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-| 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}}
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-| preceded = [[Anna Nicole Smith]]
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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 [[Playboy Playmate|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 metropolitan area|Las Vegas]], 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, with her husband and their two children, a son, age 7, and a daughter, age 4.
-==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==
-{{Trivia|date=January 2009}}
-* 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, 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 people in Playboy 1990-1999]]
-* [[List of Playboy NSS models G-R]]
-==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]
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-[[Category:People from Seattle, Washington]]
-[[Category:Playboy Playmates from 1990-1999]]