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{{Short description|French journalist and news anchor}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Melissa Theuriau (crop).jpg
| caption = Mélissa Theuriau
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|7|18|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Échirolles]], France
| occupation = Television presenter and journalist
| credits = ''LCI Matin'' ([[La Chaîne Info|LCI]])<br>News (LCI, [[TF1]])<br>''Voyages'' (LCI)<br>''Zone interdite'' ([[Métropole 6|M6]])
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jamel Debbouze]]|2008}}
| children = 2
}}
'''Mélissa Theuriau''' ({{IPA|fr|melisa tœʁjo}}; born 18 July 1978) is a French journalist and [[news anchor]] for [[M6 (television channel)|M6]]. She studied journalism and became a television news presenter. She is the former anchor and co-editor in chief of ''[[Zone Interdite (TV program)|Zone interdite]]'' on French TV.
==Early career==
Theuriau obtained a [[Diplôme universitaire de technologie|DUT]] in News-Communication from the Technical University ([[Institut universitaire de technologie]], or IUT) [[Pierre Mendès-France University|Pierre Mendès-France]] in Grenoble, and later a master's 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 [[La Chaîne Info|LCI]], the news channel and for [[TF1]]. Her programs were ''LCI Matin'' (LCI Morning), the 6:40 news on LCI and TF1 from Monday to Thursday and the ''Voyages'' travel show on Wednesdays at 13:55 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]].
==M6/Zone Interdite==
In June 2006, [[Métropole 6]], another French television channel, announced her arrival for September as editor-in-chief and presenter of ''[[Zone Interdite (TV program)|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 co-editor in chief and anchor of the influential TV magazine ''Zone interdite'' ("Forbidden Zone") on [[Métropole 6|M6]]. She will stay there for 6 years, until August 29, 2012, the date of her last show (she will present this show barefoot)<ref>{{cite web|title=Forbidden zone - M6 - Mélissa Theuriau|url=http://www.melissa-theuriau.fr/en-zone-interdite.html|accessdate=22 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721011639/http://www.melissa-theuriau.fr/en-zone-interdite.html|archive-date=21 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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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.
==In popular culture==
In 2006, the ''[[Daily Express]]'' voted her the world's most beautiful news reporter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061124214042/http://www.melissa-theuriau.fr/article19.html "Moi, plus belle présentatrice du monde? Ridicule!"], interview with Mélissa Theuriau, ''Télé Star'', September 2006.</ref> She was similarly voted "TV's sexiest news anchor" by readers of the US edition of ''[[Maxim (magazine)|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").<ref name=times>Bremner, Charles. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070326013550/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article1560635.ece "And finally...internet turns a newsreader into instant world celebrity"], ''[[The Times]]'', March 24, 2007.</ref>
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.<ref name=times/>
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In 2010, scam websites co-opted a photograph of her to promote health treatments,<ref>[http://consumerhealthreporter.co.uk/healthnews/v.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729065224/http://consumerhealthreporter.co.uk/healthnews/v.html|date=2010-07-29}} "Consumer Health Reporter"] by consumer health reporter. [[cons]]</ref> the ubiquitous "1 weird old tip" belly fat diets,<ref>Farhi, Paul. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/ubiquitous-tiny-belly-online-ad-part-of-scheme-government-says/2011/06/27/gIQAbI6Q1H_story.html Ubiquitous ‘tiny belly’ online ad part of scheme, government says], ''Washington Post'', July 6, 2011. Accessed May 10, 2012.</ref> and [[Bidding fee auction|penny auctions]],<ref>Ian McIlwraith. [http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/the-face-that-launched-a-global-ad-scam-tv-presenters-image-stolen-for-dodgy-online-ads-20100916-15eri.html The face that launched a global ad scam], ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.</ref> unauthorized usage of which Theuriau was initially unaware.
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==Personal life==
▲[[fr:Mélissa Theuriau]]
On 29 March 2008, she was engaged to French-Moroccan comedian and actor [[Jamel Debbouze]]; the two were married on 7 May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vivre-maroc.com/actu/2008/06/13/mariage-de-jamel-debbouze-et-melissa-theuriau/ |title=Mariage de Jamel Debbouze et Melissa Theuriau |accessdate=2009-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090223204915/http://www.vivre-maroc.com/actu/2008/06/13/mariage-de-jamel-debbouze-et-melissa-theuriau/ |archivedate=2009-02-23 }}</ref> They had a son on 3 December 2008 named Léon<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/on_ne_parle_que_de_ca/la_nouvelle_vie_de_melissa_theuriau_et_jamel_debbouze_144164 |title=Le couple s'installe en Provence avec le petit Léon |publisher=Gala.fr |date=2008-12-25 |accessdate=19 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223053511/http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/on_ne_parle_que_de_ca/la_nouvelle_vie_de_melissa_theuriau_et_jamel_debbouze_144164 |archive-date=23 December 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and a daughter named Lila in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=Chloé Breen |url=http://www.purepeople.com/article/melissa-theuriau-lila-est-une-toute-petite-crevette_a88763/1 |title=Melissa Theuriau : ''Lila est une toute petite crevette'' |publisher=Pure People |date=7 October 2011 |accessdate=19 February 2012}}</ref>
==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008014554/http://www.melissa-theuriau.fr/en-biographie.html "Biography of Mélissa Theuriau"], ''Melissa-Theuriau.fr''.
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2594090|Melissa Theuriau}}
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