# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/melinda-bam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:53:33.562Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/melinda-bam"
name: "Melinda Bam"
slug: "melinda-bam"
description: "Melinda Bam is a South African TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss South Africa 2011, becoming the official representative of her country to Miss Universe 2012. She has a swimwear line called Bambshell, for which she worked with South African swimwear brand."
tagline: "Miss South Africa 2011, contestant in Miss Universe 2012"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melinda_Bam.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Models"
  slug: "models"
profileType:
  name: "Model"
  slug: "model"
birthDate: "1989-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.58
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.49687066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/melindabam/"
    handle:    "melindabam"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/melindabam.official"
    handle:    "melindabam.official"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.melindabam.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "مليندا بام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A9%9C%EB%A6%B0%EB%8B%A4_%EB%B0%A4"
    title: "멜린다 밤"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Bam"
    title: "Melinda Bam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3305072"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump