{{Short description|Australian actress and television presenter}} {{Notability|Biography|date=April 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = '''Annette Melton''' | image = Annette Melton - Tiger in grass.jpg | caption = Melton in 2008 | birth_name = Annette Melton | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | occupation = actress, presenter | years_active = 2006–present | website = {{URL|annettemelton.com.au}} }}
'''Annette Melton''' is an Australian actress and television presenter. She has appeared in a US Discovery Channel series about female killers, ''Deadly Women''; in a series six episode as Regina DeFrancisco and in a series eight episode as Gaile Owens. Melton has hosted televised motorsport productions such as the 2014 ''World Time Attack'' on Australia's free to air multicultural channel SBS and ''Motive TV'' on Foxtel. Her mixed-race beauty has seen her featured in ''FHM'' magazine, ''Maxim'' Magazine, on the cover of ''T3'' and ''Acclaim'' magazines. In 2022 she was cast as Shannon in an Australian independent feature film, ''Get Free''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866608/?ref_=nm_knf_t2|title=Motive TV IMDB| publisher=IMDB.com |accessdate=20 August 2010}}</ref>
==Chiko Chick== Since the 1950s, Chiko Rolls have been advertised featuring the "Chiko Chick" character, a seductive woman on a motorbike accompanied by the slogan "Couldn't you go a Chiko Roll?".<ref name="Chiko">{{cite web |title = The Chiko Roll |url = http://www.upfromaustralia.com/chikoroll.html |publisher = Up From Australia |access-date = 3 April 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.simplot.com.au/news.asp?pgID=81 Chiko still on a roll fifty years on] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720145634/http://www.simplot.com.au/news.asp?pgID=81 |date=20 July 2008 }}, Simplot Australia website.</ref>
In 2008, the Simplot Australia company began a nationwide search for the new "Chiko Chick", hoping to downplay the traditionally raunchy look in favour of a more wholesome "girl next door" image.<ref name="newscom">[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23256892-5007192,00.html Chiko's search for roll model] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225192654/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0%2C26278%2C23256892-5007192%2C00.html |date=25 February 2008 }}, news.com.au website.</ref><ref name="nostalgia">[http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-au&brand=ninemsn&tab=m164&mediaid=120838&from=39&vid=55F463B3-8881-457E-B0BA-07B2B7E8A581&playlist=videoByTag:mk:en-AU:vs:0:tag:aunews_auaca:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A "Chiko Roll Nostalgia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621083021/http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-au&brand=ninemsn&tab=m164&mediaid=120838&from=39&vid=55F463B3-8881-457E-B0BA-07B2B7E8A581&playlist=videoByTag:mk:en-AU:vs:0:tag:aunews_auaca:ns:MSNVideo_Top_Cat:ps:10:sd:-1:ind:1:ff:8A |date=21 June 2009 }}, TV story from the Nine Network's A Current Affair news magazine program.</ref> In July 2008, the new advertising poster was unveiled at the Wagga Wagga Showgrounds featuring Annette Melton as the new face.<ref name="chickochick">{{cite news | last = Davies | first = Laura | title = Chiko chick is back | work = Fairfax Media | publisher = The Daily Advertiser | date = 18 July 2008 | url = http://www.dailyadvertiser.com.au/story/724287/chiko-chick-is-back/ | access-date = 10 Aug 2016}}</ref>
==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | {{center|2010}} | {{center|"Choose You"}} | {{center|Love interest}} | {{center|''Stan Walker'' music video}} |- | {{center|2010}} | {{center|''Motive TV'' }} | {{center|Herself; Co-host}} | {{center|Season 1}} |- | {{center|2011}} | {{center|''Ninemsn'' }} | {{center|Herself; Host/reporter}} | {{center|"MotorVision TV" (various)}} |- | {{center|2012}} | {{center|"Take it Home"}} | {{center|Love interest}} | {{center|''Johnny Ruffo'' music video}} |- | {{center|2013}} | {{center|''Deadly Women'' }} | {{center|Regina DeFrancisco }} | {{center|"Bury the Boyfriend" (Season 6, Episode 18)}} |- | {{center|2014}} | {{center|''World Time Attack''}} | {{center|Herself; Co-host}} | {{center|Episode 1035}} |- | {{center|2014}} | {{center|''Deadly Women'' }} | {{center|Gaile Owens}} | {{center|"To Have and to Kill" (Season 8, Episode 14)}} |- | {{center|2017}} | {{center|''Epicentre TV''}} | {{center|Herself; Host}} | {{center|"Sporting Event News" (various)}} |- | {{center|2022}} | {{center|''Get Free''}} | {{center|Shannon}} | {{center|Independent Feature Film}} |}
==External links== *[http://www.annettemelton.com Annette Melton website]. *{{IMDb name|nm3287672}}
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