She first appeared on CMT Reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team during its first season. At the conclusion of the first season, Melissa Rycroft was chosen as one of the 35 beautiful Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (DCC) for the 2006 NFL season. Being one of the most hot and beautiful cheerleader, she was again chosen as a DCC for 2007 NFL season.
After her debut at Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team, Melissa Rycroft appeared on ABC’s famous reality TV series The Bachelor for its 13th season. Along with her, there were 24 other top hot beautiful divas all vying for the heart of The Bachelor, Jason Mesnick.
While there were rumors about a love angle between Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney, Mesnick chose Rycroft over Malaney who ended as a runner-up bachelorette. However, after the final episode, ABC aired the After the Final Rose (part 1) Episode in which it was revealed that Mesnick broke up with Melissa Rycroft. He said that he was still in love with Molly Malaney. However, Melisa Rycroft retained the fame of being the winner of The Bachelorette 13th Season.
After her break up with Jason Mesnick, Melissa Rycroft appeared on Dancing with the Stars as she replaced Access Hollywood star Nancy O’Dell on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars. Nancy O’Dell withdrew from the dancing competition because of an injury that she sustained during the pre-season practice. Rycroft immaculately showed her dancing skills on that program as she was partnered with professional dancer Tony Dovolani.
In June 2009, Melissa Rycroft signed a deal with ABC to join the team of the morning television news and talk show Good Morning America. She worked for Good Morning America as a special contributor throughout the summer. Even now, she continues to report for Good Morning America.
On December 31, 2009, she appeared as the co-host on ABC’s Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. In 2009, Melissa Rycroft was named in the People magazine’s list of World’s Most Beautiful People and she was also named as number 99 on Maxim’s list of “Hot 100 of 2009.”
Melissa Rycroft also worked for Entertainment Tonight and The Insider and she also worked as co-host for the new TV series Bachelor Pad with Chris Harrison. Bachelor Pad began airing August 9, 2010 on ABC.
After winning at the reality competition The Bachelorette, Melissa Rycroft engaged with Jason Mesnick whose heart she won in the program. However, just a little period after her win, Jason Mesnick declared a break-up between them and stated that he still feels love for Molly Malaney who was the runner up on the show.
After that love debacle, Melissa Rycroft started dating with Tye Strickland. Melissa was dating with Tye Strickland on and off for two years. In June 2009, Melissa Rycroft announced that she is engaged to Tye Strickland through her Twitter account. They married on December 12, 2009 in Mexico.
During an episode of CBS’s Talk show The Talk, Melissa Rycroft announced that she is expecting a baby girl and she gave birth to her first child daughter Ava Grace Strickland on February 16, 2011.
Melissa Rycroft
Date Of Birth
October 16, 1983
Full Name
Melissa Katherine Rycroft-Strickland
Height
5’ 4”
Trivia
She was chosen as the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader (DCC) for 2006 and 2007 NFL season.
She won ABC’s popular The Bachelor 13th Season
She was third finalist in the finale episode of Dancing with the Stars in 2009
She is married to Tye Strickland and have a baby daughter whose name is Ava Grace Strickland
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