Modelling career
Deciding she wanted to become a model, her agent at the Jason Paul Modelling Agency suggested she enhance her breasts - which she enlarged to a 34DD cup. She then took a job modelling for Gloucester-based double glazing company Glevum Windows - dressed only in knickers and 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, taken by local lads. After a complaint at the level of lack of dress of 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 January 28, 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 wasn't until the birth of Melinda's first son that the
More about Melinda Messenger (From Wikipedia)
Born In Swindon, Wiltshire, The Middle Child Between Two Brothers, Jamie And Warren. Her Parents Terry And Avis Divorced When She Was Aged 5. After Attending Local Schools, She Spent Six Months Working As A Flight Attendant For Britannia Airways, Mess
Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the middle child between two brothers, Jamie and Warren. Her parents Terry and Avis divorced when she was aged 5. After attending local schools, she spent read more...
Modelling Career
Deciding she wanted to become a model, her agent at the Jason Paul Modelling Agency suggested she enhance her breasts - which she enlarged to a 34DD cup. She then took a job modelling read more...
Move From Modelling
The resultant publicity brought her to the notice of various producers, which Messenger took advantage of to increase her public awareness while reducing her glamour workload - although read more...
Mum And Presenter
Following the birth of her first child Morgan on April 7, 2000 - during which she suffered from pre-eclampsia, which resulted in a birth by caesarian section; Messenger finished read more...
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.
From 1998, Messenger became read more...
Personal Life
Having dated since they met at his local Swansea night club, Messenger married Welshman Wayne Roberts in Bali on 26 November 1998. The couple have three children: Morgan (April 7, read more...
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.
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