Apart from being linked to Johnny Knoxville of ‘Jackass’ fame as her ex-husband, Melanie Lynn Clapp has a story of her own. Clapp is a designer and a creative mind with behind the scene artistic skills that have seen her develop a very successful career.
At the same time protecting her privacy and dignity from the public that eager to know her business. She had a powerful story of the importance of the determination to follow your dreams as a life and living in the large circle of entertainment industry life.
Early Life
Melanie Lynn Clapp was born and grew up in Texas and she always was fond of art and design. Having a childhood that nurtured free thinking, she developed the interest in fashion and interior designing during childhood.
Melanie Lynn Clapp spent much of childhood drawing, designing, and redesigning the environment that surrounded her which help her to choose the direction of her essential occupation. Clapp had ample opportunity to hone her artistic skills while in high school, she enrolled in lots of creative courses and extracurricular activities.
Many teachers and fellow students always noticed Melanie Lynn Clapp, probably due to her natural ability and talent and keen sense of beauty. Such early experiences would later help her to shape her professional path and personal admire for style philosophy.
Career
In addition, Clapp was devoting most of her life as a fashion designer, and an independent consultant in the field. Her experience in fashion industry is the best example of the ability to define the balanced between tradition and new tendencies targeting a wide circle of customers.
She has managed to keep out of the lime light despite establishing a career of her own thus not having to rely on her past marriage to a Hollywood celebrity. Many of the designs that Clapp created are made from organic materials and environmentally friendly forms of manufacturing.
In her various affairs and ventures, she being a successful writer has laid matching emphasis on the necessity to stick to professionalism instead of the desire for popularization or fame.
Spouse: Johnny Knoxville
Melanie Lynn Clapp became famous after marrying Johnny Knoxville, but she did not pose for revealing photos throughout the marriage. The two got together in 1995 and got married the following year as Knoxville was making his ascent through the ranks of the “Jackass” productions.
It is reported that they met eleven years prior and incorporated a daughter named Madison. During their marriage, Clapp was always a patron of Knoxville’s activities, yet she kept her personality and job in the society.
She did not let being married to a public figure or live her personal life under the scrutiny of entertainment industry world. The couple might have split in 2009 after getting a divorce, but they were passionate about each other’s company and worked collaboratively in raising their daughter.
Instead of joining the public debate on their separation she concentrated on providing stability for their young daughter and built a career.