Background
She was born in 1989 and has one sister, Melissa.
She was born in 1989 and has one sister, Melissa.
University of Pretoria.
She has a swimwear line called Bambshell, for which she worked with South African swimwear brand Dax Martin. Melinda Bam (born Melinda de Kok) was raised in Pretoria. She is a model and a student of B.Com Marketing from the University of Pretoria.
She was crowned at an event held at the Sun City Super Bowl on 11 December 2011.
Melinda Bam represented South Africa in December at, which was held in Las Vegas, and placed among the top 10. She did not participate in the Mission World 2012 pageant because if a contestant reaches the top three of the pageant she is not permitted to enter Mission Universe.
Bam announced in November 2013 that she is engaged to Mr South Africa 2011, Adriaan Bergh. The two former beauty pageant title carriers got engaged during a holiday in Dubai.
She entered and won the pageant on her first attempt. The 1st princess Remona Moodley represented South Africa at Mission World 2012 instead. In June 2013 it was announced that Melinda Bam was appointed as National Executive for the Mission South Africa Pageant, and she would be in charge of arranging potential sponsors for the pageant, as well as preparing the outgoing queen to both the Mission World and Mission Universe Pageants.