Married at First Sight Australia 2023 bride Melinda Willis is an influencer who already has YUGE following and do we smell a blue tick in her future?

Melinda was spotted back inmid-2022 as filming kicked off — with other brides (and experts Mel Schilling and Alessandra Rampolla) spotted and papped by the Daily Mail during the infamous hen’s night.

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Married at First Sight Australia 2023 bride Melinda Willis is an influencer who already has YUGE following and do we smell a blue tick in her future? Source; Instagram.

The bachelorette party took place at Sydney’s $15 million The Crossways estate at Centennial Park in early August.

Melinda has over 150k followers on Instagram alone, including former MAFS stars like KC OsborneJules RobinsonJoshua Pihlak and Jason Engler.

The new bride-to-be told the publication that she had wanted to join the show for many years, so being cast was a “dream come true”.

Who Is Melinda Willis from Married at First Sight Australia 2023?

Melinda, who goes by Melinda Richelle on Insta, is a qualified beauty therapist and makeup artist. Plus she is the owner of Feather Sisters — a beauty website that hit over $1 million in sales in 2020 alone!

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Melinda is a qualified beauty therapist and makeup artist. Source: Instagram @melindarichelle

Feather Sister sells products for lashes and brows which are designed to “enhance your natural assets”.

She’s also the owner of Melly’s Beauty Parlour, the owner of MW Lashes AND is a director for BSSA (pronounced Bossa) Store. The new business will sell luxury basics under the name. AH-MAZING!

She was also a contestant in the Mrs Indian Ocean pageant in 2018.

What Else Do We Know About Melinda Willis from Married at First Sight Australia 2023?

According to her bio on The Right Fit, Melinda, who goes by “Mel” and hails from Queensland, has been a social media influencer for over eight years.

She has a lot of experience with brand products, and her “main categories” include lifestyle, fashion, beauty and health and fitness.

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Melinda, who goes by “Mel” and hails from Queensland, has been a social media influencer for over eight years. Source: Instagram @melindarichelle.

“I’m a successful entrepreneur myself and love everything business-related and mindset!” she penned.

“I have a background as a beauty therapist and flight attendant and of course, therefore, love all things beauty and travel. I’ve worked with some incredible brands both nationally and internationally.”

Married at First Sight Australia 2023’s Melinda Willis wants to meet ‘The One’

In a teaser for the latest instalment of MAFS, Melinda was seen getting dolled up for her wedding before revealing her hopes for the experiment.

“I believe that I’m going to meet The One,” she told the cameras. “He better be damn amazing.”

Then, in a subsequent advertisement, the influencer told her new husband that, essentially, he’d hit the jackpot with her.

“To sum me up, I would say you have found yourself a unicorn.”

Melinda was also revealed to be the bride whose nuptials took place on a $16 MILLION superyacht because, y’know, priorities.

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