| Melanie Sykes | |
 Melanie Sykes
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| Born | August 7, 1970 Mossley, Lancashire, England |
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| Occupation | Television presenter & model |
| Spouse | Daniel Caltagirone |
| Children | Roman, Lucas |
Melanie Sykes (born 7 August 1970 in Mossley, Lancashire) is an English television presenter and model. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mossley is a small town and Civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mossley is a small town and Civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic A presenter, or host (sometimes hostess, in feminine form is a Person or Organization responsible for running an event A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. She was born of an Anglo-Indian/Anglo-Burmese mother. Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry and the term is sometimes used in the West. Sykes first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons beer advertisements with the broad "Northern" accent. A bikini or two-piece is a type of women's Swimsuit, characterized by two separate parts &mdash one covering the Breasts (optionally in the case of Boddingtons is an English Beer, originally from Manchester, United Kingdom that has been brewed for more than 200 years Northern English is a group of dialects of the English language. In Linguistics, an accent is a manner of Pronunciation of a language Amongst other work during the 1990s she also modelled for Berlei lingerie. Berlei is a Brand of women's Lingerie and in particular bras and Girdles ref>Anon3 Lingerie is a term for fashionable and alluring women's Undergarments It derives from the French word linge, "washables" — as in faire le linge
After initially reporting for The Big Breakfast, she has continued her television career, including reporting for I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! and presenting Eastenders Revealed. This article is about the British television show For the Canadian television show of the same name see The Big Breakfast (Canada. I'm a Celebrity Get Me out of Here! is a Reality television show in which celebrities live in jungle conditions with few creature comforts and have to earn In 1999, Sykes presented Melanie Sykes' Southall stories a documentary for BBC2 on Asian culture in Great Britain. Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands She has also hosted a variety of awards shows, including Miss World, the BAFTAs and the Q Awards and presented her own radio show on Galaxy FM. The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international Beauty pageant created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951 The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Q Awards are the UK's annual music awards run by the music magazine Q. Galaxy Radio is a Radio station broadcasting across the United Kingdom (and Ireland Sky and DAB only owned by Global Radio.
Her television career stalled for a period, although she made a successful comeback when she became the host of Today with Des and Mel (with Des O'Connor) in 2003. Today with Des and Mel was a British television series hosted by Des O'Connor and Melanie Sykes. Desmond Bernard O'Connor, CBE (born as Conrad Desmondson on 12 January 1932 is a well-known veteran English Television personality. On the 12 May 2006 ITV announced that the show would be one of a number to be axed in a "painful, but utterly necessary" move. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent [1]
Sykes' other work for the ITV network includes the prime-time shows The Vault, Celebrities Under Pressure, National Television Awards Party of the Year, and the British Soap Awards and appearances as a panellist on the ITV daytime chat show Loose Women. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The Vault was a game show created in Israel (known as Hakasefet) Celebrities Under Pressure is a Saturday night entertainment show which airs in the United Kingdom on ITV. The British Soap Awards is an annual awards ceremony to honour the best of British (not Irish but yet it claims Ireland is part of Britain by the looks of its map logo Loose Women, sometimes known as Live Talk or Loose @ 530, is an award-winning British, televised Talk show, which was first broadcast in 1999
Sykes presented The A List, a national radio chart show based on total sales, produced by Unique the Production Company at the studios of London's Heart 106.2. Heart 1062 is an Independent Local Radio station based in London that specializes in "adult contemporary music" and is owned by Global Radio UK She left the show towards the end of 2006 and was replaced by Gail Porter. Gail Porter (born March 23 1971 at the Simpson's Memorial Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland) sometimes known by her married name
In 2006, the book Blooming Beautiful: My Plan for Looking Great, Being Healthy and Surviving Hormonal Havoc, Throughout Pregnancy and as a New Mum, co-written by Sykes with Hilary Boyd, was published by Michael Joseph Ltd. Pearson plc () is a London -based media conglomerate. It is the largest book Publisher in the UK, India, Australia
In recent years she has been the face of Head & Shoulders shampoo in the UK, appearing in print and television advertising and the high street chain Matalan. Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti- Dandruff Shampoo produced by Procter & Gamble. Matalan is a clothing and homeware store in the United Kingdom.
In November 2006, Sykes filled in for Paul O'Grady when he took leave from The Paul O'Grady Show. Paul James O'Grady MBE (born 14 June 1955 The Paul O'Grady Show is a popular British Comedy Chat show broadcast every weekday at 500pm on Channel 4 (formerly aired in the On 8 May 2007 and 5 November 2007 she again filled in for O'Grady when he took leave from the series. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. She has most recently been seen as the presenter of the daytime series Gene Detectives for BBC One. Daytime television is a genre of Television programming, traditionally aimed at viewers who would be home in the daytime hours (e
In 2008, she became a judge on The Sofa Factor for GMTV, it is where viewers send in short clips and the winner gets to present TV Pick of the Day plus win a trip to Las Vegas. GMTV ( Good Morning Television) is the national ITV Breakfast television contractor broadcasting in the United Kingdom. Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally She again filled in for Paul O'Grady on The Paul O'Grady Show while O'Grady was ill from 15 April-18 April and 22 April 2008. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
Personal life
Sykes attended Mossley Hollins High School, and studied A Level Religious Studies at Ashton Sixth Form College. The A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education qualification in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, Religious studies, or Religious education, is the academic field of multi-disciplinary Secular study of religious beliefs behaviors and institutions Sykes was a member of Stalybridge Brass Band along with her father, playing the euphonium. Stalybridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, in Greater Manchester, England A brass band is a Musical group generally consisting entirely of Brass instruments, most often with a percussion section The euphonium is a conical-bore, Baritone -voiced Brass instrument.
She was romantically involved with singer Matt Goss for five years and is known to have also dated Max Beesley. Matthew Weston Goss (born September 29 1968) is a British singer and songwriter most famous for being the lead singer of 1980s pop group Bros Maxton Gig Beesley Jr (born 15 January, 1971) is an English Actor and Musician, whose stage name is Max Beesley. She married Italian Daniel Caltagirone in January 2001, and the couple have two children: Roman (born 2002) and Valentino Luca (21 July 2004) and live in Winchmore Hill, North London. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Winchmore Hill is a district in the Borough of Enfield, North London, in the N21 postal district
External links
- Melanie Sykes at the Internet Movie Database
- The A List - The Definitive Artist Chart
- Heart 106.2 Official website
- GM.TV - The Sofa Factor
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