Melyssa Ford

Melyssa Savannah Ford (born November 7, 1976) is a Canadian media personality, actress, and former video vixen. She attended York University and studied in the field of forensic psychology.[2] 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][3]

Melyssa Ford
Ford in March 2005
Born (1976-11-07) November 7, 1976
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other namesJessica Rabbit
Modeling information
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)[1]
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorLight brown

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 modelling career.[4] 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.[5] She sells a line of calendars and DVD.[6]

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".[2]

From June 2014 to January 2015, Ford participated 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.[7]

In 2016, Ford became a co-host of Hollywood Unlocked, a hip-hop and pop culture radio show. In June 2018, Ford was seriously injured in a car crash involving an 18-wheeler truck. She suffered a skull fracture and concussion[8]. Ford returned to Hollywood Unlocked in April 2019 following her accident.

Selected music videos
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2003
2004

Selected magazine appearances
  • King
  • Maxim
  • Smooth [Ford was the author of an advice column for Smooth]
  • XXL and XXL Eye Candy
  • Playboy Babe of the Month April 2006

Selected television appearances

Selected filmography

Video game appearance
  • 2007: Def Jam Icon

See also
  • Hip hop models

References
  1. Century, Douglas (May 2, 2004). "How to Succeed in Videos Without Really Dancing". The New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
  2. "Black in America: Video Vixens Too Revealing?". CNN. July 24, 2008. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  3. Ogunnaike, Lola (August 31, 2004). "New Magazines for Black Men Proudly Redefine the Pinup". The New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2015.
  4. "Melyssa Ford". Vibe. September 2008. Archived from the original on December 4, 2008. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  5. "Hot Jamz". Sirius Satellite Radio. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved January 25, 2009. Hot Jamz is about to get a lot hotter: Melyssa Ford has joined our squad!
  6. Ford. "Calendar Girl". Naked. pp. 219–220.
  7. 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.
  8. https://people.com/tv/melyssa-ford-survived-crash-18-wheeler-truck/
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