Michele Merkin Biography
Michele Merkin is a former model and television host from the United States. Merkin began modeling part-time when she was 15 years old, while still in high school. Merkin co-hosted the cable television show Foody Call with Rossi Morreale beginning in June 2005, a reality television show that blended cooking and romance by teaching men how to captivate women with food.
Michele Merkin Age
Merkin is 48 years old as of June 2023. She was born on June 25, 1975, in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America.
Michele Merkin Height
She stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m), tall.
Michele Merkin Family- Parents
Merkin was born as the youngest of four children in Santa Clara County, California, of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent. She went to an English boarding school. Her Swedish mother had been a model for twenty years, appearing in the first Victoria’s Secret catalog in 1977.
Michele Merkin Husband
Merkin is happily married to her husband Ted Waitt, co-founder of Gateway, Inc, since 2011.
Michele Merkin Career
Merkin began modeling part-time at the age of 15 and lived in Paris, Milan, New York, and Los Angeles for 15 years, appearing in magazines such as ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, and Vogue, as well as more than 60 commercials, most notably campaigns for Clairol and the Nintendo video game Perfect Dark. In 2006, Merkin starred in commercials and in-store promotions for Perfect Dark as the lead video game heroine Joanna Dark; Merkin’s hair was cropped short and colored black for appearances. Merkin was named to Maxim magazine’s “Hot 100” list of beautiful women in 2006 and 2007.
Merkin co-hosted the cable television show Foody Call with Rossi Morreale beginning in June 2005, a reality television show that blended cooking and romance by teaching men how to captivate women with food. It was the Style Network’s second-highest-rated show. next the program’s cancellation the next year, she confessed that the premise was flawed, saying, “… most girls I know don’t really eat.” The path to a woman’s heart does not go via her stomach.”Merkin also worked as a sideline reporter on the third season of Extreme Dodgeball, which premiered on the Game Show Network in July 2005. She hosted the television series The Next Best Thing, which aired on American Broadcasting Company in May 2007.
She hosted Sand Blasters III: The Extreme Sand Sculpting Championship on the Travel Channel in March 2008. She co-hosted Party Monsters Cabo on E! from 2008 to 2009, a reality television show in which participants compete to decide who is the best party event designer. Merkin has also hosted individual episodes of E! News Daily, NBC’s For Love or Money, VH1’s Red Eye, The Movie Fan Show, Close-up Hollywood, Buy TV, Movie Watch, and Attack of the Show!.
Michele Merkin’s Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars.