Melissa Howard

This article is about reality show personality. For child actress in the series Dead Gorgeous, see Melissa Howard (Actress).

Melissa Beck
Born	February 12, 1977 (1977-02-12) (age 34)[citation needed] Okinawa, Japan
Occupation	Actress/Writer
Spouse	Justin Beck
Children	Shalom Mazie (daughter)

Melissa Dawn Beck (born February 12, 1977; Okinawa, Japan),^{[citation needed]} 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.

After The Real World

After appearing in MTV's The Real World: New Orleans, 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.^[1] 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.^[2]

Filmography

As herself

• Battle of the Network Reality Stars (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 Badly (2002-2003)
• The Real World Movie: The Lost Season (2002)
• Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Extreme Challenge - Episode: #1.4 (2001)
• The X Show - Episode: August 21, 2000 (2000)
• The Real World: Tenth Anniversary Special (2000)
• The Real World: New Orleans (2000)

Actor

• The Jamie Foxx Show - Episode: If the Shoe Fits (2000) Reporter

References

1. ^ "Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004". FreeJose.com. http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2004/. Retrieved January 13, 2007. 
2. ^ "May I Have Your Attention Please?". Website. Melissa Beck. March 25, 2009. http://www.princessmelissa.com/weblog/archives/2009/03/may_i_have_your.html. Retrieved March 26, 2009. 

External links

• Tumblr
• Official Website
• Melissa Howard at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Howard, Melissa
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Date of birth	February 12, 1977
Place of birth	Okinawa, Japan
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