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#REDIRECT [[List of Playboy Playmates of the Month#1990–1999]]
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| name = Angela Melini
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| issue = June 1992
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| birthname =
| birthplace = [[Saigon]], [[South Vietnam]]
| birthdate = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1969|7|25|mf=y}}
| bust = 36" DD
| waist = 26"
| hips = 35"
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=6}}
| weight = {{convert|115|lb|kg st|abbr=on}}
|ethnicity={{flagicon|Italy}} {{flagicon|South Vietnam}}<br>Mixed
| preceded = [[Anna Nicole Smith]]
| succeeded = [[Amanda Hope]]
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'''Angela Jane Melini''' (born July 25, 1969, in [[Saigon]], [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]], [[actor|actress]] and [[entrepreneur]]. Melini was selected as [[Playmate of the Month]] for the June, 1992 issue of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine, and her [[centerfold]] was photographed by [[Arny Freytag]]. Melini has appeared in several [[Playboy Special Editions|Playboy newsstand special editions]] and [[List of Playboy videos|videos]], working steadily for ''Playboy'' for more than ten years after she graced the magazine's fold-out page, first as a nude [[glamour model|glamour]] and [[Pin-up girl|pin-up model]], and then as a [[promotional model]] and a feature [[reporter]] for the [[Playboy Channel]].

==Biography==
Melini's mother is [[Vietnamese people|Vietnamese]], and her father was an [[Italian American|Italian-American]] soldier who, prior to the birth of Melini and her twin brother, was a casualty of war, killed in action during the [[Vietnam War|Second Indochina War]] (more commonly known as the Vietnam War). It is this mixed ancestry that gives Melini her exotic [[Eurasian (mixed ancestry)|Eurasian]] appearance. In 1975, as part of [[Operation Frequent Wind]], Melini, then age 5 and together with her mother, immigrated to the [[United States of America|United States]], settling in the suburbs near [[Olympia, Washington]]. Her brother was forced to remain in [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam|Vietnam]], being one of the millions of Vietnamese people who were put to work in that government's [[collectivization]] of farms and factories, a policy implemented to restore its [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam#Economy|economy]] devastated by war. As of December 2007, he still resides in Vietnam.

Melini is a 1987 graduate of [[Timberline High School (Lacey, Washington)|Timberline High School]] in [[Lacey, Washington]]. Melini was pursuing a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[Early Childhood Education]] from the [[University of Washington|University of Washington (Main Campus - Seattle)]] (UW) when,on a visit to [[Los Angeles, California]], a Playboy photographer noticed her sitting on a curbside near Playboy headquarters, ironically while Melini was waiting for a girlfriend who was submitting photos to Playboy.

Melini owns and operates two commercial websites -- her personal adult-themed website, AngelaMelini.com, and a multiple model adult-themed website, MarquisModels.com (see [[#External links|below]]). In addition, Melini appears at various fan conventions, most notably [[Glamourcon]], where she greets her fans and members of her websites, autographs and sells various ''Playboy'' memorabilia, and recruits female nude and [[Pin-up girl|pin-up models]] for MarquisModels.com. Occasionally still, Melini performs promotional work for ''Playboy'' at [[The Palms|The Palms Casino Hotel]] near her home in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], a resort that affiliated with ''Playboy'' that houses the only active [[Playboy Club]].

In May, 2008, Melini announced that she was entering her final year of modeling, her intent being to not model beyond the age of 40. Melini also announced a new business venture, a baby accessories line, called MaybeeBaby.

As of June, 2008, Melini resides in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], with her husband and their two children, a son, age 7, and a daughter, age 4.

==Appearances in ''Playboy'' newsstand special editions==
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Playmate Review''''' ''(# 9)'', June 1993 - pp. 50--59.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Book of Lingerie''''' vol. 32, July 1993.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Book of Lingerie''''' vol. 33, September 1993.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Book of Lingerie''''' vol. 34, November 1993.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Book of Lingerie''''' vol. 35, January 1994.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Girls of Summer '94''''', June 1994.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Playmates at Play''''', July 1994.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Wet & Wild Playmates''''', September 1994.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Playmates in Bed''''' ''(# 1)'', January 1995.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Book of Lingerie''''' vol. 44, July 1995 - pp. 4-5.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Nudes''''' ''(# 6)'', October 1995.
*''Playboy&#39;s '''Asian Beauties''''', August 2000 - pp. 54-55.

