Add former video vixen Melyssa Ford to the growing list of Black women growing disenfranchised with Essence Magazine. Once the newsstand’s staple of feminity for women of color, Essence has taken a beating in the court of public opinion in recent months following its decision to hire a White editor to head up the magazine’s fledging Fashion Department.

But for Melyssa, Essence downfall isn’t just a matter of Black/White. The buxom Canadian breaks things down — from her perspective — in a new blog with VIBE: “Right now ‘Essence’ has on the cover, three of the most gorgeous black men ever created on the face of this f—ing Earth. They have Blair Underwood who has always done it for me, Boris Kodjoe whose definition in the dictionary is fine, and then they got Lance Gross-chocolaty loveliness. And you know what they f—ing have the nerve to have as the f—king title of the cover story? “How to Keep Black Men Happy and Faithful.” And faithful! How dare you?! It makes me f—ing sick. [It's like saying] ‘Women take note: How to keep your black men healthy and keep from straying from you ’cause it’s your fault.’ And black women wrote this to their f—ing counterparts.”

Mel’s also pissed the volatile catwalker Naomi Campbell earned a place on Essence’s cover when her ample assets have been getting her snub by editors for years.

“Who was on the cover last month? They were toasting to women above the age of 40, and how beautiful they look, but Naomi’s on the cover? Okay, yes. Granted, Miss Naomi walks a catwalk, and she’s still killing 16-year-old and 20-year-old girls. Yes, but she has serious anger management issues and an overwhelming sense of entitlement, and she is engaged in fucking illegal activity that’s directly related to the blood diamond industry in Africa. And you’re putting her on a pedestal? Is that what you’re doing? But you won’t cover somebody like me because I based the earlier part of my career on my sexuality? My moral compass hasn’t been shifted off too much. My values are pretty good considering the causes that I believe in and places I’ve volunteered my time and given my money to, but you don’t feel the need to ever cover any single part of my career. You don’t even acknowledge that I even fucking exist. But this is what you cover and this is the things you say? I think it’s hypocrisy.”

To read Ford’s full Essence rant, visit VIBE.com…

Former video vixen Melyssa Ford has been canned from the upcoming Wendy Williams produced biopic after telling celebrity tattles at SOHH that she wasn’t interested in the role because she didn’t desire to be “typecast as a slut.” HELLO! You’re a video ho! That ship’s already sailed!

Melyssa was slated to play the role of the mistress of the New York based shock jock’s husband Kevin.

An angry Wendy wasn’t aware that Melyssa had any qualms with starring in the film and opted to fire the Canadian-born beauty-Wendy Williams experience style.

Listen to Wendy Williams Fire Melyssa Live On-Air

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The past week has seen Tyrese romantically linked to Hollywood chick Cameron Diaz, but now NYC snitches are dishing that the singer/rapper/actor was caught cozying up to reformed video model Melyssa Ford.

Ty got pretty cozy with Melyssa Ford at Corio in TriBeCa on Tuesday night.

The two were there with friends celebrating MVD public relations vice president Massa David’s birthday, but stayed “in the corner by themselves all night,” according to a spy, and we hear there was kissing.