Mélissa Theuriau

Mélissa Theuriau born 18 July 1978 is a French journalist and news anchor for M6 She studied journalism and became a television news presenter She is the former anchor and coeditor in chief of Zone interdite on French TV Theuriau obtained a DUT in NewsCommunication from the Technical University Institut universitaire de technologie or IUT Pierre MendèsFrance in Grenoble and later a masters degree in Audiovisual Journalism from the Institute of Communication and Media ICM at Échirolles Theuriau was a reporter at Match TV in 2002 Since 2003 she has been a reporter and anchor for La Chaîne Info where she became better known to the French general public She made her breakthrough as a newscaster and travel show host for LCI the news channel and for TF1 Her programs were LCI Matin LCI Morning the 640 news on LCI and TF1 from Monday to Thursday and the Voyages travel show on Wednesdays at 1355 on LCI In May 2006 she surprised the management of TF1 by refusing the offer to be the anchorwoman of the weekend evening news of TF1 as a summer replacement for sitting anchorwoman Claire Chazal In June 2006 Métropole 6 another French television channel announced her arrival for September as editorinchief and presenter of Zone Interdite Forbidden Zone a weekly magazine show featuring investigative reporting She also presents Un jour une Photo and Deux trois jours avec moi on the French TV channel Paris Première in partnership with Paris Match Un jour une photo features stories behind iconic and historic photos Deux trois jours avec moi is a weekly travel programme in which an invited guest reveals more about him or herself during a trip In September 2006 she was appointed coeditor in chief and anchor of the influential TV magazine Zone interdite Forbidden Zone on M6 She will stay there for 6 years until August 29 2012 the date of her last show she will present this show barefoot In March 2007 she launched with five other journalists Claire Chazal Marie Drucker Laurence Ferrari Béatrice Schönberg and Tina Kieffer the organization La Rose which works with UNICEF to help educate girls Mélissa Theuriau has become an internet phenomenon with fans uploading video compilations receiving millions of hits from admirers Theuriau is reportedly surprised by this phenomenon stating I cannot explain it I am absolutely not seeking this publicity In 2006 the Daily Express voted her the worlds most beautiful news reporter She was similarly voted TVs sexiest news anchor by readers of the US edition of Maxim In May 2007 she was voted most beautiful woman in the world in the French edition of FHM Paris Match has referred to her as la bombe cathodique the television bombshell In 2006 Voici a French tabloid published pictures showing her topless at a beach Her lawyers are reportedly attempting to purge these images from the Internet In 2010 scam websites coopted a photograph of her to promote health treatments the ubiquitous 1 weird old tip belly fat diets and penny auctions unauthorized usage of which Theuriau was initially unaware Source Article Mélissa Theuriau from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30