Melody Hossaini was born on 18 September 1984 and is a social entrepreneur, a professional speaker and personal development trainer and coach.
19 Facts About Melody Hossaini
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Melody Hossaini is best known as a contestant on the seventh series of the BBC television series The Apprentice where she finished 6th, before being fired by Lord Sugar 'with regret' and being described as 'a woman with exceptional ability'.
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Melody Hossaini was born in Iran but her family fled to Sweden to escape the Iran-Iraq War when she was aged just two.
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Melody Hossaini was educated at Great Wyrley High School, a state comprehensive school in the large village of Great Wyrley in South Staffordshire, England.
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Melody Hossaini says that her success as a youth leader led to jealousy from her peers, which resulted in bullying and racism.
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Melody Hossaini has lived in four countries and speaks five different languages.
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Melody Hossaini was the first ever Social Entrepreneur to compete on The Apprentice.
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Melody Hossaini began the series confidently, coming up with the team name 'Venture' and winning as Project Manager on the first week and avoiding the boardroom for a number of tasks.
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Melody Hossaini became the target of an online campaign of abuse by Muslims during the airing of the series who assumed wrongly that she was Muslim.
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Melody Hossaini is the Founder and CEO of social enterprise, InspirEngage International, established in 2009 offering speaking, training and coaching.
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Melody Hossaini delivers self-development training, preparing people for the future world of work, to set up businesses and to create social impact in communities.
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In 2007, Melody Hossaini was invited to be trained by Nobel Peace Prize winner and Vice President Al Gore at Cambridge, as part of 'The Inconvenient Truth'.
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Melody Hossaini has since adapted materials to be suitable for young people and worked on international projects combating climate change.
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Melody Hossaini was approached by JCWI to work on the 'I am a Refugee project' aimed at humanising the immigration debate and celebrating the world-changing contributions and stories made by high-profile refugees.
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Melody Hossaini became the face of the campaign alongside several other names supporting the campaign including singer Rita Ora and Michael Marks founder of Marks and Spencer.
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In 2013 Melody Hossaini set up a bootcamp, in partnership with Hillcroft college, supporting women to prosper in business.
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Melody Hossaini has worked on a number of programmes, coaching and providing support to help young people with career choices.
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Melody Hossaini delivered an InspirEngage Skills Bootcamp with the finalists from the Apax-Mosaic Enterprise Challenge.
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Melody Hossaini was once held at gunpoint at the age of 12 at her family home in Sweden.