==Appearances in ''Playboy'' videos==
*{{imdb title|id=0483429|title=Playboy: 50 Years of Playmates (2004) - archival footage}}
*{{imdb title|id=0368928|title=Playboy: Playmates Bustin' Out (2000)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0354828|title=Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss June 1998, 1995, 1992, 1989 (1998)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0201405|title=Playboy: 1992 Video Playmate Review (1993)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0466192|title=Playboy: Wet and Wild V (1993)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0201404|title=Playboy: 1993 Video Playmate Calendar (1993)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0824338|title=Playboy: Playmate Private Pleasures (1992)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0105800|title=Playboy: Wet & Wild IV (1992)}}

==Filmography==
*{{imdb title|id=0383971|title=Centerfold Babylon (2003, TV)}}
*{{imdb title|id=0111191|title=Silk Degrees (1994)}}
*''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]'' (1993, TV)
*''[[Family Feud]]'' (1993, TV)

==Trivia==
* Melini is classified by the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|United States Immigration and Naturalization Service]] as [[Amerasian]].
* Melini is the cover model whose photograph appears on the [[dust jacket]] of ''Dropping The Chase: The Enigmas of the Goddess'' authored by broadcaster & physicist [[Paul Davies]].
* Melini is referenced at page 30 in ''Vanilla Slim: An Improbable Pimp in the Empire of Lust'' authored by self-described low-end journalist for [[San Francisco]]-based ''[[Exotic (magazine)|Exotic]]'' magazine and convicted ex-[[pimp]] [[Bob Armstrong (author)|Bob Armstrong]], who suggests that Melini's appearance in ''Playboy'' magazine is a more fitting image to signify the end of the Vietnam War than "[[UH-1 Iroquois|Hueys]]" being dumped from [[aircraft carriers]] into the [[South China Sea]]. A second reference to Melini is made, noting that her "flotation devices were fully deployed" in her centerfold, a thinly veiled reference to Melini's exposed [[breast]]s.
* Melini is [[multilingualism|trilingual]], with the ability to speak, read and write in the [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]] and [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] languages.
* Melini, while serving as a reporter for ''[[Playboy TV]]'' for a ''Girls Of The PAC 10'' story, discovered [[Stacy Marie Fuson]]. Melini photographed Fuson wearing a bikini and forwarded those photographs to [[Arny Freytag]], a ''Playboy'' photographer, and subsequently, Fuson was selected as ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for February, 1999.
* Melini, while serving as a celebrity judge for a [[Hawaiian Tropic]] [[bikini contest|bikini competition]] at [[The Palms|The Palms Casino Hotel]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], discovered [[Destiny Davis]], who was the winning entrant. Melini convinced Davis to forward photographs of herself wearing a bikini to Arny Freytag, a ''Playboy'' photographer, and subsequently, Davis was selected as ''Playboy'' Playmate of the Month for January, 2005.

==See also==
* [[List of Las Vegans]]
* [[List of people in Playboy 1990-1999]]
* [[List of people in Playboy 1990-1999 by birthplace]]
* [[List of people in Playboy by Birthplace]]
* [[List of Playboy NSS models G-R]]
* [[List of Vietnamese Americans]]

==External links==
*{{imdb name|id=0577793|name=Angela Melini}}
*{{playmate|1992|6}}
*[http://www.angelamelini.com Official Website of Playboy Playmate Angela Melini]
*[http://www.marquismodels.com Official Website of Marquis Models of Las Vegas]
*[http://www.maybeebaby.com Official Website of Maybee Baby]
*[http://www.fobpro.com/photos/gc30/gc30f3290.php Photo of Angela Melini at Glamourcon 30]

{{Playmates of 1992}}

{{Lifetime|1969|Living|Melini, Angela}}


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[[Category:Asian American Playboy Playmates]]
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[[Category:Vietnamese Americans]]
[[Category:Americans of Italian descent]]
[[Category:Italian-American Playboy Playmates]]

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