Melinda Messenger splits from her fiance Dr. Raj Joshi
Melinda Messenger has cut up from her fiancé survival professional Dr. Raj Joshi, simply six months after the pair received engaged in New Zealand.
The former Page 3 woman, 53, introduced her engagement to Dr. Raj in August after the pair met whereas filming Celebrity SAS.
Melinda started secretly relationship Joshi, 47, after assembly on the Channel 4 present whereas it filmed in Vietnam, with followers initially believing they met on a charity hike in Nepal.
But the couple have now reportedly referred to as it quits.
A supply informed The Sun that the ex glamour mannequin is ‘gutted’ to see the connection finish, as a result of she thought he was ‘the one’ after the pair bonded over the SAS expertise.
Melinda Messenger has cut up from her fiance survival professional Dr. Raj Joshi after the pair argued over one another’s way of life
MailOnline has contacted Melinda’s representatives for remark.
Melinda had initially confirmed the engagement in an Instagram submit in August and revealed marriage ceremony plans had been already effectively underway.
Melinda wrote: ‘We’ve received some very completely satisfied information to share. @raj.joshi.expedition and I received engaged in stunning New Zealand at Matariki, the Māori New 12 months, and we’re getting married subsequent 12 months!’
The mother-of-three revealed her engagement alongside an image of the couple arm-in-arm earlier than a sweeping, mountainous view of the New Zealand countryside.
The pair climbed Welsh landmark Mount Snowdon collectively as a part of her preparations for the expedition by way of Nepal’s Langtang Valley, near the border with Tibet, which has altitudes of as much as 12,600ft.
In an interview with The Mirror, she stated: ‘Being in your 50s is such an vital and highly effective stage in life. And the problem is to maintain on rising and creating.
Happy information: Melinda had confirmed her engagement to survivalist Dr. Raj Joshi after he proposed throughout their present keep in New Zealand
‘You should not cease while you get to a sure age. It’s good to maintain difficult your self. As I’ve received older, I’m a lot happier and I do not care what I appear to be if I fail.’
Melinda selected Nepal for her trek as a result of she fell in love with the nation 10-years in the past when she visited her brother – who lives there.
Joshi, an exhibition chief, organised the journey by way of his personal journey firm The Adventure Boutique, a London-based enterprise that provides ‘tailored journeys, embedded with style, which are a bit of out of the peculiar.’
The survivalist has beforehand labored with David Beckham on one-off documentary Into The Unknown, during which the previous footballer journeys throughout rural Brazil with two buddies.
Additionally, he has labored alongside a number of celebrities for BBC present Kilimanjaro: The Big Red Nose Climb – amongst them Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock, Love Island winner Dani Dyer and former BBC Breakfast presenter Dan Walker.
In June he shared a photograph of his new fiancé as she attended a particular Hindu and Buddhist ceremony throughout her charity journey to South Asia.
Old occasions: Melinda divorced husband of 14-years Wayne Roberts, with whom she shares three youngsters, in 2012 and admitted final 12 months that she needed to start out relationship once more
Previously: In June, Joshi shared a photograph of his new fiancée as she attended a particular ceremony throughout her charity journey to Nepal in South Asia, the place she raised cash for the development of an area college for the deaf
There she is: Melinda additionally seems in a current submit added to the official Instagram account for his London-based journey firm, The Adventure Boutique
Captioning the submit, he wrote: ‘Here’s a fast shot of Melinda Messenger and among the group on the Puja for his or her blessing throughout our trekking problem to the Langtang area of Nepal…
‘Puja is a particular ceremony that’s carried out to avert and clear the three varieties of obstacles (worldly obstacles, interior obstacles and secret obstacles), these stop us from reaching our worldly and religious objectives.
‘Removing these obstacles will assist us to realize happiness and luck in all our actions.
‘We are so blessed to have been part of this particular ceremony.’
Responding to the submit, Melinda wrote: ‘This was such a particular expertise in so many alternative methods, we had been very fortunate.’
Melinda is a mom to sons Morgan, 22, Flynn, 20, and 18-year outdated daughter Evie with ex-husband Wayne Roberts, and he or she admitted final 12 months that she needed to start out relationship once more.
Previously: Melinda launched into a relationship with ski teacher Warren Smith after assembly on the set of actuality present The Jump, however later admitted the romance was a ‘whirlwind’
Don’t thoughts me: Following her cut up with Smith she attended The Float Like a Butterfly Ball with hunky lawyer Joel Mason in 2017 – Melinda later insisted they weren’t relationship
The couple divorced in 2012 after 14-years of marriage, with Melinda later embarking on a relationship with ski teacher Warren Smith after assembly on the set of Channel 4 actuality present The Jump.
She later admitted the connection was a ‘whirlwind’ and went from ‘zero to 100’ with the pair sharing a room and all of the contestants understanding they had been collectively.
Melinda and Warren finally bought their separate properties and purchased a six bed room Berkshire property collectively in July 2014. But the previous glamour mannequin stated inside days of shifting in she started to have doubts over their long-term future.
‘I simply stated, ‘Right, that’s it, I can’t do that any extra,’ she informed The Sun. ‘It’s an actual disgrace that I needed to finish it. But we each had very totally different lives they usually weren’t suitable.
‘I’d be completely satisfied at residence in between work however Warren has had a a lot totally different way of life, he travels consistently.’
All over: Her final recognized relationship, with photographer Chris Harding – who she met after signing up for Celebrity First Dates – resulted in 2019
Unexpected: In a weird accident, Harding later claimed he had served as marriage ceremony photographer for Melinda and ex-husband Roberts throughout their 1998 bridal ceremony
Following their separation, a spokesperson informed MailOnline: ‘It’s been a really powerful time for Melinda however now she is wanting ahead to a cheerful 2018 along with her youngsters and pursuing her profession in TV.
‘She has been finding out psychotherapy for the previous few years and hopes to merge this into her TV profession and use it shifting ahead to assist with producing programmes about psychological well being points which have an effect on all of us at one time or one other.’
Her final recognized relationship, with photographer Chris Harding – who she met after signing up for Celebrity First Dates – resulted in 2019.
In a weird accident, Harding later claimed he served as marriage ceremony photographer for Melinda and ex-husband Roberts throughout their 1998 bridal ceremony in Bali.
The former glamour mannequin has since dismissed the declare by confirming her marriage ceremony photographer was Alan Strutt.