Melissa Rycroft

Melissa Rycroft (born March 11, 1983) in Dallas, Texas is an American reality TV star and former Dallas cheerleader. She was named to People's magazine list of people who are beautiful in 2009. She ranked 99th out of the possible 100.

Melissa Rycroft was on season 13 of The Bachelor. She won the show before she was on Dancing with the Stars. In season 8 of Dancing witht the Stars, Rycroft finished in third with Tony Dovolani.

Rycroft came back to season 15 to dance with along the all-star contestants including Apolo Anton Ohno, Bristol Palin, Drew Lachey, Emmitt Smith, Gilles Marini, Joey Fatone, Kelly Monaco, Kirstie Alley, Pamela Anderson, Sabrina Bryan and Shawn Johnson.

Melissa Rycroft, along with Pembroke, Ontario armwrestler Allen Ford are the only characters to do a whip in their house, also in their hometown. She is a former cheerleader.

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 * She placed third on season 8 of Dancing with the Stars with Tony Dovolani.