Melissa Katherine Rycroft (born March 11, 1983), from Dallas, Texas, is a reality television contestant and former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. She was a drill team officer at Newman Smith High School in Carrollton, Texas where she graduated in 2001. She participated as a contestant on the thirteenth season of ABC's The Bachelor,[1] and CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. She was a contestant on the eighth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.[2] Rycroft was named to People magazine's list of World's Most Beautiful People 2009[3] and was also named as #99 on Maxim's list of "Hot 100 of 2009".[
Melissa was previously engaged to Jason Mesnick whom she met on The Bachelor. They ended their relationship after Jason admitted to still having feelings for runner-up, Molly. She then began dating Tye Strickland, whom she had dated on and off for two years. In June 2009 she announced via Twitter that she and Tye were engaged.[8] They married on December 12, 2009, in Mexico....
Looks like she had the last laugh...she found love and is now in Broadcasting.
Good to hear!!
