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Missy Malone is a British burlesque performer currently based in central England. She is known throughout Europe for her high calibre performances that fuse classic 1950’s pin-up style and modern rock energy.

Early years
An only child, Missy was born in 1985 and grew up in Livingston between Edinburgh and Glasgow in Scotland. Throughout her childhood she attended dance and drama classes. She studied drama and art throughout high school and spent one school year training at ‘Powder’ circus school in Glasgow specialising in trapeze and stilt walking. Missy attended Edinburgh College of Art 2003-2007 graduating with a BA Hons Degree in Performance Costume Design.

Missy has always been passionate about aesthetics and about music: during school holidays as a teenager she worked in a local alternative record store. A huge fan of American popular culture she makes regular trips to L.A..

The distinctive white streak in Missy’s naturally dark hair has been maintained since Missy was a teenager. Her father would affectionately call her ‘Mallen’ after the family from the 1979 TV series The Mallens.

Burlesque
Missy is most known for her work as a burlesque performer. As soon as Missy turned 18 (the UK legal age to be allowed on premises that sells alcohol) she started performing. She developed a wide range of acts and is mostly known several: her stilt walking 9” ‘Bride’ act a tribute to the 1935 classic movie ‘Bride of Frankenstein’, fan dance with 4ft long white feather fans, ‘Jack Frost’ in a rich black velvet cloak, a variety of other acts including a champagne themed balloon dance, a gambling cowgirl act entitled “Ace of Spades”, a classic 1950’s bump and grind act “Comanche”, and several character acts depicting cupid, a nurse, pirate, and sailor.

She quickly was recognised as Scotland’s top burlesque dancer. Missy also works regularly with her dance partner Leyla Rose, their double acts include a classic Hawaiian Hula, a pillow fight, and a rock & roll military act.

From 2003 Missy became a regular performer in the British Burlesque scene, performing across the country in shows like Candybox burlesque in Birmingham and Torture Garden London. In August 2006 Missy performed at the Italian rockabilly festival ‘Summer Jamboree’ with her then dance partner Foxy (Rachel) Rouge for over 2000 people. Missy took up full time work as a burlesque performer from December 2007 when she toured with The Damned on their 'twisted Cabaret' UK/Ireland tour.

She now regularly performs across continental Europe and the UK, she is a regular at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival each year and has appeared in a Bollywood movie ‘Raftaar’ and on Italian television program.

Passing on her performance knowledge Missy now conducts burlesque workshops with her dance partner Leyla Rose throughout the UK.

Costuming
From an early age Missy was inspired by classic American pin-up artwork particularly WWII airplane nose art. She studied this imagery in her art work and costume designs. Classic American pin-up beauties remain to be a large influence on her style.

Missy specialised in striptease and acrobalance costumes and corsetry design for her final year of her costume design degree. She makes or customizes/creates all her own performance costumes and has styled many photo shoots.

Acting
At 15 years old Missy got her first professional acting job in a Scottish (H.E.B.S) Anti-Smoking television commercial (Club Smoking). Other commercial works include a Royal Bank of Scotland T.V Commercial and an Olympia magazine promotional advertisement, she has also been interviewed on several European television programmes.

Missy has appeared in several short and feature length films including

“Bootprints” by King Creosote 2005 (Music Video) “And Yet I feel Innocent” by Ruth Paxton 2006 (Short Film) “Big Men” by Ruth Paxton 2007 (Short Film) “She wanted to be burnt” by Ruth Paxton 2007 (Short Film) “ Diamonds” by The Damned 2008 (Music Video) “New Town Killers” by Richard Jobson 2008 (Feature Film) “Paris/Sexy” by Ruth Paxton 2009 (Short Film).

Modeling
Missy has featured in Bizarre magazine, Practical Photography , Borne Magazine , Alternative Magazine , Custom Car Magazine , Kustom Magazine , I-ON Edinburgh Magazine , Shimmy Magazine The List Magazine, Pinstriping and Kustom Graphics Magazine , One and Milkcow Magazine. She has also been on the cover of The List, Burlesque Magazine, Leither , Fools in print and Civvy Street.

Newspaper features include: The Sun, Metro, The Scotsman, The Herald , The Evening News , The Evening Times , and The Courier.

She has promoted and been the face of brands such as Buttress and Snatch, Vivian of Holloway , Toxico , Clutterfly Jewellery , What Katie Did , Lily Lo Lo Mineral cosmetics, Vintage Lime , Olympus cameras, Xbox game “Battlestations Midway” and "Battlestations Pacific". Missy is also signed up to Stolen Model Agency.

Missy has also been painted by many artists including famed low-brow artist Vince Ray.