Melissa Howard
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Melissa Dawn Beck formerly Melissa Dawn Howard, is a reality show personality, and comedienne.
A mixed-race woman of African-American and Filipino descent, Melissa graduated from the University of South Florida
with degrees in Mass Communications, Physics, and Applied Mathematics.
, Howard moved to Los Angeles
to try stand-up comedy briefly, and then to become an author, actress and painter. For several years, she maintained a personal blog and website Princess Melissa which she set up and began writing in shortly after her stint on The Real World.
Howard was ranked #92 on Maxim
magazine's "Hot 100 Women of 2004" feature. She currently can be seen on Oxygen
's Girls Behaving Badly
. In 2005 she returned to reality TV with Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars
.
Howard currently resides in Merrick
, on Long Island, New York. She is married to Glassjaw
guitarist Justin Beck
. In March 2009, she gave birth to their first child, Shalom Mazie.
A mixed-race woman of African-American and Filipino descent, Melissa graduated from the University of South Florida
University of South Florida
The University of South Florida, also known as USF, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida, one of the state's three flagship universities for public research, and is located in Tampa, Florida, USA...
with degrees in Mass Communications, Physics, and Applied Mathematics.
After The Real World
After appearing in MTV's The Real World: New OrleansThe Real World: New Orleans
The Real World: New Orleans is the ninth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. The series was filmed...
, Howard moved to Los Angeles
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to try stand-up comedy briefly, and then to become an author, actress and painter. For several years, she maintained a personal blog and website Princess Melissa which she set up and began writing in shortly after her stint on The Real World.
Howard was ranked #92 on Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....
magazine's "Hot 100 Women of 2004" feature. She currently can be seen on Oxygen
Oxygen (TV channel)
Oxygen is an American cable television specialty channel with television programming marketed towards women, with a format similar to Lifetime.- History :...
's Girls Behaving Badly
Girls Behaving Badly
Girls Behaving Badly is an American reality comedy television show on the Oxygen cable channel, and is also syndicated to television stations across the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Television....
. In 2005 she returned to reality TV with Bravo's Battle of the Network Reality Stars
Battle of the Network Reality Stars
Battle of the Network Reality Stars is a television series that aired on the Bravo channel in the US in August and September 2005. Based on the popular 1970s and 1980s television competition Battle of the Network Stars, the show consisted of thirty-three competitors from several different reality...
.
Howard currently resides in Merrick
Merrick, New York
Merrick is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 22,097. The name "Merrick" is taken from Meroke, the name of the Algonquian tribe formerly indigenous to the area...
, on Long Island, New York. She is married to Glassjaw
Glassjaw
Glassjaw is a four-piece rock band from Long Island, New York. The band is fronted by vocalist Daryl Palumbo and guitarist Justin Beck, and have undergone numerous line-up changes since their inception...
guitarist Justin Beck
Justin Beck
Justin Beck is the guitarist and musical writer for Long Island, New York band Glassjaw. Beck, with a high school and college buddy, Lee Tepper, also co-founded a band merchandise company called MerchDirect, which started in 1999 by selling band t-shirts over the internet and at local shows.Beck is...
. In March 2009, she gave birth to their first child, Shalom Mazie.
As herself
- Battle of the Network Reality StarsBattle of the Network Reality StarsBattle of the Network Reality Stars is a television series that aired on the Bravo channel in the US in August and September 2005. Based on the popular 1970s and 1980s television competition Battle of the Network Stars, the show consisted of thirty-three competitors from several different reality...
(2005) - Reality TV Secrets Revealed 2 (2004)
- The Real World Hook-Ups (2003)
- True Hollywood Story - Episode: The Real World(2003)
- The New Tom Green Show - Episode: August 1, 2003 (2003)
- Reality TV Secrets: How to Get on the Show! (2003)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Sexes (2003)
- Girls Behaving BadlyGirls Behaving BadlyGirls Behaving Badly is an American reality comedy television show on the Oxygen cable channel, and is also syndicated to television stations across the United States and Canada by Sony Pictures Television....
(2002-2003) - The Real World Movie: The Lost Season (2002)
- Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Extreme Challenge - Episode: #1.4 (2001)
- The X ShowThe X ShowThe X Show was a magazine, variety, and interview/talk program that aired on FX Network in the US from May 1999 to April 2001. Running time was originally one hour, but this was later reduced to a half-hour. The show was 'guy-themed' much like a TV equivalent of Maxim magazine , though seldom as...
- Episode: August 21, 2000 (2000) - The Real World: Tenth Anniversary Special (2000)
- The Real World: New OrleansThe Real World: New OrleansThe Real World: New Orleans is the ninth season of MTV's reality television series The Real World, which focuses on a group of diverse strangers living together for several months in a different city each season, as cameras follow their lives and interpersonal relationships. The series was filmed...
(2000)