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Melanie Sykes (born 7 August 1971 in Mossley , Manchester ) is a British Television Presenter and actress. She first came to public attention as the bikini-clad girl in the Boddingtons Beer adverts with the broad Northern accent. Amongst other work during the nineties she also modelled for Berlei Lingerie.

She was born of an Anglo-indian mother, from whom she gets her somewhat exotic looks.

In the last few years, Mel has continued her television career, including reporting for I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! " and presenting "Eastenders Revealed". She has also hosted a variety of awards shows, including Miss World , the BAFTA 's and the Q Awards , has presented her own radio show on Galaxy and previously hosting prime time Saturday night on ITV with " Celebrities Under Pressure " and " The Vault "

She is the host of '' Today With Des And Mel '' (with Des O'Connor ).

Mel now also presents "The A-list chart", a national radio chart show based on total sales, produced at the studios of London's Heart 106.2.