Michele Merkin
Michele Merkin is an American model and television host.
Merkin began modeling part time from the age of 15, while she was in high school. She attended UCLA, aiming to study medicine, specifically plastic surgery, but left during the first semester to become a professional model. She modeled for 15 years, living in Paris, Milan, New York, and Los Angeles, appearing in such magazines as ELLE, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue, and over 60 commercials, most notably campaigns for Clairol and the Nintendo video game Perfect Dark.
For Perfect Dark, Merkin appeared as the lead video game character Joanna Dark in commercials and in-store promotions for the N64 cartridge; Merkin’s hair was cut short and dyed black for the appearances.
Merkin was selected for the Maxim “Hot 100″ list of attractive women in 2006 (at #74) and 2007 (at #56).
