Biography

She played trompone in Arcadia High School’s Concert Band, Symphonic Band, and Jazz Bands. She competed with them in New York City when they won First Place in New York State. She learned to play the saxaphone, violin, and later picked up drums. She was studying and performing with a jazz dance team during those high school years. Her passion has always been music, dancing, and animals

She gained leadership experience in the Rochester business community through a Cooperative Education Program in High School and many extracurricular activities. She got her first taste of modeling when she worked with members of the Kodak Camera Club at 13.

Her modeling career was a great door opener for her while she was earning her BS degree at the University of Utah. She was on the cover of the University Dream Girl Calendar twice. That lead to her cover on the Body Glove Calendar when she was 18. She was a contract model for many local companies in Salt Lake City. That lead to a few commercials and small parts in local movie productions including "China O’Brian." Eventually Big magazines came calling.

While in Salt Lake City, Melanie worked as a hostess, valet, office assistant and back-up waitress at Salt Lake City’s finest restaurant, La Caille at Quail Run, was a DJ for a local radio station; and a music promoter for Paul/Mark Speedway Productions. Experience which proved invaluable to her future.

As part of her major requirements for her degree, Melanie served an internship at Disney World in Florida where she worked in Guest Relations as a tour guide for all three Disney owned resorts.

Being a renasouse woman was always important to her. Following all her dreams. Now that she has made such an impact in her animal rescue... far less glamouros than other of her work... but it is her dream to make an impact in the world. Teaching others to rescue, take doctors around the world bringing western veteranarian procedures to all are her new goals. She is very hands on and down in the dirt with Guerrilla Animal Rescue. PREVIOUS PAGE