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. 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.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. She has appeared in music videos, men's magazines, television
programs and films. Ford was an on-air personality for Sirius
Satellite Radio's Hot Jamz channel. She sells a line of calendars and
DVD.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".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.
personality, actress, and former video vixen. She attended York
University and studied in the field of forensic psychology. 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.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. She has appeared in music videos, men's magazines, television
programs and films. Ford was an on-air personality for Sirius
Satellite Radio's Hot Jamz channel. She sells a line of calendars and
DVD.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".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.
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