From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Melissa Keller (born 1979 in Long Lake, Minnesota) is an American model and actress. Keller began her modeling career when she was 15 years old and has modeled for Parasuco, Noxzema, GAP, Revlon, L'Oréal, Aveda, and for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in 2002, 2003, and 2004.  In addition to working with photographers on her Sports Illustrated shoots, she was the object/subject of Joanne Gair's body painting work.  Sports Illustrated and Nissan prev ...