THE FOUNDER, MICHELLE VALENTINE


       Michelle Valentine has created her company into the largest upscale singles company in the United States. Clients and members include one billionaire, many millionaires, pro athletes, celebrities, models, teachers, nurses, and business professionals, to name a few.

       Michelle Valentine is a 20-year veteran and entrepreneur in the Modeling, TV, Music, Fashion, and Beauty industry, and holds numerous credits, awards, and titles. Michelle Valentine started her modeling & TV career as a teenager, and appeared hundreds of times via television, radio, and print. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Wayne State University and earned Professional Certifications as Psychology Teacher, Model Instructor, and TV Production. The experience & credentials helped her to successfully create the largest upscale singles company in the United States, as well as marketing "Michelle Valentine" into an internationally recognized brand.

       In 1997, Michelle Valentine (now a United States registered trademark) recognized the large population of singles in Florida, and seized the opportunity to fill their need to find a special someone... Her own parents married at the ages of 16 (mother) and 18 (father), and are still married today, for nearly 40 years. Her great-grandparents had a true-to-European-tradition "arranged marriage", which lasted their entire lifetimes. There was a personal - as well as public - need to help the voluminous market of singles in Florida.

       "Dear Michelle Valentine" was created in 1997, and Michelle Valentine became a much-loved public figure for the love-lorn. Over 100 of the Dear Michelle Valentine advice columns were published in the Orlando Sentinel, the Orlando Weekly, St. Pete Weekly, and Orlando Me Magazine (currently runs in the East West Times). In 2000, Michelle Valentine wrote her first book, How to Find Love Online, (available through Amazon.com, Borders.com, and BarnesandNoble.com - with book signings at the Southeast Booksellers Association, the Publishers Association of the South, and The Southern Women’s Show) and traveled across the country speaking to thousands of singles for seminars & workshops, (How to Find Love Online, How To Dress With Sex Appeal,  52 Places For Singles To Meet (Besides The Bars)) and events (3 Minute Dating, Michelle Valentine® Dine/Lunch/Brunch).

       Simultaneously during her creation of the "Dear Michelle Valentine" advice column in 1997 - and putting years of TV hosting & producing experience into effect - the Michelle Valentine  TV Show premiered, and currently airs in Florida. The weekly TV show has catapulted Michelle Valentine into a household name, popular with singles, married couples, and teenagers alike. Program features of the popular TV show included Romantic Dining, Romantic Destinations, Exciting Date Excursions, Psychological and Medical Sex Issues, Celebrities - plus the TV singles segment, which features available singles that allows viewers to be matched with.

       The Michelle Valentine  TV Show created the beginning for Michelle Valentine to become a popular guest expert on other TV stations such as NATIONAL FOX TV,  NBC/CBS/ABC and FOX affiliates, on Good Day Orlando, as well as dishing love & sex advice numerous times on radio stations such as BBC radio based in London, England, WDBO, WJRR, WXXL, and “The Howard Stern Station” Real Radio WTKS, and also featured in fine magazines and newspapers around the world.

       Building over 50,000 singles in her network, singles began retaining Ms. Valentine at a rapid rate to work one-on-one with them to find their appropriate matches. The Personal Matchmaking service grew considerably, and with the help of a long-term and loyal staff of nearly 10 professionals in the fields of psychology, education, marketing, fashion & beauty, and technology, Michelle Valentine International has created over 10,000 mates, dates, relationships, and marriages.

       Ms. Valentine also spends her time making TV & radio appearances, and lecturing aboard cruise ships (such as Princess Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean). An active philanthropist and believer in giving back to the community, Ms. Valentine has volunteered her time to numerous charity benefits for fine organizations such as Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Hope & Help Foundation,  Toys For Tots, and the Humane Society. Honored as one of Orlando’s Fifty Finest - given to prominent and influential single professionals in Florida, Ms. Valentine is active in the community and served as one of the Ambassadors for the Chamber of Commerce. She continues to be involved in charity benefits, especially ones focused on helping children and animals.

       In her personal life, Michelle Valentine is an accomplished Artist. While much of her work is is black & white abstract expressionism, she periodically uses color for more heart-warming effects. Michelle Valentine lectured and displayed her work for the first time publicly, in the Orlando Museum of Art, which was taped & aired  on Orange/Vision TV, operated by Orange County Government, Florida. Her solo art exhibition held at Steinway Piano Galleries/Steinway Hall Orlando produced the largest crowd in attendance ever at Steinway. Residing in Florida, she is a listed artist with The Artists Registry, an international network of artists, galleries, museums and art organizations, as well as the Orange County Registry of Florida Artists, in association with Orange County Government, Florida.