their five-bedroom riverside home on the market for Â£1.75m. The picture-perfect property with its own private island sits on the banks of the River Kennet in the village of Padworth'
Reclaim Our Streets: Soccer Ace And Vc Hero Join Our Crusade   Express.Co.Uk
Google News - Aug 17, 2011
'<mark>Melinda Messenger</mark>, 40, also backed the crusade saying we must show Britain will not be beaten by the thugs. She said: âI think it&#39;s really important that communities pull together after going through something like these riots which are so destructive'
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Melinda Messenger.
CHILDHOOD
1971 Birth Born on February 23, 1971.
TWENTIES
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After local newspapers picked up on the story, the Daily Star ran the story on 28 January 1997 as a photo-shoot of Messenger, under the headline, "Move Over Eva Herzigova". … Read More
Soon after Messenger shot to fame, her mother Avis, publicly denounced her for her glamour career choice, and the two became estranged. It was not until the birth of Melinda's first son that the two were reconciled. Read Less
Later in 1997 she won Rear of the Year. … Read More
Signed by modelling agent Yvonne Paul â who had earlier steered Samantha Fox to fame in the 1980s â Messenger's career began to take off. Posing for artistes including Vivienne Westwood, she was then appeared on The Sun newspaper's Page Three, they later hailed her as the "Girl of the Thrillenium!". Her work for the newspaper entailed visiting the Spanish costas, as well as visits to English seaside resorts â an assignment known as "Mel's Big Bus Tour". She continued working for The Sun until readers voted to ban models with breast implants.<br /><br /> She appeared in a cameo role in 1999's Virtual Sexuality as Superbra Girl, and co-starred in the 2000 cult film The Mumbo Jumbo in the role of Princess Vanilla. She worked on Channel 4 cult show Eurotrash and became a popular pantomime actress, taking on roles such as Cinderella (2004â2005) and Aladdin (with Bobby Davro and John Rhys-Davies; Woking â 2005â2006). Read Less
Messenger's TV career began in 1997 on Channel 4's Eurotrash. … Read More
That same year she was given her own show on Channel 5 called Melinda's Big Night In. Read Less
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From 1998, Messenger became assistant in Fort Boyard on Five which ran for five series. … Read More
She initially joined ex-Eastender Leslie Grantham and later Catweazle star Geoffrey Bayldon in the game show which tested contestants' physical agility and brainpower on the identically named sea fortress in France. Read Less
Having dated since they met at his local Swansea night club, Messenger married Welshman Wayne Roberts in Bali, Indonesia, on 26 November 1998. … Read More
The couple have three children: Morgan Kelly (born 7 April 2000), Flynn Jefferson (born 2002) and Evie Brooke (born December 2003). As Messenger suffered from post-natal depression after the birth of her second and third children she decided not to have any more even though she planned to have a large family. In 2003, Messenger won Quality Street "Celebrity Mum of the Year". Roberts runs an electronics company based in Swindon of which, Messenger is a director.<br /><br /> In 2005, Messenger became concerned for the education of her children, and although Messenger and Roberts had just completed renovation of their Wanborough-based 25-room former rectory, Messenger insisted that they move closer to a Steiner-Waldorf school in Reading, Berkshire. Read Less
2000 29 Years Old Following the birth of her first child Morgan on 7 April 2000, which was by emergency caesarian section after she collapsed with pre-eclampsia, Messenger then concentrated on developing her career as a television presenter. … Read More
Messenger released the "Back Into Shape Workout" DVD 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. She appeared on "Noel Edmonds â Gotcha!" in which she was one of the subjects to receive the treatment from Noel and his team.<br /><br /> Messenger had her own issue of âAt Home Withâ¦â magazine called 'At Home With Melinda Messenger", which was aimed at parents. She joined with chef Antony Worrall Thompson in May 2008 for the recipe book âThe Sweet Lifeâ, in which she contributed some recipes. Read Less
THIRTIES
2002 31 Years Old In 2002, she appeared on Celebrity Big Brother where she was described as a "blonde Vulcan" by fellow contestant Sue Perkins, who questioned her apparent lack of range of emotions. … Read More
She has since presented many TV programmes, including Loose Lips (with Richard Arnold), Baby Baby, Can We Still Be Friends, Beat The Dealer and Beat The Crusher. Read Less
2004 33 Years Old In 2004, she appeared on Age Swap episode of Celebrity Swap as 83-year-old Margaret Doyle, supposedly Melindaâs old ballet teacher, disguised with prosthetic make-up, a black lycra suit, a red-white wig and fake teeth.
2006 35 Years Old In 2006, Messenger recorded a pilot for a gameshow called Messenger of Doom. … Read More
It was essentially a remake of The Crystal Maze, with contestants completing a series of challenges in exchange for "life candles." If a contestant failed to complete a challenge, a leather-clad Messenger appeared on screen with the words "I send you to your doom, foolish traveller!" The contestant then spent the next 20 minutes stripped to their underwear in an ice bath. The pilot was well received at test screenings, but the elaborate and expensive sets and costumes discouraged channels from commissioning a full series. Read Less