Stunning and graceful, Melissa Rycroft is a television personality with a net worth of $1.5 Million. Rycroft was in the “World's Most Beautiful People” list published by the People magazine in 2009. She was ranked at number 99 on the “Hot 100 of 2009” by Maxim. But most of the wealth Melissa Rycroft has made comes from her appearances in different television shows. Melissa is a contestant in the reality show The Bachelor (13th season) that is aired on ABC. Rycroft was one of the twenty five bachelorettes trying to win the heart of Jason Mesnick, who is the Bachelor. Jason proposed to Rycort over Molly Malaney in the final season. Melissa said “yes”. A few weeks later however, Mellissa announced that the relationship was over, as Jason revealed that he was actually in love with the runners up Molly Malaney. It was aired by ABC in After the Final Rose (Part One).

Melissa Rycroft has also earned considerable wealth from other television shows. She has also appeared in the CMT reality television series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team. She was one of the 35 cowboy cheerleaders. Melissa is a former contestant of Dancing with the Stars (8th season).

Melissa has worked and earned money is a television host too. Together with Chris Harrison, she did the Bachelor Pad reality show on ABC. She was the co-host for one season.

In recent times, Melissa Rycroft has got engaged to Tye Strickland (June 2009), and later on December 2009 they got married. In February 2011 Melissa delivered a baby girl. The couple named her Ava Grace Strickland.