16 Facts About Melissa Rycroft

Melissa Rycroft is a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and TV Personality.

Melissa Rycroft has participated as a bachelorette on the thirteenth season of ABC's The Bachelor, on the CMT reality TV series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team, and on the eighth and fifteenth seasons of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

Melissa Katherine Rycroft was born on March 11,1983, in Dallas, Texas.

Melissa Rycroft studied dance from an early age and served as first lieutenant of her high school drill team.

Melissa Rycroft majored in marketing at the University of North Texas after transferring from the University of Oklahoma, where she was a member of Alpha Chi Omega.

Melissa Rycroft danced for the team from 2006 to 2008.

Melissa Rycroft appears on the judging panel for the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders auditions and is a showmanship mentor to the training camp candidates.

Melissa Rycroft appeared on the 13th season of The Bachelor as one of the 25 bachelorettes competing for bachelor Jason Mesnick.

Shortly after the proposal, Mesnick left Melissa Rycroft, explaining he had feelings for Malaney.

Melissa Rycroft first competed on season eight of Dancing with the Stars where she was partnered with Tony Dovolani and finished in third place.

Melissa Rycroft later served as the host of the 2015 Dancing with the Stars live tour.

Melissa Rycroft later returned in season 27 as a trio partner to Juan Pablo Di Pace and Cheryl Burke.

Melissa Rycroft is a host of CMT's reality-TV show Redneck Island.

Melissa Rycroft left the Tribune morning show, Morning Dose, on June 1,2018.

Melissa Rycroft was briefly engaged to Jason Mesnick, whom she met on The Bachelor.

Melissa Rycroft then reunited with a former boyfriend, salesman Tye Strickland.