Michele Waagaard
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Michele Ronja Waagaard Born March 7, 1980 is a Norwegian/Thai model, pop star and radio host. In 1995 she won the title as Model of the Year for the Thai teen magazine The Boy.

Michele studied at Bangkok Patana School
Bangkok Patana School
Bangkok Patana School or "BPS" is a British International School located in Bangkok, Thailand. Established in 1957, BPS offers education in the British tradition to over 2200 pupils including children and young adults from 53 nations....

. She has appeared in music videos for stars such as Bird Thongchai McIntyre, Raptor, Fly, U.H.T, Maew Jerasak and several more. In 1996 she landed a record deal with Grammy Entertainment in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. Michele and 7 other teenagers released the teen friendly album Teen 8 Grade A. The album was greatly received by the Thai public and the band sold several 100.000 copies and went on tour. After a year on the road the four girls in the band came together and created Thailand's first pop girl band JAMP, Jennifer, Anna, Michele and Por. JAMP released two albums JAMP and Bungorn ao tae dance. After several years of touring the girls split up and went their separate ways in 2001. Por released a solo album while Jennifer started in a new girl band show girls.

Michele became a full-time catwalk model. In 2002 Michele became a VJ for MTV Thailand
MTV Thailand
MTV Thailand is a 24-hour music and entertainment channel owned by MTV Networks Asia Pacific, a division of Viacom. This channel broadcasts both Thai and International music programs as well as a youth lifestyle T.V...

. She hosted MTV POP with Rowena Kennett
Rowena Kennett
Rowena Alissa Kennett is a former MTV VJ in Thailand.At the age of three the family moved to Thailand and Kennett became a child model doing photo shoots, shows and various television commercials. At age thirteen, she started professional modeling on Fash Show, a weekly program showcasing new...

 and MTV ROCK.
Michele moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 to attend the Lee Strasberg Institute. Michele moved back to her birth country Norway in 2005. There she hosted and produced a daily music show SVISJ SHOW for the national broadcasting network NRK as well as also she went to film and TV broadcasting school

On December 14 and 15 2008, Michele hosted the fourth annual GBOB Challenge (the Global Battle Of The Bands World Finals) in central London.

Michele now works at the radio station Wave fm 88 in Bangkok. Hosting the morning show and weekend show. She also ventured into writing and photography and doing freelance photography on the side.

External links

  • http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~kob/jamp/jamp.htm
  • http://www.wavefm88.com/
  • http://mothermichelina.wordpress.com
  • http://micheleronja.tumblr.com/
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