Melissa Riso
Melissa Riso is an exotic ethnic background of Guamanian and Italian. As a Northern California native, Melissa grew up with her Father and older Sister in Salinas, California and has spent several hot Summers in Guam.
Living in such a small town and island motivated Melissa to pursue her dream of modeling and acting and thus her move to the Southern California area seemed natural. As a trained and established hair stylist Melissa has also done several print, commercial and tv shows including an episode on Playboy TV alongside adult film star Jesse Jane. Most recently Melissa was chosen by IGN.com as 'Babe of the Day'.
Outside the busy world of modeling and styling, Melissa enjoys finding new restaurants, good wine, traveling (Australia anyone!?), dancing and being active in the gym. She also enjoys swimming in her pool and entertaining friends in her living room with the big screen blasting and her Wii controller in one hand a glass of Pino Grigio in the other.Don’t let her beauty and small 5’3 frame fool you, most recently Melissa completed a stint as a bouncer in one of Southern California’s hottest nightclubs! Yes, this feisty Pacific Islander is well trained in defensive tactics and a pair of handcuffs!
Melissa’s future includes her own website, Melissariso.com in which she’s currently prepping to open. Being a business-woman is new to Melissa but nothing she’s shying away from, “I’ve always been a hard worker, independent and creative so the role of business woman is a welcomed one but a role that suits me just fine”.
Besides her website opening soon her future projects include more promotional work, photo shoots and that dream trip to Australia. Be sure to check out MelissaRiso.com for more information, exclusive photos, videos her blog and much more!