Melanie Sanders

Melanie Noelle Sanders hails from the river city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. She is the daughter of Attorney Marshall Sanders and Deborah Pickett Sanders. Presently Melanie is a senior at Spelman College where she is majoring in Sociology Pre-law and plans to attend law school in the future. In 1997, Melanie was chosen 1st Runner up in the Miss Mississippi TEEN USA pageant where she was later featured on the Learning Channel documentary entitled "The Secret World of...Beauty Pageants". This documentary landed Melanie a spot on Entertainment Tonight (1981). She was also filmed for a documentary on The Discovery Channel. However, Melanie's television appearances did not begin here, she also had an opportunity to appear on B.E.T., the The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986), and has done television commercial work. In 1999, Melanie was crowned Miss Vicksburg and took on her personal platform issue entitled "Love For Kids in Foster Care". Melanie has worked with children in foster care for the past