Born Melyssa Savannah Ford, was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on November 7, 1976. After completing her studies in forensic psychology at Toronto’s York University, she left Toronto and traveled to New York City with only twenty-five dollars and two packed suitcases, telling herself that she would give New York City three months before returning to her home in Canada. Ford had already appeared on numerous music videos and had done a great deal of modeling, but decided to move on to seek bigger fame and a path into the entertainment industry. Her one way ticket not only led her to the Big Apple, but it also led her to a career as a highly sought after model, an accomplished actress in a wide variety of formats, a satellite radio host, a columnist, a public speaker, a philanthropist, and a role model for young women all across the globe.
In Melyssa Ford’s work as a model, she has appeared in such magazines as Playboy, FHM, Maxim, Smooth, XXL, and XXL Eye Candy, among others, and along with her modeling appearances provides content for Smooth in her Jessica Rabbit sex and relationships advice column, which she has written for since 2002 and is the magazine’s most popular column. Along with her many pictorial features in these magazines, she has also appeared on the cover of Smooth, as well as the cover of King, Cycle Dreams Magazine, and six times on the cover of Black Men magazine.
Though many models today want to make this claim, Melyssa Ford is the original Jessica Rabbit. She is the prototype model and figure that many envy. Ms Ford is well respected in the industry and is certainly moving forward in her career. Melyssa Ford has moved away from doing videos and is fulltime into making movies. She has been in "Three Can Play that Game" and "Love for Sale".