Melinda Messenger

Melinda Messenger
Messenger in 2008
Born	Melinda Jane Messenger (1971-02-23) 23 February 1971 (age 45) Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Occupation	Presenter former glamour model
Years active	1997–present
Television	Eurotrash Fort Boyard Celebrity Big Brother Live from Studio Five
Spouse(s)	Wayne Roberts (1998–2012)
Children	3
Parent(s)	Terry and Avis

Melinda Jane Messenger (born 23 February 1971) is an English television presenter and former glamour model and Page 3 girl. She presented the magazine programme Live from Studio Five and was formerly the co-presenter of the reality show Cowboy Builders.

Messenger was born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the middle child between two brothers, Jamie and Warren. Her parents Terry and Avis divorced when she was aged five. After attending different schools, one of which, Dorcan Technology College, she spent six months working as a flight attendant for Britannia Airways. She then joined a local marketing company, rising to become customer services manager, overseeing a staff of 50.

Deciding she wanted to become a model, Messenger was advised by her agent at the Jason Paul Modelling Agency to enhance her breasts, which she enlarged to a 34DD cup. She then took a job modelling for Gloucester based double glazing company, dressed only in knickers and a bra. After being put up as part of an advertising campaign with the slogan "Class Behind Glass", the posters quickly began disappearing from bus stops, having been taken by locals. After a complaint at the lack of clothes on Messenger, the Advertising Standards Authority banned the campaign, claiming they were not as "classy" as they claimed to be.

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". 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. Later in 1997 she won Rear of the Year.