Melyssa Ford

Melyssa Ford

Ford in March 2005
Born (1976-11-07) November 7, 1976
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other names Jessica Rabbit

Modeling information

Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Hair color Brown
Eye color Light brown

Melyssa Savannah Ford (born November 7, 1976) is a Canadian hip hop model and actress.[2] She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology.[3] Ford's father is Afro-Barbadian and her mother is Russian and Norwegian. She is often referred to as Jessica Rabbit, an animated character whose sensuous figure Ford's is said to resemble.[1][4]

Entertainment career

In the late 1990s, music video director Little X discovered Ford while she was working as a bartender at a Toronto nightclub and helped launch her modeling career.[5] She has appeared in music videos, men's magazines, television programs and films.[1] Ford was an on-air personality for Sirius Satellite Radio's Hot Jamz channel.[6] She sells a line of calendars and DVD.[7]

In a 2008 CNN interview, Ford said that when making music videos she often asked herself whether she was "perpetuating a negative stereotype" about black women. When she was asked whether music videos, overall, are "demeaning to women", Ford replied, "Yes, I definitely have to say that".[3]

As of 2014, Ford participates in the Bravo Network television series Blood, Sweat & Heels, documenting her social life against the background of her struggles of becoming a realtor in New York.[8]

Selected music videos

1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2003
2004

Selected magazine appearances

Selected television appearances

Selected filmography

Video game appearance

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Century, Douglas (May 2, 2004). "How to Succeed in Videos Without Really Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
  2. Internet Movie Database
  3. 1 2 "Black in America: Video Vixens Too Revealing?". CNN. July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. Ogunnaike, Lola (August 31, 2004). "New Magazines for Black Men Proudly Redefine the Pinup". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  5. "Melyssa Ford". Vibe. September 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  6. "Hot Jamz". Sirius Satellite Radio. Archived from the original on October 14, 2008. Retrieved January 25, 2009. Hot Jamz is about to get a lot hotter: Melyssa Ford has joined our squad!
  7. Ford. "Calendar Girl". Naked. pp. 219–220.
  8. Settembre, Jeanette (December 31, 2013). "'Blood, Sweat and Heels' Follows Six Black New York City Women on the Rise". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
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