About Melissa Rycroft
Melissa Katherine Rycroft shortly known as Melissa Rycroft is a television personality, host, as well as a dancer from the USA. She earned huge fame in a very short period of time. Prior to her career in television, she was a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader. She was a drill team officer in high school. She participated as a bachelorette on the thirteenth season of ABC's "The Bachelor", on the CMT reality TV shows/series "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team", and on the eighth and fifteenth seasons of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" with Tony Dovolani. She later returned in season 27 as a trio partner to Juan Pablo Di Pace and Cheryl Burke. She was chosen in the finale of the 13th season of "The Bachelor" by Jason Mesnick. She also went on to host reality-TV competition shows such as "Bachelor Pad" and "Redneck Island". Scroll down to know more about her biography, net worth, affairs, engaged, husband, salary, career, body size, facts, and more.
Jason Mesnick was the first man in Bachelor Nation to propose to one woman, only to dump her for her runner-up afterward, and his dumping of Melissa Rycroft for Molly Malaney didn't go over well. Now, Jason has revealed that he suffered some "massive karma" after making the switch. Jason appeared on The Bachelor: The Greatest Seasons Ever with now-wife Molly Malaney by his side for a chat with Chris Harrison. The episode had just finished reairing the brutal Season 13 "After the Final Rose" breakup between Jason and Melissa Rycroft followed by Jason confessing his love to Molly, and current Jason knew that viewers probably weren't too happy with him. "People always ask, 'Are you still mad at them?' Why? Why would I be? (First...I was never mad at her at all....). But over a decade later, we’re both married, both have beautiful families, so why still be upset? We all moved on from the situation so long ago, that having to relive it again almost feels like watching other people go through it!" said Rycroft, who is a mom of three with husband Tye Strickland.
Melissa Rycroft is famous for her role on the reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team and her appearance on ABC's The Bachelor. She is also known for being placed 3rd on "Dancing with the Stars" which was succeeded by Kelly Osbourne.
Melissa Rycroft was born on 11th March 1983 as Melissa Katherine Rycroft in Dallas, Texas. As of 2020, she celebrated his 37th birthday. She holds an American nationality and her ethnicity is American-white. Her race is White. She was born to her parents; Bob Rycroft (father) and Mary Rycroft (mother). As of her education, she studied dance from an early age and served as the first lieutenant of her high school drill team. She also majored in Marketing at the University of North Texas after transferring from the University of Oklahoma where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega. Her Zodiac sign is Pisces.
Melissa is a very charming and gorgeous woman with an attractive personality. She stands at the tall height of 5 ft 3 in. She has a weight of 52 KG. Her body measures 32-25-34 in. Her bra size is 32B. Her shoe size is 7 US and the dress size is 4 US. Her body build is athletic. Her hair color and eye color, are dark browns.
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Melissa Rycroft's Career
- Firstly, Melissa Rycroft auditioned for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
- After the audition, she made regular appearances on Country Music Television's reality show "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team".
- She also danced for the team from 2006-2008.
- After that, she made her role in the 13th season of "The Bachelor" as one of the 25 bachelorettes competing for bachelor Jason Mesnick.
- She also competed on season eight of "Dancing with the Stars". In the show, she partnered with Tony Dovolani and finished in third place.
- Additionally, she and Dovolani once again served as partners in the "All-Stars" season and were announced as the winners on the season finale.
- After that, she served as the host of the 2015 "Dancing with the Stars" live tour and then returned in season 27 as a trio partner to Juan Pablo Di Pace and Cheryl Burke.
- Melissa and her husband Tye Strickland also starred in their own reality show titled "Melissa & Tye" on CMT which ran for one season (eight episodes), from 20th April 2012 to 8th June 2012.
- They also launched a podcast with YEA Networks on 8th November 2018.
- Moreover, she is a host of CMT's reality-TV show "Redneck Island" where she left the Tribune morning show, Morning Dose, on 1st June 2018.
- Besides this, she also published a book named "My Reality".
- She was even listed among the 100 Most Beautiful People which was initiation by the People's magazine and was put to a nomination for the Top Hop 100 by Maxim.
Melissa Rycroft is MARRIED to Tye Strickland
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Melissa Rycroft is a married woman. She was shortly engaged to Jason Mesnick. The duo met on the 13th season of "The Bachelor". Later, Jason Mesnick called the engagement off after he admitted he was in love with the runner-up, Molly Malaney. After that, she reunited with her former boyfriend, salesman Tye Strickland. The couple married on 12th December 2009 and have three children namely daughter Ava Grace, born 16th February 2011, and sons Beckett Thomas, born 20th April 2014, and Cayson Jack, born 18th May 2016. Her sexual orientation is straight. As of today, the couple is enjoying their life a lot. They both support and understand very well. Their bond is going stronger with the passage of time.
Melissa Rycroft's Net Worth 2020
Melissa Rycroft is an American television personality. As of 2020, she has a net worth of $1.5 million. She has earned her net worth from her role as a contestant on the 13th season of the reality television show The Bachelor, which airs on ABC. She is earning a good reputation and fame being a television personality. Her major source of earning is from the entertainment field. Whereas she was earning previously being a cheerleader. Without a doubt, she is earning a considerable amount of salary from her career. She is satisfied with her earnings and she is living a cool lifestyle from her career.
