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Michele Merkin (June 25, 1975) is an American former model and television host.
Merkin was born in Santa Clara County, California, of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent as the youngest child of four children. She attended boarding school in England. Her mother was from Sweden and had been a model for twenty years, including an appearance in the debut Victoria’s Secret catalog in 1977. Merkin was a tall child, reaching 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) by the age of 14. This helped her play basketball, but garnered her some taunting in school, where she was called nicknames such as “Giraffa” and “Manute Bol”.
Merkin began modeling part-time from the age of 15, while she was in high school.
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