Wikipedia Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Rochelle Deanna McLean is an American hairstylist and make-up artist. She is also married to the music band Backstreet Boys’ member AJ McLean.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Rochelle Deanna McLean was born as Rochelle Deanna Karidis on October 7, 1981, in Arizona. She was raised in Santa Clarita, California.
- She has two siblings – a brother, Perry, and a sister, Priscilla.
- She attended Canyon High School in Anaheim, California, from 1996 to 2000.
- Rochelle then went to the Paul Mitchell Beauty School in Sherman Oaks, in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley region.
Marriage and Children :
- Rochelle started dating her would-be husband AJ McLean in March of 2009.
- The two got engaged on January 9, 2010, on AJ’s birthday, when he proposed to her on stage during a concert.
- AJ married Rochelle at the Beverly Hills Hotel, in California, on December 17, 2011, in a goth-themed ceremony.
- Rochelle’s wedding was a star-studded affair attended by various celebrities, including Katy Griffin. It was officiated by photographer Tyler Shields.
- Rochelle’s wedding gown was designed by Vera Wang, and she walked down the aisle to the tune of Guns’N’Roses’ classic ‘November Rain.’
- On November 27, 2012, Rochelle gave birth to her first daughter with AJ, Ava Jaymes McLean.
- Rochelle had her second daughter, Lyric Dean McLean, on March 19, 2017.
- Currently, she resides in Los Angeles, California, with her family.
Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :
- Rochelle was a wardrobe assistant in 2005 for the documentary “Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year.”
- In 2008, she was the makeup artist on the short film ‘Population Suicide,’ which she then followed by being a makeup artist and hairstylist on the TV set of the TV mini-series short ‘Nick’s Big Show.’
- In 2009, she also participated in another short, ‘Family Jewels,’ as the key makeup artist.
- In 2013, she was a hairstylist and make-up artist on one episode of Project Hollywood, ‘Welcome to the Neighborhood.’
Interesting Facts, Height and Trivia :
- In 1999, Rochelle attended the Backstreet Boys’ ‘Into the Millennium’ concert in Las Vegas. She officially met AJ McLean a year later, at the Choreographers’ Carnival.
- Rochelle is very close with the wife of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, Lauren Kitt Carter.
- Rochelle is a fan of getting tattoos and has over a dozen roses across the sleeve tattoos on her arms.
- In January 2018, Rochelle organized a prom-themed 40th birthday party for her husband, AJ, because he never got to attend his own prom in high school.
- She has been frequently credited by her husband as being instrumental in his recovery from substance abuse.
- Rochelle is a lover of Old Hollywood classics, and she named her first daughter after Ava Gardner.
- Rochelle’s nicknames are Ro and RoRo.
- She is a fan of both *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, as well as New Kids on the Block.
- Rochelle loves the soundtrack of the hit movie ‘The Greatest Showman.’
- A self-confessed Taylor Swift fan, Rochelle has posted about enjoying Taylor’s latest album, ‘Reputation,’ with both her daughters.