MKR: Just how real are Angela and Melina?

Just how real are the “Real Housewives” of MKR?

They’re known as the “Real Housewives” of MKR, but there’s nothing mumsy about domestic goddesses Angela Kennedy and Melina Bagnato. The outspoken besties have made a splash with their big hair and even bigger personalities. But while they may seem super high-maintenance, Angela, 37, and Melina, 31, insist looks can be deceiving.

“I’m happy to look my age,” says Angela. “I don’t want to look 20 when I’m 40. If I’m starting to really fall apart, I might need some surgery to pick it up – I don’t really know. But I haven’t got anything fake on me at the moment, apart from my eyelash extensions, and I like it like that.”

Stylist Melina, who has a 22-month-old son, Jordyn, with husband Scott, concurs. “Not interested [in surgery] right now. Never say never, but I’m not a big fan of it, because I’ve noticed there are a lot of women in Melbourne who do plastic surgery and they’re all starting to look related!” The feisty Melburnians insist they’re masters of their make-up kits.

“I set my alarm 20 minutes before my son wakes up every day so I know I’ve got time to have a shower, put on my perfume, tinted moisturiser, mascara and lip gloss,” Melina says. “I like to feel three things before I leave the house – sophisticated, fun and glamorous. My hair is usually the glamorous part,” she reveals, laughing. Angela, owner of a lash salon and mother to son Patrick, 3, says she has mastered “a 10-minute getting-ready look”. As for how they stay in such great shape while relishing their food, they explain that they “eat to enjoy rather than to indulge”.